Floyd Crosby Net Worth

May 2024 · 4 minute read


Floyd Delafield Crosby net worth is
$250,000

Floyd Delafield Crosby Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Floyd Delafield Crosby was born in 1899 to Fredrick Van Schoonhoven Crosby (1860-1920) and Julia Floyd Delafield (1874-1952). Floyd had one sibling, Katherine Van Rensselaer (Gregory). Floyd married Aliph Van Cortland Whitehead in 1940 and they had two children, Floyd Delafield Crosby (Ethan) in 1936 and David Crosby in 1940. Floyd and Aliph were ... 
Full NameFloyd Delafield Crosby
Net Worth$250,000
Date Of BirthDecember 12, 1899
Died1985-09-30
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
ProfessionCinematographer, Camera Department, Director
SpouseAliph Van Cortland Whitehead
NicknamesFloyd Crosby, Crosby, Floyd
Star SignSagittarius
#Quote
1[on the problems shooting Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)]: The relationship between Murnau [director F.W. Murnau] and Flaherty [co-director Robert J. Flaherty] was a strange one. Murnau liked Flaherty, but Flaherty hated Murnau, partly because Murnau was a bit Prussian in manner and very selfish, and partly because of jealousy, as Murnau knew ten times as much about direction as Flaherty.
#Fact
1Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
2He was the first to shoot underwater footage in three strip Technicolor.
3During World War II, he was a member of the Air Force Transport Command where he rose to the ramk of major. He made reference films for pilots.
4He began a career on Wall Street. He later attended the New York Institute of Photography.
5A meeting with William Beebe led to a job as an apprentice photographer on the Beebe Haitian Expedition. This experience led to an assignment with Robert J. Flaherty and F.W. Murnau to shoot Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931). He specialized in documentaries for the next two decades.
6Floyd Crosby was the father of Rock and Roll legend David Crosby of The Byrds and Crosby Stills Nash & Young.
7Is the father of rock star David Crosby

Cinematographer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Firebrand1962
Tales of Terror1962director of photography
Hawaiian Eye1960-1962TV Series director of photography - 2 episodes
Terror at Black Falls1962
The Broken Land1962
Surfside 61962TV Series 1 episode
Premature Burial1962director of photography
Hand of Death1962director of photography
Bus Stop1962TV Series 2 episodes
Womanhunt1962
Follow the Sun1961TV Series director of photography - 2 episodes
The Purple Hills1961
The Two Little Bears1961
The Explosive Generation1961director of photography
The New Breed1961TV Series 1 episode
7 Women from Hell1961director of photography
Pit and the Pendulum1961director of photography
Night Tide1961uncredited
The Gambler Wore a Gun1961director of photography
A Cold Wind in August1961director of photography
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come1961
Operation Bottleneck1961
77 Sunset Strip1960TV Series 1 episode
Freckles1960
The High Powered Rifle1960
Walk Tall1960director of photography
House of Usher1960director of photography
Wanted: Dead or Alive1960TV Series 1 episode
Twelve Hours to Kill1960
Law of the Plainsman1960TV Series 1 episode
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1960TV Series 2 episodes
Bourbon Street Beat1960TV Series 1 episode
Blood and Steel1959director of photography - as Floyd D. Crosby
The Rookie1959
Maverick1959TV Series 2 episodes
The Wonderful Country1959photography
The Miracle of the Hills1959
Crime & Punishment, USA1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1959TV Series 1 episode
I Mobster1958
Wolf Larsen1958
The Old Man and the Sea1958
The Cry Baby Killer1958
She Gods of Shark Reef1958director of photography
Teenage Cave Man1958director of photography
Hot Rod Gang1958director of photography
War of the Satellites1958
Machine-Gun Kelly1958director of photography
Suicide Battalion1958director of photography
The Screaming Skull1958director of photography
Carnival Rock1957
The Court of Last Resort1957TV Series 3 episodes
Ride Out for Revenge1957
Hell Canyon Outlaws1957director of photography
Teenage Doll1957
Reform School Girl1957
Rock All Night1957
Attack of the Crab Monsters1957photographer
Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal1957TV Series 1 episode
Naked Paradise1957
Alaska Lifeboat1956Documentary short as Floyd D. Crosby
Studio 571956TV Series 1 episode
TV Reader's Digest1955-1956TV Series 22 episodes
The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis1955TV Short as Floyd D. Crosby
Shack Out on 1011955
Hell's Horizon1955
Apache Woman1955photography
Your Play Time1955TV Series 2 episodes
The Naked Street1955director of photography
Devil Take Us1955Short
The Beast with a Million Eyes1955uncredited
Five Guns West1955
The Fast and the Furious1955photography
Adventures of the Falcon1955TV Series 2 episodes
Your Favorite Story1954TV Series 1 episode
The Snow Creature1954director of photography - as Floyd D. Crosby
Monster from the Ocean Floor1954director of photography
Stormy, the Thoroughbred1954
The Ford Television Theatre1953-1954TV Series 3 episodes
Mystery Lake1953
Man Crazy1953
The Steel Lady1953
From Here to Eternity1953uncredited
Man in the Dark1953
High Noon1952director of photography
The Fighter1952uncredited
The Brave Bulls1951
Of Men and Music1951Documentary Artur Rubinstein and Jascha Heifetz sequences
Roseanna McCoy1949uncredited
Heart to Heart1949Documentary short as Floyd D. Crosby
Going to Blazes!1948Documentary short as Floyd D. Crosby
International Ice Patrol1947Short documentary
The Rural Co-op1947Documentary short
Beit Avi1947
Traffic with the Devil1946Short
Power for Defense1941Short documentary
Tennessee Valley Authority1940Short documentary
Power and the Land1940Documentary short
The Fight for Life1940
Look to Lockheed for Leadership1940Documentary short
Treibjagd in der Südsee1940Short
Pow Wow1938Short
Dotor Rhythm1938
The River1938Documentary short
Matto Grosso1933Documentary
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas1931photographed by
The Cool Ones1967as Floyd D. Crosby
Fireball 5001966director of photography
Beach Ball1965
Sergeant Dead Head1965director of photography
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini1965director of photography
Beach Blanket Bingo1965director of photography
Indian Paint1965
Sex and the College Girl1964
Raiders from Beneath the Sea1964director of photography
Pajama Party1964director of photography
Bikini Beach1964photography
Sallah1964
The Comedy of Terrors1963director of photography
The Haunted Palace1963director of photography
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes1963photographed by
The Terror1963uncredited
Black Zoo1963
The Yellow Canary1963
The Raven1963director of photography
The Young Racers1963

Camera Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Champagne Safari1995Documentary cinematographer: 1934 expedition footage
The Old Man and the Sea1958additional photographer
Oklahoma!1955second unit photographer - uncredited
The Land1942Documentary additional cinematographer / camera operator
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas1931camera operator - uncredited

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Matto Grosso1933Documentary

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Champagne Safari1995Documentary special thanks

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1953Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Cinematography - Black and WhiteHigh Noon (1952)
1931OscarAcademy Awards, USABest CinematographyTabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)

Known for movies

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