Biography
Philip H. Lathrop (22 October 1912 – 12 April 1995) was an American cinematographer. Born in Merced, California, he began working in Universal Studios’ camera department in 1934, serving as a camera operator for Russell Metty before becoming a director of photography in the late 1950s.
He photographed episodes of the television series Rawhide (1959) and feature films including Point Blank (1967), The Pink Panther (1963), The Cincinnati Kid (1965) and They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969). He received Academy Award nominations for The Americanization of Emily (1964) and Earthquake (1974), won Emmys for television movies and was awarded the American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992. He collaborated frequently with director Blake Edwards.
