Bedřich Baťka1922 - 1994

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Beda Batka (August 21, 1922 – June 6, 1994) was a Czech and American cinematographer and a teacher in the Tisch School of the Arts. Batka started his career as a camera operator on the movie On the Right Track (1948). In Czechoslovakia he frequently worked with director Jiří Weiss. Batka told Weiss a story that happened at his wife's workplace. Weiss decided to use this story as a basis for his film Ninety Degrees in the Shade. In 1967 Batka was a director of photography for František Vláčil's Marketa Lazarová, which was later voted the best Czech movie of all time. After he emigrated to USA, he taught cinematography at the Tisch School of the Arts. Among his students were Barry Sonnenfeld, Bill Pope, and the late Ken Kelsch. The best known movie he worked on in America was Little Darlings.

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Little Darlings
Little Darlings

1980

Comedy • Drama

Director of Photography

6.5
4.1
Čtyři v kruhu
Čtyři v kruhu

1968

Crime

Director of Photography

0.1
Marketa Lazarová
Marketa Lazarová

1967

Drama • History

Director of Photography

7.9
0.8
Sign of the Cancer
Sign of the Cancer

1967

Crime • Drama

Director of Photography

4.7
0.1
90° in the Shade
90° in the Shade

1965

Crime • Drama

Director of Photography

5.9
0.2
Fear
Fear

1964

Crime

Director

5.3
0.2
Zajatci tmy
Zajatci tmy

1964

Drama • War

Director of Photography

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Láska nebeská
Láska nebeská

1964

Family • Romance

Director of Photography

0.1
The Golden Fern
The Golden Fern

1963

Fantasy • History • War

Director of Photography

6.4
0.2
Promiňte, omyl!
Promiňte, omyl!

1963

Drama • Thriller

Director of Photography

0.1
The Coward
The Coward

1962

Drama • War

Camera Operator

6.8
0.1
Where an Alibi Is Not Everything
Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

1961

Crime

Camera Operator

0.2
Policejní hodina
Policejní hodina

1961

Drama • History

Assistant Camera

4
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Prázdniny v oblacích
Prázdniny v oblacích

1960

Family

Assistant Camera

0.1
A 105 p.c. Alibi
A 105 p.c. Alibi

1959

Crime

Assistant Camera

8.5
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Hry a sny
Hry a sny

1959

Family

Assistant Camera

7.5
0.2
Kasaři
Kasaři

1958

Comedy • Crime

Assistant Camera

4
0.1
Bomba
Bomba

1958

Drama

Assistant Camera

0.1
Johnny's Journey
Johnny's Journey

1957

Family

Assistant Camera

5
0.1
Sons of the Mountains
Sons of the Mountains

1956

Drama

Assistant Camera

0.2
Štika v rybníce
Štika v rybníce

1952

Comedy

Assistant Camera

5
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Victorious Wings
Victorious Wings

1951

Drama

Assistant Camera

6
0.2
Na dobré stopě
Na dobré stopě

1949

Adventure

Assistant Camera

7
0.1

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