J.L. Humphrey

(b. **/**/**** - d. **/**/****). Cameraman. Besides working as a cameraman on the two epics De Voortrekkers (Harold M. Shaw/1916) and The Symbol of Sacrifice (Dick Cruikshanks/1918), J.L. Humphrey also co-photographed The Adventures of Ranger Focus (1917) for Norman H. Lee, shot And Then... (1917) for Cruikshanks and Joseph Albrecht, and With Edged Tools (1919) for Albrecht. In addition he accompanied the South African troops serving in East Africa during World War I, resulting in an ongoing series entitled With Our Boys in German East for African Film Productions. He probably also filmed for African Mirror and early in 1919 Stage & Cinema reported that he would be shooting some “scenics” of Pietermaritzburg and surroundings. (FO)

Sources

Stage & Cinema, 17 February 1917

Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm

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