Floyd Crosby

Floyd Delafield Crosby was an award winning cinematographer who lived from 12 December 1899 – 30 September 1985. In 1940, he married Aliph Van Cortland Whitehead and had two children, the most notable of which is David Crosby of Crosby Stills Nash & Young. He divorced Aliph in 1960 and married Betty Cormack the same year. He retired in in the late 60s to Ojai, California, where he died.

Cinematography

During his career, Floyd Crosby was involved in the cinematography of more than 100 full length movies. A vast majority of these films are considered "B-movies".

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• Tabu (1931) – Crosby won an Academy Award for cinematography at the fourth academy awards for his work on this film.
• Traffic with the Devil (1946)
• High Noon (1952) – A western movie, generally considered to be his most contemporarily praised film.