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name: "Meredith M. Nicholson"
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roles: ["Cinematographer","Director"]
born: "11 March 1913"
died: "18 August 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T16:17:13.170016+00:00"
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# Meredith M. Nicholson

Cinematographer and director. Born 11 March 1913 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA. Died 18 August 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer, Director
- **Born:** 11 March 1913, Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 18 August 2005
- **Active:** 1963–1972
- **Works often with:** James Sheldon, John Erman

## Biography

Meredith M. Nicholson (11 March 1913 – 18 August 2005) was an American cinematographer. Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, he worked on low-budget feature films in the late 1950s before moving primarily to television.

He contributed to series including *The Fugitive* (1963), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination, *Get Smart* (1965), *The Invaders* (1967), *M*A*S*H* (1972) and *Mork & Mindy* (1978). In 1953 he was one of the co-founders of Panavision, where he worked as an administrator while taking occasional camera jobs; he left the company in 1960 to focus on cinematography full time.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Also known for

- *Mork & Mindy* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The Amazing Transparent Man* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Invaders* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Beyond the Time Barrier* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Devil's Hand* (1961), Director of Photography

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