N. Paul Kenworthy Explained

Norman Paul Kenworthy Jr.
Birth Date:	14 February 1925
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place:	Ventura, California
Occupation:	Cinematographer

Norman Paul Kenworthy Jr. (February 14, 1925 – October 15, 2010) was an American film director and cinematographer, mostly for Disney studio films.^[1] As co-inventor of the Snorkel Camera System,^[1] a remote-controlled periscope camera, he shared a 1978 non-competitive Academy Award for technical achievement with engineer William Latady.^[1]

Filmography

• The Living Desert (1953, "photographed by")
• The Vanishing Prairie (1954, "photographed by")
• Perri (1957, director and "photographed by")
• The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures (1975, co-cinematographer)

External links

• • The Living Desert, by Kenworthy, in the Library of Congress

Notes and References

1. News: N. Paul Kenworthy Jr. dies at 85; award-winning camera-systems inventor and cinematographer . Dennis . McLellan . . October 24, 2010 . A40.