Philip H. Lathrop

Philip H. Lathrop, A.S.C. (October 22, 1912 – April 12, 1995) was an American cinematographer for such films as Portnoy's Complaint (1972), The Driver (1978), Earthquake (1974), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), The Americanization of Emily (1964), Swashbuckler (1976), A Change of Seasons (1980), The Traveling Executioner (1970) and Loving Couples (1980). He was also cinematographer for several Blake Edwards films, including The Pink Panther, where he c... more

Philip H. Lathrop, A.S.C. (October 22, 1912 – April 12, 1995) was an American cinematographer for such films as Portnoy's Complaint (1972), The Driver (1978), Earthquake (1974), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), The Americanization of Emily (1964), Swashbuckler (1976), A Change of Seasons (1980), The Traveling Executioner (1970) and Loving Couples (1980). He was also cinematographer for several Blake Edwards films, including The Pink Panther, where he can be seen in a brief cameo as a police officer chasing a woman in an elevator. He died in Los Angeles after a brief illness. Lathrop was inducted into the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 1974. less