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name: "Kent L. Wakeford"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "23 January 1928"
died: "10 October 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:14:44.150765+00:00"
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# Kent L. Wakeford

Cinematographer. Born 23 January 1928 in Los Angeles. Died 10 October 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 23 January 1928, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 10 October 2020
- **Also known as:** Kent Wakeford

## Biography

Kent L. Wakeford (23 January 1928 – 10 October 2020) was an American cinematographer. Born in Los Angeles, he apprenticed to a fashion photographer while at school, worked as a cameraman for the Douglas Aircraft Company and served two years as a motion-picture cameraman in the US Army Signal Corps. He later became a freelance documentary and advertising cameraman and co-founded the commercial production company Wakeford/Orloff Productions.

Wakeford’s first major feature credit was as director of photography on Martin Scorsese’s *Mean Streets* (1973). He also shot Scorsese’s *Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore* (1974) and worked on films including *Black Belt Jones* (1974), *China O’Brien* (1990) and *Wedding Bell Blues* (1996), as well as episodes of the television series *L.A. Law* (1986–1988).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mean Streets* (1973), Fi1m 87, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/mean-streets.md)

## Also known for

- *Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore* (1974), Director of Photography
- *L.A. Law* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Black Belt Jones* (1974), Director of Photography
- *China O'Brien* (1990), Director of Photography

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