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Faxon M. Dean
Born
Faxon Martin Dean

May 26, 1890
Guyton, Georgia, U.S.
DiedMay 25, 1965 (aged 74)
Sunnyvale, California, U.S.
OccupationCinematographer

Faxon M. Dean was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood primarily during the silent era.[1] He worked on many of director Charles Maigne's films, and was Mary Miles Minter's personal cameraman for a time.[2][3]

Biography

Faxon was born in Guyton, Georgia, to Herbert Dean and Amelia Warmsley. He married Margaret Hurley, and the pair had two children together. He got his professional career as a newspaper photographer before trying his hand as a cinematographer in 1911.[4] He was an early member of the American Society of Cinematographers.[5]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Wohl, Robert (2005). The Spectacle of Flight: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1920-1950. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10692-3.
  2. ^ "Savoy Today Only". Shawnee News-Star. 14 May 1921. Retrieved 2019-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Mary Miles Minter in 'Under the Big Top'". Salt Lake Telegram. 29 Apr 1921. Retrieved 2019-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Stirring Romance Rides". The Tennessean. 16 Jul 1922. Retrieved 2019-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ American Cinematographer. ASC Holding Corporation. 1922.