birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
fort erie , ontario august 16 , 1934 age 80 douglas kirkland
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douglas kirkland

douglas kirkland -lrb- born 1934 in toronto , ontario -rrb- is a prominent photographer based in the united states .
at age twenty-four , kirkland was hired as a staff photographer for `` look '' magazine and became famous for his 1961 photos of marilyn monroe taken for look 's 25th anniversary issue .
he later joined the staff of `` life '' magazine .
a `` who 's who '' of notable persons have posed for kirkland from the great photography innovator man ray and photographer/painter jacques henri lartigue to dr. stephen hawking .
entertainment celebrities he has photographed include mick jagger , sting , björk , arnold schwarzenegger , morgan freeman , orson welles , andy warhol , oliver stone , mikhail baryshnikov , leonardo dicaprio , coco chanel , marlene dietrich , brigitte bardot , judy garland , elizabeth taylor , sophia loren , catherine deneuve , michael jackson , and diana ross .
kirkland 's portrait of charlie chaplin is at the national portrait gallery in london .
kirkland is contracted for work around the world and has worked in the motion picture industry as a special photographer on more than 150 films including '' '' , `` the sound of music '' , `` sophie 's choice '' , `` out of africa '' , `` the pirate movie '' , `` butch cassidy and the sundance kid '' , `` romancing the stone '' , `` titanic '' , and `` moulin rouge ! '' .
some of his famous film shots include john travolta in the dance sequence from `` saturday night fever '' , a portrait of judy garland crying and the march 1976 playboy pictorial of margot kidder .
in 1995 kirkland received a lifetime achievement award from the american motion pictures society of operating cameramen .
his second wife françoise was born in paris , france and educated at the sorbonne .
she obtained degrees in political science and english .
a publicist , she pursued a separate career but has worked with her husband as his agent and has been involved in his books projects including '' `` legends '' , '' '' `` body stories '' , '' '' `` woza africa '' , '' '' `` james cameron 's titanic '' , '' '' `` make up your life '' , '' plus '' `` with marilyn : an evening/1961 '' , '' among others .
kirkland 's next book project titled '' `` a life in pictures '' '' is scheduled for release in 2013 . ''
`` titanic '' '' was the first picture book to reach no. 1 on the new york times best seller list and did so on both the hardcover and paperback lists .
douglas kirkland has lectured at the smithsonian institution , the afi conservatory in hawaii and los angeles , the art center college of design in pasadena as well as the kodak centers in hong kong , singapore and taiwan .
kirkland and his wife reside in hollywood hills , california .
his son is prolific `` the simpsons '' director mark kirkland .
