Willard Van der Veer

Willard Van der Veer (August 23, 1894 – June 16, 1963) was an American cinematographer who won an Academy Award at the 3rd Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for the film With Byrd at the South Pole^[1][2] with Joseph T. Rucker. He started his career as a documentary cameraman and later did a couple episodes of Maverick and the film The Crawling Hand. Mount Van der Veer was named after him. He is the father of Frank Van der Veer, a Hollywood visual effects artist who founded Van Der Veer Photo Effects and won, in 1977, a Special Achievement Academy Award for the 1976 version of King Kong (this Oscar was shared with Carlo Rambaldi and Glen Robinson^[3]).

Willard Van der Veer
Born	(1894-08-23)August 23, 1894 Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died	June 16, 1963(1963-06-16) (aged 68) Encino, California, USA
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1930-1963

Selected filmography

• With Byrd at the South Pole (1930)
• The Crawling Hand (1963)