Alex Phillips
Cinematographer, Film cinematographer
1900 – 1977
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Who was Alex Phillips?
Alex Phillips was a Canadian-born Mexican cinematographer and the father of Alex Phillips, Jr., also a cinematographer.
In his youth, his family moved to Russia, but he returned to Canada because of his dislike with the czarist government. He enlisted in the Canadian Army where he met Mary Pickford who introduced him to Hollywood since he expressed his interest in becoming an actor.
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- Born
- Jan 11, 1900
Renfrew - Also known as
- Alex Phillips Sr.
- Alec Phillips
- Spouses
- Alicia Bolaños
(1933 - )
- Alicia Bolaños
- Children
- Nationality
- Canada
- Mexico
- Profession
- Lived in
- Russian Empire
- Mexico
- Died
- Jun 14, 1977
Mexico City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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