Rudy Burckhardt

Rudy Burckhardt
Born
Rudolph August Burckhardt

(1914-04-06)April 6, 1914
DiedAugust 1, 1999(1999-08-01) (aged 85)
Nationality
  • American
  • Swiss
Occupations
  • Photographer
  • filmmaker
Years active19351999
Spouses
(m. 1947; div. 1961)
    (m. 1964)
    Children2, including Tom
    RelativesBurckhardt family
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    Rudy Burckhardt ( Rudolph August Burckhardt; April 6, 1914 – August 1, 1999) was a Swiss-American filmmaker, and photographer, known for his photographs of the hand-painted billboards that began to dominate the American landscape in the 1940s and 1950s. He was married to Edith Schloss and Yvonne Jacquette. His youngest son is artist Tom Burckhardt.