Urs Furrer(1934-1975)

Cinematographer
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Urs Furrer was born on 18 September 1934 in Sumatra, Dutch East Indies [now Sumatra, Indonesia]. He was a cinematographer, known for Shaft (1971) and The Seven-Ups (1973). He died on 30 August 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

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Known for

Shaft

6.6

Cinematographer

1971

The Seven-Ups

6.8

Cinematographer

1973

Lash of Lust

8.6

Cinematographer

1962

La vendedora de amor

Cinematographer

1964

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Cinematographer

Memories of Duke
8.0
- Cinematographer
- 1980
Sounder, Part 2
5.9
- Cinematographer (as Urs B. Furrer)
- 1976
Birch Interval
7.0
- Cinematographer
- 1976
Where the Lilies Bloom
7.2
- Cinematographer
- 1974
The Seven-Ups
6.8
- director of photography
- 1973
The World of Liberace
6.6
TV Movie
- Cinematographer
- 1973
ABC Afterschool Specials
7.1
TV Series
- director of photography (as Urs B. Furrer)
- 1972
Moonwalk One
7.2
- Cinematographer
- 1972
Shaft's Big Score!
6.0
- director of photography
- 1972
To All My Friends on Shore
6.2
TV Movie
- director of photography
- 1972
Crawlspace
6.3
TV Movie
- Cinematographer
- 1972
I Am
Short
- Cinematographer (photography)
- 1971
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
5.4
- Cinematographer
- 1971
Desperate Characters
6.2
- director of photography
- 1971
Shaft
6.6
- director of photography
- 1971

Camera and Electrical Department

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Alternative names
- Baet Carroll
Born
- September 18, 1934
- Sumatra, Dutch East Indies [now Sumatra, Indonesia]
Died
- August 30, 1975
- Detroit, Michigan, USA(heart attack during filming)

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Trivia
Born of Swiss parents in Indonesia, he began his photography career as a youth before coming to the USA in the 1950s. He made many documentaries as well as industrial films.