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Hans F. Koenekamp

Born in Denison, Iowa, of immigrant parents from Oldenburg, Germany, Hans Koenekamp began his film career with a job as a motion picture projectionist. He became a cinematographer in 1913 at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios. He later worked at Fox Films and then joined Vitagraph in 1917, where he photographed all the Larry Semoncomedies. When Warner Bros. purchased First National's studio in Burbank, California, he signed a contract and remained with the studio for the next 30 years. He specialized in directing and photographing second units and producing special effects shots for the studio.

03-12-1891

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H. L. Koenekamp, H. Koenekamp, Hans Koenekamp, H.F. Koenenkamp

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Denison, Iowa, USA

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Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot

John Wayne stars as U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon, who's tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot (Janet Leigh) claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and wedding the fetching flyer, Shannon learns from his superiors that she's a spy on a mission to extract military secrets. To save his new wife from prison and deportation, Shannon devises a risky plan in this 1957 drama.
5.4

Year:

1957

The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis

Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.
6.6

Year:

1957

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown

Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bond battles a hard-nosed base commander, prejudiced officers and his own insecurities.
5.6

Year:

1956

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
6.8

Year:

1955

Young at Heart

Young at Heart

The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.
5.9

Year:

1954

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
7.1

Year:

1954

The Winning Team

The Winning Team

Poor health and alcoholism force Grover Cleveland Alexander out of baseball, but through his wife's faithful efforts, he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.
5.5

Year:

1952

Mara Maru

Mara Maru

An American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the Philippines.
4.8

Year:

1952

The Big Trees

The Big Trees

In 1900, unscrupulous timber baron Jim Fallon plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions off California redwood. Much of the land he hopes to grab has been homesteaded by a Quaker colony, who try to persuade him to spare the giant sequoias...but these are the very trees he wants most. Expert at manipulating others, Fallon finds that other sharks are at his own heels, and forms an unlikely alliance.
5.6

Year:

1952

Fort Worth

Fort Worth

Ex-gunfighter Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the civil war to help run a newspaper which is against ambitious men and their schemes for control.
6.7

Year:

1951

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.
7.7

Year:

1951

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby

A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
6.0

Year:

1950

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.
5.0

Year:

1950

White Heat

White Heat

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
7.7

Year:

1949

It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling

A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.
5.9

Year:

1949

Colorado Territory

Colorado Territory

After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.
6.9

Year:

1949

June Bride

June Bride

A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
7.2

Year:

1948

The Big Punch

The Big Punch

Gangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.
5.3

Year:

1948

Winter Meeting

Winter Meeting

A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.
6.5

Year:

1948

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
8.0

Year:

1948

Dark Passage

Dark Passage

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
7.3

Year:

1947

Deep Valley

Deep Valley

A shy California farm girl falls head-over-heels in love with Barry Burnett, a fugitive from a chain gang building a road through the wilderness.
5.8

Year:

1947

Conflict

Conflict

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
6.5

Year:

1945

The Corn Is Green

The Corn Is Green

When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry she decides to hold classes in her house and believes that Morgan is smart enough to attend Oxford.
7.1

Year:

1945

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
6.1

Year:

1943

Air Force

Air Force

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
6.4

Year:

1943

Wings for the Eagle

Wings for the Eagle

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.
5.7

Year:

1942

Manpower

Manpower

Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.
6.7

Year:

1941

The Wagons Roll at Night

The Wagons Roll at Night

An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with Nick's sister, Mary, causing tension between Matt and Nick. The latter must also juggle his stormy relationship with glamorous circus star Flo Lorraine.
6.4

Year:

1941

The Sea Wolf

The Sea Wolf

Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
7.1

Year:

1941

Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
5.7

Year:

1940

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
7.2

Year:

1940

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
6.9

Year:

1940

Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone

A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
6.3

Year:

1940

Virginia City

Virginia City

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.
6.1

Year:

1940

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
6.3

Year:

1939

Wings of the Navy

Wings of the Navy

Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back.
6.0

Year:

