Jack Couffer

Jack Couffer was an American cinematographer, film and television director, and author.

Couffer joined Walt Disney Studios as a cameraman on the early True Life Adventure series of nature films. He worked at Disney for more than ten years in a variety of functions -- writer, director, producer, cameraman -- and participated there in the making of more than two dozen movies.

Among many other projects with Disney, Couffer wrote, directed, and filmed the documentary The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle (1967).

Couffer died July 30, 2021 in Costa Mesa, California. He was 96.

Jack Couffer was an American cinematographer, film and television director, and author.

Couffer joined Walt Disney Studios as a cameraman on the early True Life Adventure series of nature films. He worked at Disney for more than ten years in a variety of functions -- writer, director, producer, cameraman -- and participated there in the making of more than two dozen movies.

Among many other projects with Disney, Couffer wrote, directed, and filmed the documentary The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle (1967).

Couffer died July 30, 2021 in Costa Mesa, California. He was 96.

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