Biography
Daniel L. Fapp (also credited as Daniel Fapp or Dan Fapp) was an American cinematographer. He began his career at Paramount in 1923, working in the studio lab before becoming an assistant cameraman in 1925 and a director of photography in 1941. He remained with the studio until 1959, after which he worked freelance until retiring in 1969. He was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers from 1941.
Fapp served as director of photography on The Great Escape (1963). He is best known for West Side Story (1961), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Colour). He received further Academy Award nominations for Desire Under the Elms (1958), The Five Pennies (1959), One, Two, Three (1961), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), Ice Station Zebra (1968) and Marooned (1969). Other credits include Let's Make Love (1960), Artists and Models (1955) and Our Man Flint (1966).
