# Friend Baker

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{{Short description|American cinematographer}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Friend Baker
| birth_name         = Friend Frederick Baker
| birth_date         = April 10, 1890
| birth_place        = Nebraska, US
| death_date         = March 20, 1988 (aged 98)
| death_place        = Orange, California, US
| occupation         = Cinematographer
| spouse             = Annabelle Jackson
}}

'''Friend Baker''' was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood in the 1910s and 1920s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=27 Feb 1953|title=3-Dimensions Fill Hollywood with Optimism|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/38972002/?terms=%22friend%20baker%22&match=1|access-date=2021-03-27|website=The Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S08_AAAAYAAJ&q=%22friend+baker%22+cinematographer|title=American Cinematographer|date=1922|publisher=ASC Holding Corporation|language=en}}</ref> Later on in his career, he worked as a camera technician.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Theakston|first=Jack|title=House of Wax|journal=Library of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Raimondo-Souto|first=H. Mario|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2aNMXaOSboAC&dq=%22friend+baker%22+cinematographer&pg=PA127|title=Motion Picture Photography: A History, 1891-1960|date=2014-11-18|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8407-2|language=en}}</ref> He was an early member of the [American Society of Cinematographers](/source/American_Society_of_Cinematographers).

== Biography ==
Friend was born in Nebraska to Jesse Baker and Jennie Wallace.

Among his innovations as a cameraman, he reportedly built an early 3-D camera alongside fellow cinematographer Virgil Williams while working at Universal Pictures in 1918.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mitchell|first=Rick|date=2004|title=The Tragedy of 3-D Cinema|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3815533|journal=Film History|volume=16|issue=3|pages=208–215|doi=10.2979/FIL.2004.16.3.208|jstor=3815533|issn=0892-2160|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He also developed an early technique for produced color film.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7EdJAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22friend+baker%22+cinematographer&pg=PA126|title=Motion Picture Daily: Formerly Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today|date=1921|publisher=Exhibitors Trade Review, Incorporated|language=en}}</ref> He served as chief cameraman for the studio for a number of years.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 Jun 1924|title=Trapping Tornadoes His Dream|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380453086/?terms=%22friend%20baker%22&match=1|access-date=2021-03-27|website=The Los Angeles Times|language=en}}</ref>

He married Annabelle Jackson in Los Angeles in 1915. The pair had several children.

== Selected filmography ==

* ''[Heart's Haven](/source/Heart's_Haven)'' (1922)
* ''[The Gray Dawn](/source/The_Gray_Dawn)'' (1922)
* ''[While the Devil Laughs](/source/While_the_Devil_Laughs)'' (1921)
* ''[The Girl of My Heart](/source/The_Girl_of_My_Heart)'' (1920)
* ''[Trumpet Island](/source/Trumpet_Island)'' (1920)
* ''[Merely Mary Ann](/source/Merely_Mary_Ann_(1920_film))'' (1920)
* ''[The Broken Commandment](/source/The_Broken_Commandment)s'' (1919)
* ''Chasing Rainbows'' (1919)
* ''The Sneak'' (1919)
* ''[The Rebellious Bride](/source/The_Rebellious_Bride)'' (1919)
* ''[Hell-Roarin' Reform](/source/Hell-Roarin'_Reform)'' (1919)
* ''[The Call of the Soul](/source/The_Call_of_the_Soul)'' (1919)
* ''Kultur'' (1918)
* ''[The Bird of Prey](/source/The_Bird_of_Prey)'' (1918)
* ''[The Scarlet Road](/source/The_Scarlet_Road)'' (1918)
* ''The Devil's Wheel'' (1918)
* ''[Nobody's Wife](/source/Nobody's_Wife_(1918_film))'' (1918)
* ''Painted Lips'' (1918)
* ''[Her American Husband](/source/Her_American_Husband)'' (1918)
* ''[Cheyenne's Pal](/source/Cheyenne's_Pal)'' (1917)
* ''[The Clean-Up](/source/The_Clean-Up_(1917_film))'' (1917)
* ''[The Car of Chance](/source/The_Car_of_Chance)'' (1917)
* ''The Clock'' (1917)
* ''[The Man Who Took a Chance](/source/The_Man_Who_Took_a_Chance)'' (1917)
* ''[The Devil's Pay Day](/source/The_Devil's_Pay_Day)'' (1917)
* ''[Love Never Dies](/source/Love_Never_Dies_(1916_film))'' (1916)
* ''[What Love Can Do](/source/What_Love_Can_Do)'' (1916)
* ''[The Long Chance](/source/The_Long_Chance_(1915_film))'' (1915)

== References ==
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Category:American cinematographers
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Category:Mass media people from Nebraska

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