Fritz Roland

Fritz Roland (1927–2012) was a cinematographer who was Jim Henson's "regular cameraman" during the late 1960s.Jim Henson's Red Book entry, 6/3/1968
Born in Austria, Roland immigrated with his family to the United States in his youth, settling in New York City. Later settling in Washington, D.C. in the late 1940s, after serving with the U.S. Army, and working as a photographer, Roland and Del Ankers founded and owned the Rodel Productions studio in Georgetown where Henson and the Muppets filmed many of their commercials and industrial films.
Roland lent his talents as cinematographer, director, writer, and producer to a variety of documentaries, commercials, television programs, and feature films throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Cinematography projects included the 1960 Buster Keaton industrial film The Devil to Pay (alongside Ankers), second-unit work on the 1969 film If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (with Ian McShane, Suzanne Pleshette, and Joan Collins), the 1972 film Wacky Taxi (with John Astin), and episodes of In Search of... (hosted by Leonard Nimoy). Roland later operated the post-production studio Roland House from 1985 to 2005.
==Known Henson credits==
* La Choy Sobbing Bride ad (1967)
* Kenner Easy-Bake Oven ad (1968)
* Unpredictable (1968)Jim Henson's Red Book entry, 1/27-29/1968
==Sources==
==External links==
* Washington Post obituary (via Legacy.com)
* Washington Post obituary
* IMDb
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Category:Cinematographers