Bedřich Baťka
Camera
- Born
- August 21, 1922 · Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
- Died
- June 6, 1994 (age 71)
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.
Known for
Marketa Lazarová
November 24, 1967
Little Darlings
March 21, 1980
90° in the Shade
October 1, 1965
Fear
April 3, 1964
The Golden Fern
August 29, 1963
A 105 p.c. Alibi
November 20, 1959
The Coward
April 13, 1962
Sign of the Cancer
May 5, 1967
Kasaři
June 27, 1958
Victorious Wings
January 1, 1951
Hry a sny
March 20, 1959
Štika v rybníce
March 14, 1952
Behind the camera23
- 1980Little Darlings Director of Photography
- 1968Čtyři v kruhu Director of Photography
- 1967Marketa Lazarová Director of Photography
- 1967Sign of the Cancer Director of Photography
- 196590° in the Shade Director of Photography
- 1964Fear Director, Director of Photography
- 1964Zajatci tmy Director of Photography
- 1964Láska nebeská Director of Photography
- 1963The Golden Fern Director of Photography
- 1963