Abraham Zapruder Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Abraham Zapruder was born on May 15, 1905 in Kowel, Poland, Russian Empire. He is known for his work on The Zapruder Film - Now on Blu-Ray! (2010), Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963) and JFK (1991). He was married to Lillian. He died on August 30, 1970 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
I was shooting as they were coming along, and Jacqueline and the President were waving, and as {the car] came in line with my camera, I heard a shot. I saw the President lean over to Jacqueline - I didn't realize what had happened, actually - then the second shot came. I saw his head open up, and I started yelling, "They killed him, they killed him!" and I continued shooting until they were under the underpass. (from a 1966 interview)
#
Fact
1
Zapruder profited from selling the film of President Kennedy's murder but he was so emotionally shaken by what he had filmed that he did not keep a copy for himself. As a result he often suffered from insomnia and nightmares. He turned down hundreds of offers to discuss the incident.
2
His JFK footage was valued at $16 million (£10 million) by an arbitration panel. The US Government was ordered to pay the amount, the equivalent to $615,384 (£384,615) per second, to the heirs of Abraham Zapruder for taking his footage into the National Archives, where it now resides. It holds the Guinness record of the most expensive reel of film.
3
The camera Zapruder used in the filming was a mechanical, spring-wound 8 millimeter Bell & Howell Model 414PD Zoomatic Director with a Varamat 9-27mm f1.8 zoom lens, set for full close-up. The film was Kodachrome II color stock running at 18.3 frames per second. The footage runs only 26 seconds, which is remarkable since each winding of the film's mainspring lasts only 30 seconds.
4
Abraham Zapruder (accent on the first syllable, "ZA-pru-der") was the president of Jennifer Juniors, a manufacturer of ladies garments. He was also the man who filmed the only known complete footage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Zapruder Film - Now on Blu-Ray!
2010
Short archive footage
Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination
1963
Documentary short uncredited
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
In the Line of Fire
1993
assassination footage: JFK - uncredited
JFK
1991
assassination footage: JFK - uncredited
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination
1963
Documentary short uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bronson Film of Kennedy Motorcade
1963
Documentary
Himself - Onlooker (uncredited)
Nix Film of Kennedy Assassination
1963
Documentary short
Himself - Onlooker (uncredited)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sixties
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Dallas, une journée particulière
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself, eyewitness to JFK assassination
JFK: The Lost Bullet
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Frame 313: The JFK Assassination Theories
2008
Documentary
Himself - Filmed the Assassination
Oswald's Ghost
2007
Documentary
Himself
Unsolved History
2003-2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Image of an Assassination: A New Look at the Zapruder Film
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
The Late Show
1993
TV Series documentary
Himself
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Four Days in November
1964
Documentary
Himself
Known for movies
The Zapruder Film - Now on Blu-Ray! (2010) as Director
Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963) as Director
$1.3 Million
