Ray Binger

Ray Binger
Born(1888-11-16)November 16, 1888
Pickett, Wisconsin, United States
DiedSeptember 29, 1970(1970-09-29) (aged 81)
Orange County, California, United States
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1924-1948

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).

Career

Binger is credited variously as "R. O. Binger" and "Ray O. Binger". From the 1940s into the late 1950s he was active in process photography and special photographic effects, working mainly at Samuel Goldwyn's studio and on productions for United Artists and Walter Wanger,and later at Universal. His later credits include effects camera work with Clifford Stine on The Land Unknown (1957).

Academy Award nominations

Binger was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Special Effects. In each case the nomination was shared with a sound-effects nominee, Thomas T. Moulton..

CeremonyFilmCategoryNominee(s)Result
13thThe Long Voyage HomeBest Special EffectsRay Binger (photographic effects); Thomas T. Moulton (sound effects)Nominated
15thThe Pride of the YankeesJack Cosgrove and Ray Binger (photographic effects); Thomas T. Moulton (sound effects)Nominated
16thThe North StarClarence Slifer and Ray O. Binger (photographic effects); Thomas T. Moulton (sound effects)Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ray Binger". IMDb. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
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  7. ↑ "The Pride of the Yankees". Oscar Goes To... Retrieved October 16, 2026.
  8. ↑ "John R. Cosgrove". Oscar Goes To... Retrieved October 16, 2026.