Howard Block

Howard Block was a camera operator and cinematographer who worked as second unit director of photography on . Block was born in New York City, New York, USA. He received the President's Award in 1994 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 from the Society of Camera Operators.
Block worked as assistant camera operator on the drama On the Waterfront (1954) and on the television series The Honeymooners (1955-1956). Throughout the next forty years, Block was a camera operator on and N.Y.P.D. (starring Robert Hooks), (1972), (1974, with James A. Contner), , , , The Dukes of Hazzard, and , (1979), (1980), (1982), and (1982, starring William Shatner), (1984), Nighthawks, Dear John (1988, with Marvin V. Rush), and .
Beside working as second unit director of photography on the television series Magnum, P.I., Capital News, and Parenthood, Block was the director of photography on episodes of Mack & Myer for Hire (1963), The Twentieth Century (1964), , Mike Hammer (1986), Murder, She Wrote}} (1986-1987), The Law and Harry McGraw, (1990), and She-Wolf of London (1990).
Block passed away of natural causes on 5 February 2005 in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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