Acting credits
2
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Carl Boenisch
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.0
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Movies: 3Series: 0Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 2112308
Known for: Acting
Born: April 3, 1941
Died: July 7, 1984
Age: 43
Place of birth: New Castle, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1969 - 2015
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 6.25
Other jobs
Aerial Camera (1)
Biography
Carl Ronald Boenish (April 3, 1941 – July 7, 1984), considered the father of modern BASE jumping, was an American freefall cinematographer, who in 1978 filmed the first jumps from El Capitan using ram-air parachutes. These jumps were repeated, not as a publicity exercise or as a movie stunt, but as part of the development of a recurring recreational activity. This approach defined modern BASE jumping. These were the jumps that popularized BASE jumping more widely among parachutists, likely because Boenish filmed them and presented the footage exceptionally well. Boenish also published BASE Magazine to promote safety in this new sport. Boenish's cinematography work included the 1969 John Frankenheimer parachuting film classic The Gypsy Moths, starring Burt Lancaster and Gene Hackman, and a National Geographic Explorer segment on jumps from El Capitan. His life and death is the subject of the 2015 documentary film, Sunshine Superman.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Carl Boenisch.
