Dyer, Elmer

Born in 1892 to Jones and Melvina (Godley) Dyer, Elmer G. Dyer became the first Hollywood cameraman to specialize in aerial photography. Starting his career as a freelance cameraman in 1916, he began to focus on aerial photography with the Frank Capra film, Flight (1929), and firmly established his reputations with his work on Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels (1930). As one of a very small cadre of aerial photographers, he found consistent work through 1942, when he enlisted in the Army Air Corp during WWII. After the war, he established his own stock-shot film library, collecting thousands of feet that he made available to Hollywood film and television studios.. Elmer Dyer died in 1970.

Sources:

Oakland Tribune. Walking Film Catalogue. Oakland, California. December 2, 1965. pg. 46.

The Tampa Tribune. "Two Veterans from Flicker Days film all Air Force Air Shots". Tampa, Florida. August 18, 1942. pg. 12.

Elmer G. Dyer. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6410288/elmer-g-dyer : accessed 27 October 2021), memorial page for Elmer G. Dyer (24 Aug 1892–8 Feb 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6410288, citing Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA.