Jacques R. Marquette

Jacques Marquette moved to Hollywood in 1919 and attended Hollywood High School. Breaking into the business as a "gofer" for his older brother Joe, a newsreel cameraman, Marquette's first job was assisting Joe on coverage of the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Later, after a World War II stint as a cameraman for the Air Force's film division, Marquette accepted a $69-a-week job at Technicolor Labs as a technician. By 1957 he had moved up to camera operator on various studio pictures but was still facing the difficulty of climbing to the next level (director of photography). He founded Marquette Productions with the intention of producing low-budget features, and hired himself as cinematographer. During this phase of his career, he also wrote, produced and (on Teenage Monster (1957)) reluctantly directed. His favorite of the films he produced is the campy The Brain from Planet Arous (1957).