{{Short description|American cinematographer}} {{Infobox person |birth_date = {{birth date|1903|3|5}} |birth_place = Laurin, [[Montana]], United States |death_date = {{death date and age|1991|6|26|1903|3|5}} |death_place = [[Sheridan, Montana]], United States |occupation = [[Cinematographer]] }} '''Jack A. Marta''' (March 5, 1903 – June 26, 1991)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack A. Marta|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/jack_a__marta|publisher=Rate Your Music|access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref>{{deprecated source|certain=y|date=November 2024}} was an American [[cinematographer]] who was active in hundreds of movies throughout his life.
Director [[Steven Spielberg]], who worked with Marta on ''[[Duel (1971 film)|Duel]]'' (1971), recalled: "Jack was a sweetheart. He was just a kind, gentle soul who you know had never worked that fast in his entire career; none of us had, and yet there was nothing he didn’t do or couldn’t do, and he really enjoyed himself."<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Bill Wednesday #6: Jack A. Marta.|date=20 August 2014 |url=https://fiftieswesterns.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/wild-bill-wednesday-6-jack-a-marta/|publisher=Fifties Westerns|access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref>
In 1972, Marta was nominated for the Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack A. Marta|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/jack-marta|publisher=Emmys|access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref>
==Filmography== [[File:In Old Oklahoma (1943) 5.jpg|thumb|Marta was cinematographer for ''[[In Old Oklahoma]]'' (1943), featuring [[Martha Scott]], [[John Wayne]] and [[Albert Dekker]] ]] {{div col}} * ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' * ''[[Billy Jack Goes to Washington]]'' * ''[[The Master Gunfighter]]'' * ''Chase'' * ''Partners in Crime'' * ''Framed'' * ''[[The Trial of Billy Jack]]'' * ''[[Walking Tall (1973 film)|Walking Tall]]'' * ''You’ll Like My Mother'' * ''[[Emergency!]]'' * ''How to Steal an Airplane'' * ''[[Duel (1971 film)|Duel]]'' * ''[[A Howling in the Woods]]'' * ''Company of Killers'' * ''The Deadly Dream'' * ''[[The Birdmen]]'' * ''The City'' * ''Plaza Suite'' * ''[[The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game]]'' * ''[[Dial Hot Line]]'' * ''The Challenges'' * ''Silent Night, Lonely Night'' * ''Any Second Now'' * ''[[Dundee and the Culhane]]'' * ''The Perils of Pauline'' * ''[[T.H.E. Cat]]'' * ''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|The Green Hornet]]'' * ''[[The Rat Patrol]]'' * ''The Monroes'' * ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' * ''[[Cat Ballou]]'' * ''Route 66'' * ''Angel Baby'' * ''Tallahassee 7000'' * ''[[Earth vs the Spider]]'' * ''The Man Who Died Twice'' * ''[[Girl in the Woods]]'' * ''[[War of the Colossal Beast]]'' * ''Man or Gun'' * ''[[The Bonnie Parker Story]]'' * ''[[Juvenile Jungle]]'' * ''[[Young and Wild (1958 film)|Young and Wild]]'' * ''The Notorious Mr. Monks'' * ''Gunfire at Indian Gap'' * ''The Crooked Circle'' * ''Panama Sal'' * ''The Wayward Girl'' * ''[[Taming Sutton's Gal]]'' * ''The Last Stagecoach West'' * ''[[Beginning of the End (film)|Beginning of the End]]'' * ''The Lawless Eighties'' * ''Spoilers of the Forest'' * ''Affair in Reno'' * ''Duel at Apache Wells'' * ''Lisbon'' * ''[[The Maverick Queen]]'' * ''Come Next Spring'' * ''The Last Command'' * ''[[Timberjack (film)|Timberjack]]'' * ''[[Hell's Outpost]]'' * ''[[The Shanghai Story]]'' * ''[[Jubilee Trail (film)|Jubilee Trail]]'' * ''[[Fair Wind to Java]]'' * ''A Perilous Journey'' * ''Ride the Man Down'' * ''Montana Belle'' * ''The WAC from Walla Walla'' * ''Woman of the North Country'' * ''The Fabulous Senorita'' * ''Oklahoma Annie'' * ''[[Pals of the Golden West]]'' * ''Honeychile'' * ''[[South of Caliente]]'' * ''[[In Old Amarillo]]'' * ''[[Oh! Susanna (1951 film)|Oh! Susanna]]'' * ''[[Spoilers of the Plains]]'' * ''[[North of the Great Divide]]'' * ''[[Sunset in the West]]'' * ''[[Trigger, Jr.]]'' * ''[[Rock Island Trail (film)|Rock Island Trail]]'' * ''[[Belle of Old Mexico]]'' * ''The Golden Stallion'' * ''[[The Kid from Cleveland]]'' * ''Brimstone'' * ''Hellfire'' * ''[[The Last