Alfred Gilks

Alfred Gilks
Gilks (center) on the set of the 1922 film Beyond the Rocks with (left to right) novelist Elinor Glyn, director Sam Wood, and cameraman Osmond Borradaile
Born	(1891-12-29)December 29, 1891 Los Angeles, California, USA
Died	September 6, 1970(1970-09-06) (aged 78) Hollywood, California, USA
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1920–1958

Alfred Gilks (29 December 1891 – 6 September 1970) was an American cinematographer from 1920 through to 1956. Gilks has worked on over sixty films and is known for utilizing his U.S. Navy background to capture and operate one of the first 'nautical cameras' for the film Old Ironsides (film).^[1]

Gilks won one Academy Award for his cinematography in the film An American in Paris (1951) before retiring from the cinematography work in 1960.