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name: "Richard C. Kratina"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-c-kratina"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "2 November 1928"
died: "12 February 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T05:30:56.201068+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Richard C. Kratina

Cinematographer. Born 2 November 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 12 February 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 November 1928, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 12 February 1999
- **Active:** 1969–1970
- **Also known as:** Dick Kratina, Richard Kratina
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 85 (1), 1970s 57 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2149182, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0470012/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56874

## Biography

Richard C. Kratina was an American cinematographer and camera operator. Born in Flushing, New York, he worked primarily in New York-based productions from the late 1960s onwards, often credited as Dick Kratina.

He served as director of photography on *Love Story* (1970) and co-director of photography on *Hair* (1979). Other films in which he held principal photography roles include *The Sentinel* (1977), *The Super Cops* (1974) and *Aaron Loves Angela* (1975). He was also a camera operator on *Midnight Cowboy* (1969) and provided second-unit photography or additional camera work on titles such as *batteries not included* (1987) and *Boomerang* (1992). Kratina received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his television work.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Love Story* (1970), Fi1m 57, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/love-story.md)
- *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Fi1m 85, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Boomerang* (1992), Camera Operator
- *Money, Power, Murder.* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Tattingers* (1988), series, Director of Photography
- **batteries not included* (1987), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Outrageous Fortune* (1987), Camera Operator
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, Director of Photography
- *Garbo Talks* (1984), Camera Operator
- *Scream for Help* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Fame* (1982), series, Director of Photography
- *Rivkin: Bounty Hunter* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Last Embrace* (1979), Additional Photography
- *Hair* (1979), Director of Photography
- *The Sentinel* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Aaron Loves Angela* (1975), Director of Photography
- *The Happy Hooker* (1975), Cinematography
- *The Super Cops* (1974), Director of Photography
- *The Migrants* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside* (1973), Director of Photography
- *The Connection* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Your Money or Your Wife* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Come Back, Charleston Blue* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Believe in Me* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Born to Win* (1971), Director of Photography
- *A Safe Place* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Pursuit of Happiness* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Love Story* (1970), Director of Photography — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/love-story.md)
- *The Angel Levine* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Camera Operator — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md)
- *The Incident* (1967), Camera Operator

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