John Hora Dead: Cinematographer on 'The Howling,' 'Gremlins' Was 80
Hora died unexpectedly Feb. 9 of heart failure, the American Society of Cinematographers reported. A fan of the large-format films of the 1950s, Hora also served as DP on the Imax films The Journey Inside (1994) and Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000), and for 2012 releases, he photographed the documentary The Last Days of Cinerama and the short In the Picture, the first project created with the ultra-wide 35mm Cinerama format since 1962. Hora and Dante teamed up for the first time on The Howling (1981), with the cinematographer "relying on a dramatic lighting approach featuring ri...
Source: hollywoodreporter.com