Bandit]]'' * ''[[The Far Frontier]]'' * ''[[The Plunderers (1948 film)|The Plunderers]]'' * ''[[Night Time in Nevada]]'' * ''Eyes of Texas'' * ''The Gallant Legion'' * ''[[Under California Stars]]'' * ''Bill and Coo The Gay Ranchero'' * ''[[On the Old Spanish Trail]]'' * ''[[Springtime in the Sierras]]'' * ''[[Bells of San Angelo]]'' * ''[[Apache Rose]]'' * ''[[That Brennan Girl]]'' * ''Earl Carroll Sketchbook'' * ''In Old Sacramento'' * ''[[Murder in the Music Hall]]'' * ''Dakota'' * ''An Angel Comes to Brooklyn'' * ''Mexicana'' * ''[[Hitchhike to Happiness]]'' * ''Earl Carroll Vanities'' * ''Brazil'' * ''Port of 40 Thieves'' * ''[[Song of Nevada]]'' * ''[[The Yellow Rose of Texas (film)|The Yellow Rose of Texas]]'' * ''[[Man from Frisco]]'' * ''[[My Best Gal]]'' * ''[[Whispering Footsteps]]'' * ''[[In Old Oklahoma]]'' * ''[[Nobody's Darling]]'' * ''[[The West Side Kid]]'' * ''Someone to Remember'' * ''Bordertown Gun Fighters'' * ''[[Tahiti Honey]]'' * ''Hit Parade of London Blackout Murders'' * ''[[Ridin' Down the Canyon]]'' * ''[[Heart of the Golden West]]'' * ''[[X Marks the Spot (1942 film)|X Marks the Spot]]'' * ''[[Flying Tigers]]'' * ''[[In Old California (1942 film)|In Old California]]'' * ''[[The Girl from Alaska]]'' * ''[[Sleepytime Gal]]'' * ''[[Cowboy Serenade]]'' * ''[[Red River Valley (1941 film)|Red River Valley]]'' * ''[[A Missouri Outlaw]]'' * ''[[Sierra Sue]]'' * ''[[Down Mexico Way]]'' * ''Ice-Capades'' * ''Mountain Moonlight'' * ''Puddin' Head'' * ''Lady from Louisiana'' * ''Sis Hopkins'' * ''A Man Betrayed'' * ''Petticoat Politics'' * ''[[Robin Hood of the Pecos]]'' * ''[[Behind the News]]'' * ''[[The Border Legion (1940 film)|The Border Legion]]'' * ''[[Hit Parade of 1941]]'' * ''[[Colorado (1940 film)|Colorado]]'' * ''Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride'' * ''Earl of Puddlestone'' * ''[[Girl from God's Country]]'' * ''Grand Ole Opry'' * ''Women in War'' * ''Rocky Mountain Rangers'' * ''[[Dark Command]]'' * ''[[Pioneers of the West]]'' * ''Thou Shalt Not Kill'' * ''[[Saga of Death Valley]]'' * ''Main Street Lawyer'' * ''Smuggled Cargo'' * ''[[Wall Street Cowboy]]'' * ''Should Husbands Work?'' * ''Mickey the Kid'' * ''S.O.S. Tidal Wave'' * ''My Wife's Relatives'' * ''Blue Montana Skies'' * ''Forged Passport'' * ''[[The Night Riders]]'' * ''[[Southward Ho]]'' * ''Rough Riders' Round-up'' * ''Pride of the Navy'' * ''Fighting Thoroughbreds'' * ''[[Red River Range]]'' * ''[[Come On, Rangers]]'' * ''[[Rhythm of the Saddle]]'' * ''I Stand Accused'' * ''The Night Hawk'' * ''Man from Music Mountain'' * ''[[A Desperate Adventure (1938 film)|A Desperate Adventure]]'' * ''[[Ladies in Distress]]'' * ''[[Under Western Stars]]'' * ''[[Invisible Enemy (film)|Invisible Enemy]]'' * ''The Higgins Family'' * ''II Stardust'' * ''[[King of the Newsboys]]'' * ''[[Born to Be Wild (1938 film)|Born to Be Wild]]'' * ''Outside of Paradise'' * ''[[Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (film)|Manhattan Merry-Go-Round]]'' * ''[[The Perfect Specimen]]'' * ''Heart of the Rockies'' * ''[[The Sheik Steps Out]]'' * ''Public Cowboy No. 1'' * ''[[Range Defenders]]'' * ''It Could Happen to You!'' * ''Michael O'Halloran'' * ''Jim Hanvey, Detective'' * ''Navy Blues'' * ''Hit the Saddle'' * ''[[Circus Girl (film)|Circus Girl]]'' * ''[[Paradise Express]]'' * ''Larceny on the Air'' * ''The Riders of the Whistling Skull'' * ''The Mandarin Mystery'' * ''[[The Bold Caballero]]'' * ''[[Ghost-Town Gold]]'' * ''Bulldog Edition'' * ''[[The Gentleman from Louisiana]]'' * ''[[Mariners of the Sky|Mariners of the Sky/Navy Born]]'' * ''[[Hearts in Bondage]]'' * ''The Girl from Mandalay'' *''[[The House of a Thousand Candles]]'' (1936) * ''[[King of the Pecos]]'' * ''The Leathernecks Have Landed'' * ''Dancing Feet'' * ''The Leavenworth Case'' * ''Hitch Hike Lady'' * ''[[The Fighting Marines]]'' * ''Sagebrush Troubadour'' * ''Harmony Lane'' * ''1,000 Dollars a Minute'' * ''[[Confidential (1935 film)|Confidential]]'' * ''[[Streamline Express]]'' * ''Behind the Green Lights'' * ''[[The Red Dance]]'' * ''[[What Price Glory? (1926 film)|What Price Glory]]'' {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0005785|Jack A. Marta}}
{{Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)}}
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