William E. Snyder

William E. Snyder, was an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer from New York who directed the photography for , the first pilot. He also received the Director of Photography credit on since footage from "The Cage" was used in this two-part episode. Jerry Finnerman was the Director of Photography for the new footage in the episode.
Snyder was nominated for an Academy Award for his very first film, (1941). He was later nominated for his work on (1948, featuring Arnold Moss) and (1949). Perhaps his best known work as cinematographer is (1954, featuring Whit Bissell).
Before "The Cage," Synder worked with actor John Hoyt on (1951, featuring Jeff Corey) and (1956). Snyder was also Director of Photography on such films as (1944), (1951), (1952, featuring Keith Andes and Anthony Caruso), Fritz Lang's Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, and five films for director Henry Levin. In addition, he was a camera operator on (1956).
From 1959 until his retirement in 1971, Snyder was a cinematographer on numerous projects for Walt Disney Productions. His work for Disney included two films starring Brian Keith (Moon Pilot and A Tiger Walks) as well as the films Summer Magic (featuring Michael J. Pollard), Monkeys, Go Home! (featuring Darleen Carr), The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (featuring Joan Marshall), and Rascal (starring Bill Mumy and John Fiedler). Synder also worked on several TV productions for Disney, including 1969's My Dog, the Thief, which starred Roger C. Carmel. The Disney studio loaned Snyder to Star Trek as a favor to Byron Haskin, who also worked on many of their projects before. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One)
Outside of his work with Disney and in addition to the first Star Trek pilot, Synder was a cinematographer on some fifteen episodes of . Among the other television shows he worked on were Burke's Law and .
Excluding 1970's The Boatniks, Snyder's last few Disney productions were directed by Vincent McEveety. Their first collaboration was the 1970 TV movie Smoke, followed by another TV production, Menace on the Mountain, that same year. They then worked together on the 1971 feature film The Million Dollar Duck, whose cast included James Gregory. Following his work on this film, Snyder retired. He died in California 13 years later.
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