Floyd Crosby | |
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| Born | Floyd Delafield Crosby December 12, 1899 West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | September 30, 1985 (aged 85) Ojai, California, United States |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Spouse | Aliph Van Cortlandt Whitehead
(m. 1930; div. 1960)Betty Cormack Andrews
(m. 1960) |
| Children | 2, including David Crosby |
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Floyd Delafield Crosby, A.S.C. (December 12, 1899 – September 30, 1985)[1] was an Academy Award-winning American cinematographer, descendant of the Van Rensselaer family,[2] and father of musicians Ethan and David Crosby.
Crosby was born and raised in West Philadelphia, the son of Julia Floyd (née Delafield) and Frederick Van Schoonhoven Crosby.[3] Through his maternal grandmother, he was descended from the prominent Van Rensselaer family.[2]
His maternal grandfather was Dr. Francis Delafield.[4] His maternal uncle was Edward Henry Delafield (1880–1955).[5]
During his career, Floyd Crosby was involved in the cinematography of more than 100 full-length movies. He won the 1931 Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the film Tabu: A Story of the South Seas. In 1973, Crosby participated in an oral history sponsored by the American Film Institute, part of which dealt with his work on Tabu: A Story of the South Seas.[6] He filmed the Bedaux expedition in 1934.
He was also the cinematographer for High Noon (1952), for which he won a Golden Globe Award. Crosby also worked with B-movie director Roger Corman on several films.[citation needed]
Crosby served as a cinematographer for the U.S. Army Air Corps film wing, and made flight training films in World War II. He left the Air Corps in 1946.[citation needed]
On December 11, 1930,[4] he married Aliph Van Cortlandt Whitehead. She was the daughter of John Brinton Whitehead.[2] Together, they had two children:
Crosby divorced in 1960 and married Betty Cormack Andrews in the same year. He retired in 1972[3] to Ojai, California, where he died in 1985.