1939

Submarine D-1

Submarine D-1

Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock battle over pretty Ann Sawyer. At sea and underwater, however, our two heroes are inseparable.
4.7

Year:

1937

Black Legion

Black Legion

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
6.6

Year:

1937

Isle of Fury

Isle of Fury

An island pearl merchant and his new wife make room for a mysterious shipwrecked man.
5.3

Year:

1936

Earthworm Tractors

Earthworm Tractors

A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.
5.0

Year:

1936

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puck uses a magic flower to make people fall in love, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...
6.5

Year:

1935

The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man

A movie stuntman, whose wealthy girlfriend has just turned down his marriage proposal, is determined to prove to her that he is man enough for her, and in doing so proceeds to ruin take after take, driving everyone on the set crazy, especially his director.
7.8

Year:

1927

Spuds

Spuds

In France during World War I, an army payroll car containing $250,000 turns up missing. A GI, nicknamed "Spuds" because of his prowess at peeling potatoes, discovers that it was stolen by German spies, and--since his captain was responsible for the car and will be in big trouble if it's not recovered--goes behind the enemy lines to retrieve both the car and the $250,000 payroll.
0.0

Year:

1927

The Cloudhopper

The Cloudhopper

The plot of this film really isn't that important. Instead, the sight gags and chase scenes are paramount--with some of the most impressive chase footage you'll ever see. All the near-misses with the speeding train were amazing and the scene where the car gets smashed by the truck are absolutely priceless.
4.5

Year:

1925

The Dome Doctor

The Dome Doctor

The proprietors of a hairdressing and beauty emporium and the neighboring delicatessen battle over everything including the hairdresser's love of the deli owner's daughter.
1.0

Year:

1925

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
5.5

Year:

1925

Kid Speed

Kid Speed

Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in love with DuPoys's daughter. DuPoys suggests that whoever wins the race will have the opportunity to visit his daughter every Wednesday night. An action-packed race commences, with one competitor doing more than usual to win the race.
5.2

Year:

1924

The Girl in the Limousine

The Girl in the Limousine

Tony and Freddie, who have been rivals all their lives, vie for the hand in marriage of their childhood sweetheart. Big Freddie has the upper hand when Tony gets himself kidnapped by a ring of muggers whose M.O. is to have one of their members dress up as a woman to lure men into the back seat of their limousine, where they are beaten up and robbed.
6.0

Year:

1924

A Pair of Kings

A Pair of Kings

A Pair of Kings is a 1922 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy.
4.0

Year:

1922

The Show

The Show

A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.
6.5

Year:

1922

The Sawmill

The Sawmill

A bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the clutches of the mill's bullying foreman.
4.9

Year:

1922

The Bell Hop

The Bell Hop

A government official staying in a hotel puts some important secret papers in the hotel safe. A ring of spies out to get the papers manages to steal them from the safe, and a lady government agent enlists the help of the hotel's bumbling bellhop in getting back the papers and breaking up the spy ring.
6.8

Year:

1921

The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy

Larry falls afoul of wanted criminal Gentleman Joe, who runs a saloon full of tough guys and gunslingers.
4.2

Year:

1921

The Stage Hand

The Stage Hand

6.0

Year:

1920

Rip & Stitch: Tailors

Rip & Stitch: Tailors

Comedy Short
0.0

Year:

1919

Cupid's Day Off

Cupid's Day Off

0.0

Year:

1919

An International Sneak

An International Sneak

A 1917 short film directed by Hampton Del Ruth & Fred Hibbard.
0.0

Year:

1917

Bath Tub Perils

Bath Tub Perils

In this classic comedy, a hotelier continues to find himself in promiscuous situations involving a newlywed bride on her honeymoon much to the chagrin of his wife.
5.0

Year:

1916

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Punctured Romance

A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him.
6.1

Year:

1914

Mabel's Strange Predicament

Mabel's Strange Predicament

A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Mabel's visiting sweetheart.
5.3

Year:

1914