Biography:
Date of birth 30 June 1879 South Carolina, USA.
A graduate of the College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts in Raleigh, NC, American cinematographer Lewis H. Physioc began his screen career as scenic artist and technical director of Cameraphone, an early sound system. Also at various times associated with Edison and, like his younger brother Wray Physioc, with Pathé Freres, Physioc later became a cameraman and cinematographer with Famous Players (then later Paramount), Goldwyn, and Selznick, photographing such films as Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917), The Glorious Lady (1919), and Upstairs and Down (1919). In the 1920s, he functioned as cinematographer for producer Harry Garson and, in the sound era, worked extensively with visual effects, helping to develop the technique known as matte painting. Physioc remained in the film industry at least through the 1940s.At 1939 he was art teacher at the University of Southern Califonia, who among other techniques, demostrated the use if matte paintings, and glass shots. One of his students was Ray Harryhausen.
Confusingly, he has at various times been billed Lewis H. Physioc, Louis J. Physioc, and Lewis W. Physioc; his official bio reads Lewis W. Physioc.
He created the eagle logo for Republic Pictures as well as painting landscapes and designing magazine covers. He also worked in oil paints as a landscape artist.
Date of death 16 January 1972Los Angeles County, California, USA.
The classic 1922 cover, illustrated by Lewis Physioc, ASC.
Two paintings by Lewis Physioc.
Filmography:
Out California Way (1946) as Matte Paintings
That Brennan Girl (1946) as Matte Paintings
Stagecoach to Denver (1946) as Matte Paintings
Santa Fe Uprising (1946) as Matte Paintings
Affairs of Geraldine (1946) as Matte Paintings
Plainsman and the Lady (1946) as Matte Paintings
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946) as Matte Paintings
Roll on Texas Moon (1946) as Matte Paintings
Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946) as Matte Paintings
The Last Crooked Mile (1946) as Matte Paintings
I’ve Always Loved You (1946) as Matte Paintings
The Invisible Informer (1946) as Matte Paintings
G. I. War Brides (1946) as Matte Paintings
The Inner Circle (1946) as Matte Paintings
My Pal Trigger (1946) as Matte Paintings
Red River Renegades (1946) as Matte Paintings
Specter of the Rose (1946) as Matte Paintings
Rendezvous with Annie (1946) as Matte Paintings
Night Train to Memphis (1946) as Matte Paintings
Conquest of Cheyenne (1946) as Matte Paintings
Man from Rainbow Valley (1946) as Matte Painting
Traffic in Crime (1946) as Matte Paintings
One Exciting Week (1946) as Matte Paintings
In Old Sacramento (1946) as Matte Paintings
The El Paso Kid (1946) as Matte Paintings
Passkey to Danger (1946) as Matte Paintings
Valley of the Zombies (1946) as Matte Painting
Rainbow Over Texas (1946) as Matte Paintings
Sun Valley Cyclone (1946) as Matte Paintings
Murder in the Music Hall (1946) as Matte Paintings
Home on the Range (1946) as Matte Paintings
The Undercover Woman (1946) as Matte Paintings
Alias Billy the Kid (1946) as Matte Paintings
The Catman of Paris (1946) as Matte Paintings
Song of Arizona (1946) as Matte Paintings
Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946) as Matte Paintings
The Madonna’s Secret (1946) as Matte Paintings
Days of Buffalo Bill (1946) as Matte Paintings
Crime of the Century (1946) as Matte Paintings
Gay Blades (1946) as Matte Painting
Along the Navajo Trail (1945) as Matte Paintings
The Cherokee Flash (1945) as Matte Paintings
An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945) as Matte Paintings
Don’t Fence Me In (1945) as Matte Paintings
The Cheaters (1945) as Matte Paintings
- The Beast of Borneo (1934)Cinematographer
- The Midnight Patrol (1932)Cinematographer
- Call of the Circus (1930)Cinematographer
- The Viking (1928) (associate artist)
- God of Mankind (1928) (as Louis Physioc)Cinematographer
- The blood ship (1927) (matte artist uncredited)
- The No-Gun Man (1924)Cinematographer
- The Millionaire Cowboy (1924)Cinematographer
- Thundering Dawn (1923) (as Louis Physioc)Cinematographer
- The Glorious Lady (1919) (as Lewis Physioc)Cinematographer
- The Spite Bride (1919)Cinematographer
- Upstairs and Down (1919)Cinematographer
- A Perfect 36 (1918) (as Louis Physioc)Cinematographer
- Peck’s Bad Girl (1918)Cinematographer
- The Claw (1918)Cinematographer
- The Reason Why (1918)Cinematographer
- The Knife (1918)Cinematographer
- The Antics of Ann (1917)Cinematographer
- Bab’s Burglar (1917)Cinematographer
- Bab’s Diary (1917)Cinematographer
- The Long Trail (1917)Cinematographer
- A Girl Like That (1917)Cinematographer
- A Coney Island Princess (1916)Cinematographer
- The Kiss (1916)Cinematographer
- Rolling Stones (1916)Cinematographer
- When Rome Ruled (1914) (scenic artist)