Ray Binger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cinematographer
Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1888
Place of Birth: Pickett, Wisconsin, United States
Date of Death: 29-Sep-1970
Profession: cinematographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Ray Binger
- Ray Binger (November 16, 1888 – September 29, 1970) was an American cinematographer.
- He started working in Hollywood in 1924, mastering the art of process photography.
- By 1934 he had gravitated towards special effects work.
- He was one of the many technicians involved in bringing authenticity to The Hurricane in 1937, and was instrumental in the plane crash sequence in Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent in 1940.
- Not all his assignments were quite that showy, however.
- He received an Oscar nomination in the category Best Special Effects for generating fake crowds to fill up the baseball stands in 1942's The Pride of the Yankees.
- He was nominated twice more in the same category for The Long Voyage Home (1940) and The North Star (1943).
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