Ted Voigtlander

Ted Voigtlander was a native of Kellogg, Idaho and attended the University of Idaho from 1931 to 1934, and then graduated from the University of Washington. Voigtlander traveled to Los Angeles in 1937 and went to work at MGM studios as a typist and office boy, eventually becoming an assistant to Lazlo Willinger, the famous portrait photographer. He was then transferred to the camera department to work as the equipment clerk. In 1943 he became an assistant motion picture cameraman, worked his way up to camera operator, and became Director of Photography in 1960. He started his television career in 1960, and went on to work on more than 500 episodes of various television series. In 1974, he received a special Cinematographer of the Year Award for his work on the TV film "It's Good to be Alive," and was honored with six Eastman Kodak Awards. In 1981, he narrated the "What is a Cinematographer?" segment in that year's EMMY awards program. He had a total of 16 Emmy nominations, and received the Emmy four times. He was named to the University of Idaho Hall of Fame in 1983.