Del Ankers
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Ankers del Ankers (1916 - May 15, 2008) was an American cinematographer, director, photographer and documentary producer.[1] His career, which spanned photography and television, lasted for more than 60 years.[1]
Ankers photographed was known for his photographs of Presidents of the United States ranging from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Richard Nixon.[1] His other photographical subjects included celebrities including the original Muppets, Grace Kelly and Buster Keaton.[1] He also filmed commercials for both German and American television as a producer.[1]
Among his most famous work as a producer and cinematographer were a series of shorts called Wilson's Meats Meeting which he shot for Jim Henson during the mid-1960s.[2] The shorts were called Wilson's Meats Meeting Film #1 (1965) and Wilson's Meats Meeting Film #2 (1965).[2] Ankers also appeared on camera as himself in Wilson's Meats Meeting Film #1.[1] He later shot Jim Henson's actual commercials for Wilson's Meats.[2]
Examples of Ankers work can presently be seen in the archives of the Newseum and the National Cathedral, which are both located in Washington D.C..[1]
Del Ankers died on May 15, 2008, at the age of 91 at his home in Great Falls, Virginia.[1][2] He was survived by his wife, Maria Elizabeth Freire.[1]