John Leezer

John W. Leezer (c. 1873 – August 8, 1938) was an American cinematographer active during the silent era. He is credited with shooting at least thirty-three films for Paramount Pictures, Fine Arts, the Brentwood Film Corporation, and Robertson-Cole Pictures, among others.

Biography

Leezer moved to Hollywood in 1912 to work as a photographer for D. W. Griffith.

Leezer had three children, Dorothy, Marion and Arthur. He lived for a time in Vista and in his last few years lived in Carlsbad. He died following a heart attack at his home in Carlsbad on August 8, 1938.

Partial filmography

• The Lily and the Rose (1915)
• Acquitted (1916)
• The Wood Nymph (1916)
• The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
• Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916)
• Cheerful Givers (1917)
• Daughter Angele (1917)
• The Kid Is Clever (1918)
• The Hope Chest (1918)
• Nobody Home (1919)
• I'll Get Him Yet (1919)
• Nugget Nell (1919)
• The Feud (1919)
• The Triflers (1920)
• Just Like a Woman (1923)
• The Love Master (1924)
• White Fang (1925)
• The Wyoming Wildcat (1925)
• The Cowboy Musketeer (1925)
• The Arizona Streak (1926)
• Wild to Go (1926)
• The Masquerade Bandit (1926)
• The Cowboy Cop (1926)
• Out of the West (1926)
• Red Hot Hoofs (1926)

External links

• at IMDb
• at the TCM Movie Database