Frank Van Tuyl Phillips (April 7, 1912 – April 12, 1994) was an Americancinematographer. He was born in 1912 inSan Bernardino, California. He was a director of photography and Disney and MGM Studios. His credits at MGM as a camera operator includeSingin' in the Rain andGiant. His Disney credits includeBedknobs and Broomsticks,Pete's Dragon, andEscape to Witch Mountain. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work onThe Black Hole. He also worked in television and received an Emmy nomination for his work onHawaii Five-0.^[1]

In 1965, he was involved in a boating accident that killed Robert King Baggott, second cameraman, during the production ofLt. Robin Crusoe, USN (1966).^[2]

Phillips died in 1994 in Arizona.^[3][4]

• Wild Wild Winter (1966)
• Mosby's Marauders (1967)
• The Young Loner (TV) (1968)
• The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
• The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)^[5][6]
• Darker than Amber (1970)^[7]
• The Wild Country (1970)
• Scandalous John (1970)^[8]
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)^[9]
• Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)^[10][11]
• Snowball Express (1972)^[12][13]
• The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)^[14]
• Herbie Rides Again (1974)
• The Island at the Top of the World (1974)^[15]
• Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)^[16]
• The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)^[17][18]
• No Deposit, No Return (1976)^[19]
• Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)^[20]
• Gus (1976)^[21]
• The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
• Pete's Dragon (1977)^[22]
• Return from Witch Mountain (1978)^[23]
• Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978)
• Goin' Coconuts (1978)
• The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)^[24][25]
• The Black Hole (1979)^{[26][27][28][29]}
• Midnight Madness (1980)
• Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)^[30]
• Going Ape! (1981)^[31]
• Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (TV) (1981)
• The Ambush Murders (TV) (1982)
• Big Bird in China (TV) (1983) (uncredited)

• American Cinematographer, Vol. 75.
• Frank V. Phillips atIMDb
• The 12 O'Clock High Logbook: The Unofficial History of the Novel, Motion Picture, and TV Series by Allan T. Duffin, Paul Matheis. Bear Manor Media, 2005.

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