{"id":62420,"date":"2023-11-30T01:14:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T06:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=62420"},"modified":"2023-11-30T01:14:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T06:14:54","slug":"victor-j-kemper-american-cinematographer-dies-at-age-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/30\/victor-j-kemper-american-cinematographer-dies-at-age-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor J Kemper, American Cinematographer Dies at Age 96"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62422\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Victor-Kemper-ASC.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Victor-Kemper-ASC.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Victor-Kemper-ASC-300x173.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Victor Jay Kemper was born in Newark, New Jersey on April 14, 1927, as the son of Florence (n\u00e9e Freedman) and Louis Kemper. He was a graduate of Seton Hall University.<\/p>\n<p>As a cinematographer, Kemper collaborated extensively with director Arthur Hiller. Kemper worked with the leading directors of the 1970s including John Cassavetes, Sidney Lumet, Anthony Harvey, Michael Ritchie, Ulu Grosbard, Peter Yates, Karel Reisz, Elaine May, J. Lee Thompson, Elia Kazan, George Roy Hill, Robert Wise, Carl Reiner, Bob Rafelson, Irvin Kershner, Richard Attenborough, and Norman Jewison.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2592880731\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kemper was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), and was its president twice, from 1993 to 1996, and from 1999 to 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Kemper died in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles on November 27, 2023, at the age of 96.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theasc.com\/articles\/victor-j-kemper-fitting-candidate-for-kudos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More about Victor J Kemper Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62421\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Victor-Kemper-ASC2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Victor-Kemper-ASC2.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Victor-Kemper-ASC2-300x226.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Jay Kemper was born in Newark, New Jersey on April 14, 1927, as the son of Florence (n\u00e9e Freedman) and Louis Kemper. 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