| Birth Name: | Don Malkames |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Hazleton, Pennsylvania |
| Death Date: | November 24, 1986 |
| Occupation: | Cinematographer |
Don Malkames (April 7, 1904 – November 24, 1986) was a cinematographer and inventor in the history of motion picture technology.
Malkames began his career at age 17 as an assistant cameraman at Hollywood's William Fox Studio. During the 1930s, he worked in the New York area as a director of photography; he was for several years head of the camera department at the Astoria Studios.
Malkames also invented a lenticular motion-picture process, designed a newsreel camera and served as a technical adviser to several film museums across the country.[1]
He was the father of cinematographer Karl Malkames.[2]
He died at 82 in Yonkers, New York.