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Victor J. Kemper

Born April 14, 1927 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died November 27, 2023 · aged 96

Victor Jay Kemper (April 14, 1927 – November 27, 2023) was an American cinematographer. He was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, and was its president twice, from 1993 to 1996, and from 1999 to 2001.

Known For

Clue

MovieComedyCrime

Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.

National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation · 1983

National Lampoon's Vacation

MovieComedyAdventure

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

Jingle All the Way

Jingle All the Way · 1996

Jingle All the Way

MovieFamilyAdventure

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon · 1975

Dog Day Afternoon

MovieCrimeDrama

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

American Pie Presents: Band Camp

American Pie Presents: Band Camp · 2005

American Pie Presents: Band Camp

Everyone has 'moved on', except for Sherman and Jim Levenstein's still understanding father. Little Matt Stiffler wants to join his older brother Steve's business and, after everything Matt has heard from Jim's band-geek wife, he plans to go back to band camp and make a video of his own.

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

See No Evil, Hear No Evil · 1989

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

MovieComedyCrime

A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot, but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?

The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown · 1980

The Final Countdown

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure · 1985

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

MovieComedyAdventure

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.

Filmography

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Clue

MovieComedyCrime

Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.

Director of Photography

National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation · 1983

National Lampoon's Vacation

MovieComedyAdventure

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

Director of Photography

Jingle All the Way

Jingle All the Way · 1996

Jingle All the Way

MovieFamilyAdventure

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

Director of Photography

Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon · 1975

Dog Day Afternoon

MovieCrimeDrama

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

Director of Photography

American Pie Presents: Band Camp

American Pie Presents: Band Camp · 2005

American Pie Presents: Band Camp

Everyone has 'moved on', except for Sherman and Jim Levenstein's still understanding father. Little Matt Stiffler wants to join his older brother Steve's business and, after everything Matt has heard from Jim's band-geek wife, he plans to go back to band camp and make a video of his own.

Director of Photography

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

See No Evil, Hear No Evil · 1989

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

MovieComedyCrime

A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot, but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?

Director of Photography

The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown · 1980

The Final Countdown

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Director of Photography

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure · 1985

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

MovieComedyAdventure

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.

Director of Photography

Beethoven

Beethoven · 1992

MovieFamilyComedy

The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.

Director of Photography

Mr. Mom

Mr. Mom · 1983

MovieComedyDrama

Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't have a clue...

Director of Photography

Eddie

MovieActionComedy

Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima

Director of Photography

Tommy Boy

Tommy Boy · 1995

To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.

Director of Photography

...And Justice for All

...And Justice for All · 1979

...And Justice for All

An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.

Director of Photography

Slap Shot

Slap Shot · 1977

MovieComedyDrama

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.

Director of Photography

Audrey Rose

Audrey Rose · 1977

MovieDramaHorror

A man is convinced that 11-year old girl, Ivy, is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a fiery car accident, along with his wife, two minutes before Ivy was born.

Director of Photography

Secret Admirer

Secret Admirer · 1985

MovieComedyRomance

An anonymous love letter left in Michael Ryan's locker on the last day of school wreaks havoc on his life and the lives of everyone who comes in contact with it.

Director of Photography

The Lonely Guy

The Lonely Guy · 1984

MovieComedyRomance

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

Director of Photography

Coma

MovieThrillerMystery

When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.

Director of Photography

Stay Hungry

Stay Hungry · 1976

MovieComedyDrama

A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.

Director of Photography

The Jerk

The Jerk · 1979

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.

Director of Photography

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The Friends of Eddie Coyle · 1973

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

MovieCrimeDrama

An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.

Director of Photography

Author! Author!

Author! Author! · 1982

Author! Author!

MovieComedyDrama

A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her.

Director of Photography

Crazy People

Crazy People · 1990

MovieComedyRomance

A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.

Director of Photography

Eyes of Laura Mars

Eyes of Laura Mars · 1978

Eyes of Laura Mars

MovieMysteryThriller

A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.

Director of Photography

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke · 1999

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

On her deathbed, Doris Duke, the world's wealthiest woman, recalls her lavish, tumultuous years as a young socialite.

Director of Photography

The Atlanta Child Murders

The Atlanta Child Murders · 1985

The Atlanta Child Murders

The Atlanta Child Murders is a TV miniseries that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS. Inspired by true events, the miniseries examines the so-called "Atlanta child murders" of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Director of Photography