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- Vic Jones was born on February 14, 1909 in Mexico. He is known for A Boy, a Girl and a Dog (1946) and Bonanza (1959). He died on July 14, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Father of cinematographer Michael A. Jones.
- Vic Jones is the inventor of the Quad Lights used for fill lighting in motion pictures.
- In 1949 Problem solving at Goldwyn Studios, Vic Jones gaffer for cameraman Gregg Toland put his inventive abilities to work. What Jones developed was a huge mobile framework incorporating seventy individual light units called the Trans Light, still used today for lighting large back drops in motion pictures.
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