# Edward Snyder (cinematographer)

Edward Snyder, also known as Edward J. Snyder, (1895 – July 10, 1982) was an American cameraman, cinematographer (director of photography), and visual effects/special effects artist. Born in New York City in 1895, Snyder would break into the film industry as the director of photography on The Fighting Marine. a 1926 silent film that featured the only screen performance by boxing heavyweight champion Gene Tunney. Snyder would be one of the plethora of talented cameramen to work on the Howard Hughes' 1930 aerial classic, Hell's Angels, along with such other notable cameramen and future directors of photography, Paul Ivano, Henry Cronjager and Ernest Laszlo. It was as special effects artist that Snyder would have his greatest success, working on such classic films as Otto Preminger's Laura; George Cukor's Winged Victory; The Keys of the Kingdom, starring Gregory Peck; Elia Kazan's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Anna and the King of Siam, starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison. Snyder was nominated for an Academy Award for 1948's Deep Waters, losing to the special effects team of Portrait of Jennie). Snyder died in 1982.

## Filmography

(as per AFI's database)
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1926 | The Fighting Marine | Director of photography | |
| 1927 | Hoof Marks | Director of photography | |
| 1928 | Fangs of Fate | Director of photography | |
| 1928 | Marked Money | Director of photography | |
| 1928 | A Bit of Heaven | Director of photography | |
| 1929 | Hawk of the Hills | Director of photography | |
| 1930 | Hell's Angels | Cameraman | |
| 1930 | Her Man | Director of photography | |
| 1930 | Pardon My Gun | Director of photography | |
| 1930 | Rogue of the Rio Grande | Director of photography | |
| 1931 | Lonely Wives | Director of photography | |
| 1931 | Sweepstakes | Director of photography | |
| 1931 | The Tip-Off | Director of photography | |
| 1931 | The Painted Desert | Director of photography | |
| 1933 | Destination Unknown | Director of photography | |
| 1933 | Jaws of Justice | Director of photography | |
| 1933 | They Just Had to Get Married | Director of photography | |
| 1934 | The Oil Raider | Director of photography | |
| 1934 | The Poor Rich | Director of photography | |
| 1934 | Madame Spy | Director of photography | |
| 1935 | Fighting Youth | Director of photography | |
| 1935 | His Night Out | Director of photography | |
| 1936 | The Last of the Mohicans | Cameraman | |
| 1936 | Sea Spoilers | Director of photography | |
| 1936 | Contra la corriente | Director of photography | |
| 1936 | The Harvester | Director of photography | |
| 1937 | The Jones Family in Big Business | Director of photography | |
| 1937 | Sweetheart of the Navy | Director of photography | |
| 1937 | Girl Loves Boy | Director of photography | |
| 1937 | Small Town Boy | Director of photography | |
| 1937 | Borrowing Trouble | Director of photography | |
| 1937 | Hot Water | Director of photography | |
| 1937 | Breezing Home | Director of photography | |
| 1937 | Escape by Night | Director of photography | |
| 1937 | Youth on Parole | Director of photography | |
| 1938 | Road Demon | Director of photography | |
| 1938 | Passport Husband | Director of photography | |
| 1938 | Speed to Burn | Director of photography | |
| 1938 | A Trip to Paris | Director of photography | |
| 1938 | Meet the Girls | Director of photography | |
| 1938 | Love on a Budget | Director of photography | |
| 1938 | Down on the Farm | Director of photography | |
| 1939 | I Was a Convict | Director of photography | |
| 1939 | Everybody's Baby | Director of photography | |
| 1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Director of photography | |
| 1940 | Little Old New York | Cameraman | |
| 1944 | Laura | Special effects artist | |
| 1944 | Sunday Dinner for a Soldier | Special effects artist | |
| 1944 | Winged Victory | Special effects artist | |
| 1945 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Special effects artist | |
| 1945 | Doll Face | Special effects artist | |
| 1945 | Fallen Angel | Special effects artist | |
| 1945 | Hangover Square | Special effects artist | |
| 1945 | The Spider | Special effects artist | |
| 1945 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Special effects artist | |
| 1946 | Leave Her to Heaven | Special effects artist | |
| 1946 | Anna and the King of Siam | Special effects artist | |
| 1946 | Centennial Summer | Special effects artist | |
| 1946 | Claudia and David | Special effects artist | |
| 1946 | Cluny Brown | Special effects artist | |
| 1946 | Sentimental Journey | Special effects artist | |
| 1946 | Smoky | Special effects artist | |
| 1946 | Somewhere in the Night | Special effects artist | |
| 1946 | Strange Triangle | Special effects artist | |
| 1946 | Three Little Girls in Blue | Special effects artist | |
| 1947 | The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | Special effects artist | |
| 1948 | Deep Waters | Special effects artist | Nominated for an Academy Award |