Howard Alvin Anderson

Background

Anderson, Howard Alvin was born on March 31, 1920 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Howard Alvin Anderson Senior and Minerva Ayling.

Education

Student, University of California at Los Angeles, 1941.

Career

Cinematographer, Douglass Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, California, 1941-1943; co-owner, Howard A. Anderson Company, Hollywood, California, 1946-1970; president, Howard A. Anderson Company, Universal City, California, 1970-1990; retired, Howard A. Anderson Company, Universal City, California, 1990. Lecturer in visual effects University of Southern California School of Cinema, Los Angeles, 1962-1980,University of California at Los Angeles, 1964-1980.

Achievements

• Howard Alvin Anderson has been listed as a noteworthy Cinematographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member Society Motion Pictures and television Engineers (chairman motion picture committee 1976), Motion Picture Academy (Chairman of Commission 1978-1990), American Society Cinematographers (Board of Governors 1974-1990), Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, fishing, boating.

Connections

Married LaVonne Margaret Mason, July 30, 1941 (deceased October 1987). Children: Christine, Lauren, Howard Alvin III, LaVonne.

Father:

Howard Alvin Anderson Senior

Mother:

Minerva Ayling

Spouse:

LaVonne Margaret Mason

child:

Lauren Anderson

child:

Howard Alvin III Anderson

child:

Christine Anderson

child:

LaVonne Anderson