John P. Fulton
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— 1965, London
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, England
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) was an American
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special effects supervisor and cinematographer.
Though Fulton began his adult life as a surveyor
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
, he became involved in the movie industry after accepting a job as an assistant cameraman. In time he became a camera operator
Camera operator
A camera operator or cameraman is a professional operator of a film or video camera. In filmmaking, the leading cameraman is usually called a cinematographer, while a cameraman in a video production may be known as a television camera operator, video camera operator, or videographer, depending on...
and acted as cinematographer in his first official credit in 1929
1929 in film
-Events:The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on.*January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona is released. The film is the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors....
with the early sound drama She Goes to War.
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