Brian Lanker(1947-2011)

Director
Camera and Electrical Department
Producer

Born Aug. 31, 1947, in Detroit, Mich. Won Pulitzer prize for feature photography (for the Topeka Capital-Journal) in 1972. The winning photograph was "Moment of Life," showing a newborn on its mother's stomach and the father cradling the mother's head.

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Awards
- 1 nomination

Known for

They Drew Fire

6.9

TV Movie

Director

2000

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

8.0

Video

Camera and Electrical Department

1995

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Director

They Drew Fire
6.9
TV Movie
- Director
- 2000

Camera and Electrical Department

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story
8.0
Video
- still photographer
- 1995

Producer

They Drew Fire
6.9
TV Movie
- executive producer
- 2000

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Born
- August 31, 1947
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died
- March 13, 2011
- Eugene, Oregon, USA(pancreatic cancer)
Spouse
- Lynda Coburn? - March 13, 2011 (his death, 1 child)
Other works
Book: "I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America". Published by Stewart Tabori & Chang (October 1999), ISBN-13: 978-1556709746.

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Trivia
He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 1973 for his photograph, "Moment of Life," about the birth of his daughter, Jacki Coburn in 1973.