Rudy 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.
Rudy (Rudolf August, auch: Rudolph) Burckhardt (* 6. April 1914 in Basel; † 1. August 1999 in Searsmont, Maine) war ein schweizerisch-US-amerikanischer Fotograf, Filmregisseur und Kameramann. Er zählt zu den Pionieren der Street Photography und des amerikanischen Experimentalfilms. (de)
Rudy Burckhardt (Basilea, 6 de abril de 1914-Searsmont (Maine), 1 de agosto de 1999) fue un cineasta y fotógrafo suizoamericano, conocido por sus fotografías de los carteles pintados a mano que comenzaron a dominar el paisaje estadounidense en los años 1940 y 1950. (es)
Rudy 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. (en)