Bob Broughton

Robert Carey Broughton (September 17, 1917 – January 19, 2009) was an American film camera operator known for his work with Walt Disney Pictures, where he was responsible for several innovations in visual effects technology.

Biography Early life Broughton attended Glendale High School, and then studied chemistry, math, optics, and physics, at the University of California, Los Angeles, and graduated with a B. A. in 1937. Fred Joerger subsequently referred to Broughton as a "courier".

Career Broughton's first production-related job was as an assistant with the test camera for Snow White; next, he was assigned to be one of only two operators for the studio's multiplane camera. His work on Fantasia led to him being named Supervisor of Special Photographic Effects. where he worked as an assistant to Ub Iwerks.

The last Disney movie to which Broughton contributed was The Black Hole. In 2001, Broughton was named a Disney Legend.

Personal life and death Broughton married June Chestnut in 1940, and with her had two sons: Dan and Tim. Dan Broughton was a physician working at the Mayo Clinic, whose education and training Walt Disney had paid for.

After retiring in either 1982 or 1983, Broughton retired to the Motion Picture & Television Fund's retirement community in Woodland Hills, California. In July 2008, Broughton moved to Rochester, Minnesota, where he died from pneumonia on January 19, 2009.