James Van Trees born James Crawford Van Trees was a successful American cinematographer in Hollywood whose career spans the silent and sound eras. His mother was prolific early film director and writer Julia Crawford Ivers

Julia Crawford Ivers

Julia Crawford Ivers was an American motion picture pioneer. Born in Los Angeles when it was no more than an exotic outpost, Ivers watched the film industry come into existence and establish itself in southern California. She participated in several facets of filmmaking i.e. writer, producer and...

. Mother and son worked together on a few films more than likely becoming the first mother and son to direct and photograph productions.

Selected Filmography

• The Code of Marcia Gray
  The Code of Marcia Gray
  The Code of Marcia Gray is a 1916 silent romantic crime drama produced by Oliver Morosco, distributed through Paramount Pictures and directed by Frank Lloyd.-Production background:...
  
  (1916)
• Sacred and Profane Love
  Sacred and Profane Love (1921 film)
  Sacred and Profane Love is a 1921 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This film was directed by William Desmond Taylor and starred Elsie Ferguson with Conrad Nagel. It is based on a book The Book of Carlotta by Arnold Bennett and was turned into a...
  
  (1921)
• The Young Rajah
  The Young Rajah
  The Young Rajah is a 1922 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino. The film was based on the book Amos Judd by John Ames Mitchell.-Plot:...
  
  (1922)
• The White Flower
  The White Flower
  The White Flower is a 1923 silent film romantic drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was the last film directed by early female director Julia Crawford Ivers whose son James Van Trees was the film's cinematographer. Betty Compson and Edmund Lowe star in...
  
  (1923)
• The Green Goddess (1930)
• The Man from Blankley's
  The Man from Blankley's
  The Man from Blankley's was a 1930 history epic and comedy film by Alfred E. Green starring John Barrymore and Loretta Young. The film was based upon the 1903 play by F. Anstey, and was considered to be a major comedy masterpiece of the early sound era. The film was Barrymore's first feature...
  
  (1930)
• Viennese Nights
  Viennese Nights (film)
  Viennese Nights is a musical operetta film photographed entirely in Technicolor and released by Warner Brothers. The movie was filmed in March and April 1930, before anyone realized the extent of the economic hardships that would arrive with Great Depression, which began in the autumn of that year...
  
  (1930)
• Star Witness (1931)
• Heroes for Sale
  Heroes for Sale
  Heroes for Sale is a Depression-era film directed by William Wellman, starring Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, and Loretta Young, and released by Warner Bros. A veteran of World War I, Thomas Holmes, struggles to make his way in civilian life in almost every way imaginable...
  
  (1933)
• Baby Face
  Baby Face (film)
  Baby Face is a 1933 American dramatic film directed by Alfred E. Green, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent. Based on a story by Darryl F. Zanuck , this sexually-charged, Pre-Code Hollywood film is about an attractive young woman who uses sex to advance her social and financial status...
  
  (1933)
• The Girl from 10th Avenue
  The Girl from 10th Avenue
  The Girl from 10th Avenue is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green. The screenplay by Charles Kenyon is based on the 1914 play Outcast by Hubert Henry Davies...
  
  (1935)
• Shanghai (1935)

President American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) 1923-1924.

His father was Franklin S. Van Trees (aka Frank Van Trees 1866-1914 )a famed "society" architect, most noted for his mansions in the Pacific Heights area of San Francisco, such as the Baron Edward S. Rothschild house on Jackson Street.

External links

• James Van Tres at IMDb.com