Bedřich Baťka

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Bedřich Baťka

Camera August 21, 1922

Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

Beda Batka (August 21, 1922 – June 6, 1994) was a Czech and American cinematographer and a teacher in the Tisch School of the Arts. Batka started his career as a camera operator…

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Marketa Lazarová

Marketa Lazarová

7.8 1967 Movie
Little Darlings

Little Darlings

6.5 1980 Movie
90° in the Shade

90° in the Shade

5.7 1965 Movie
The Golden Fern

The Golden Fern

6.8 1963 Movie
Fear

Fear

5.3 1964 Movie
A 105 p.c. Alibi

A 105 p.c. Alibi

7.3 1959 Movie
Prázdniny v oblacích

Prázdniny v oblacích

10.0 1960 Movie
Kasaři

Kasaři

4.4 1958 Movie
Sign of the Cancer

Sign of the Cancer

4.6 1967 Movie
The Coward

The Coward

7.4 1962 Movie
Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

7.5 1961 Movie
Johnny's Journey

Johnny's Journey

7.0 1957 Movie

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Beda Batka (August 21, 1922 – June 6, 1994) was a Czech and American cinematographer and a teacher in the Tisch School of the Arts. Batka started his career as a camera operator on the movie On the Right Track (1948). In Czechoslovakia he frequently worked with director Jiří Weiss. Batka told Weiss a story that happened at his wife's workplace. Weiss decided to use this story as a basis for his film Ninety Degrees in the Shade. In 1967 Batka was a director of photography for František Vláčil's Marketa Lazarová, which was later voted the best Czech movie of all time. After he emigrated to USA, he taught cinematography at the Tisch School of the Arts. Among his students were Barry Sonnenfeld, Bill Pope, and the late Ken Kelsch. The best known movie he worked on in America was Little Darlings.

Filmography

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  1. 1980
    Little Darlings

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 1968
    Čtyři v kruhu

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 1967
    Marketa Lazarová

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 1967
    Sign of the Cancer

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 1965
    90° in the Shade

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 1964
    Fear

    Movie Director

  7. 1964
    Zajatci tmy

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 1964
    Láska nebeská

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 1963
    The Golden Fern

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 1963
    Promiňte, omyl!

    Movie Director of Photography

  11. 1962
    The Coward

    Movie Camera Operator

  12. 1961
    Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

    Movie Camera Operator

  13. 1961
    Policejní hodina

    Movie Assistant Camera

  14. 1960
    Prázdniny v oblacích

    Movie Assistant Camera

  15. 1959
    A 105 p.c. Alibi

    Movie Assistant Camera

  16. 1959
    Hry a sny

    Movie Assistant Camera

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  1. 1958
    Kasaři

    Movie Assistant Camera

  2. 1958
    Bomba

    Movie Assistant Camera

  3. 1957
    Johnny's Journey

    Movie Assistant Camera

  4. 1956
    Sons of the Mountains

    Movie Assistant Camera

  5. 1952
    Štika v rybníce

    Movie Assistant Camera

  6. 1951
    Victorious Wings

    Movie Assistant Camera

  7. 1949
    Na dobré stopě

    Movie Assistant Camera