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name: "Victor J. Kemper"
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born: "14 April 1927"
died: "27 November 2023"
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# Victor J. Kemper

Cinematographer. Born 14 April 1927 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Died 27 November 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 14 April 1927, Newark, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 27 November 2023
- **Active:** 1975–1980
- **Also known as:** Victor Jay Kemper

## Biography

Victor J. Kemper was an American cinematographer. Born on 14 April 1927 in Newark, New Jersey, he died on 27 November 2023 in Sherman Oaks, California.

Kemper graduated from Seton Hall University and began his career in New York working on commercials and television. His first feature credit was on John Cassavetes’s *Husbands* (1970). He went on to shoot more than sixty films, including *Dog Day Afternoon* (1975), *The Jerk* (1979), *National Lampoon’s Vacation* (1983), *Clue* (1985), *Beethoven* (1992) and *Jingle All the Way* (1996).

A member of the American Society of Cinematographers, Kemper served as its president from 1993 to 1996 and from 1999 to 2001. He received the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.

*Sources: theasc.com, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Xanadu* (1980), Fi1m 38, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/xanadu.md)
- *Dog Day Afternoon* (1975), Fi1m 90, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/dog-day-afternoon.md)

## Also known for

- *Jingle All the Way* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Beethoven* (1992), Director of Photography
- *American Pie Presents: Band Camp* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Clue* (1985), Director of Photography
- *National Lampoon's Vacation* (1983), Director of Photography
- *See No Evil, Hear No Evil* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Tommy Boy* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Jerk* (1979), Director of Photography

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