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Cinematographer
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Male
Birthday
23 March
Location
California, United States
Edit pageClifford Stine
Biography
Clifford Stine was an American cinematographer and special-effects photographer whose career spanned several decades of Hollywood filmmaking. He was born on March 24, 1906, in Los Angeles, California, and died on December 12, 1986, in Pomona, California, at the age of 80.
Stine worked extensively at Universal Pictures, where he became particularly known for special photography and visual-effects work, especially on science-fiction, horror, and Western films. He was frequently credited as “special photographer” or “special photography.”
His cinematography credits include It Came from Outer Space (1953), This Island Earth (1955), Smoke Signal (1955), The Ugly American (1963), Bedtime Story (1964), The King's Pirate (1967), Gambit (1966), and Rosie! (1967). He also contributed additional cinematography to Spartacus (1960) and second-unit camera work to Patton (1970).
Stine was also involved in special-effects photography on films such as The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), Tarantula (1955), The Monolith Monsters (1957), and Earthquake (1974). His work on Earthquake came after he had largely retired, when he was brought back for its special-effects photography.
He was the brother of cinematographer Harold E. Stine, making the Stine family notable in Hollywood's camera and cinematography departments.
