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Frank Stanley

Frank Stanley

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Birthday May 05, 1922
Died Dec 21, 1999 (77)
Birthplace New York, New York, U.S
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Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Frank Walter Stanley (May 5, 1922 – December 21, 1999) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for four Clint Eastwood films in a row: Breezy (1973), Magnum Force (1973), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) and The Eiger Sanction (1975). During the filming of The Eiger Sanction, shot in Switz ... erland, which required a great deal of precarious mountain-climbing cinematography, Stanley fell during the shoot but survived. He used a wheelchair for some time and was taken out of action. Stanley, who later managed to complete filming after a delay under pressure from an unsympathetic Clint Eastwood, would later blame Eastwood for the accident due to a lack of preparation, describing him both as a director and an actor as "a very impatient man who doesn't really plan his pictures or do any homework. He figures he can go right in and sail through these things". Stanley was never hired by Eastwood or Malpaso Productions again. Bruce Surtees was Eastwood's regular cinematographer before and after this period, on a total of twelve films.

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Consenting Adult

Consenting Adult

1985

Director of Photography

Love, Mary

Love, Mary

1985

Director of Photography

Passions

Passions

1984

Director of Photography

The Prodigal

The Prodigal

1983

Director of Photography

Wait 'Till Your Mother Gets Home

Wait 'Till Your Mother Gets Home

1983

Cinematography

Heart of Steel

Heart of Steel

1983

Director of Photography

Secrets of a Mother and Daughter

Secrets of a Mother and Daughter

1983

Director of Photography

Grease 2

Grease 2

1982

Director of Photography

The Other Victim

The Other Victim

1981

Director of Photography

Under the Rainbow

Under the Rainbow

1981

Director of Photography

Wholly Moses

Wholly Moses

1980

Director of Photography

10

10

1979

Director of Photography

1941

1941

1979

Additional Director of Photography

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979

Director of Photography

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979

Cinematography

Corvette Summer

Corvette Summer

1978

Director of Photography

The Big Fix

The Big Fix

1978

Director of Photography

When Every Day Was the Fourth of July

When Every Day Was the Fourth of July

1978

Director of Photography

Heroes

Heroes

1977

Director of Photography

Snowbeast

Snowbeast

1977

Director of Photography

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

1977

Director of Photography

Car Wash

Car Wash

1976

Director of Photography

Nightmare in Badham County

Nightmare in Badham County

1976

Director of Photography

James Dean

James Dean

1976

Director of Photography

The Eiger Sanction

The Eiger Sanction

1975

Director of Photography

Katherine

Katherine

1975

Director of Photography

Mr. Ricco

Mr. Ricco

1975

Director of Photography

Willie Dynamite

Willie Dynamite

1974

Cinematography

J.W. Coop

J.W. Coop

1974

Director of Photography

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

1974

Director of Photography

Winter Kill

Winter Kill

1974

Director of Photography

Breezy

Breezy

1973

Director of Photography

Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

1973

Director of Photography

Magnum Force

Magnum Force

1973

Director of Photography

The Carey Treatment

The Carey Treatment

1972

Director of Photography

A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace

1972

Director of Photography

The Grasshopper

The Grasshopper

1970

First Assistant Camera

Hawaii

Hawaii

1966

First Assistant Camera

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