Gerald Perry Finnerman was born on December 17, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Moonlighting (1985), From Here to Eternity (1980) and Kojak (1973). He died on April 6, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
In 1996 he was the first director of photography inducted into the Producers Guild of
America Hall of Fame, for his cinematography on Star Trek (1966).
In 1996, he was nominated "Philanthropic Man of the Year" by the Motion Picture
and Television Foundation.
Past vice president and past chairman of the American Society of
Cinematographers.
International Photographers Guild membership #600.