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John Florea (born in Alliance, Ohio on May 28, 1916; died in Las Vegas on August 25, 2000) was an American television director and a photographerAfter the bombing of Pearl Harbor which led to U.S. involvement in World War II he joined America's first war correspondents for the Pacific war, where he covered the Marines and the Navy, especially during the Battle of Tarawa in December 1943, and from 1944 until the end of the war, he followed the American army in French and Belgian campaigns, documenting the bombing of German cities and liberation of inmates of Nordhausen Nazi concentration camp. A picture of his of an emaciated American POW was given exposure throughout the US, and his photograph "Read My Vote", made in Japan in 1947, was included by Edward Steichen in his world-touring The Family of Man style="box-sizing: border-box; background-repeat: no-repeat; margin: 30px 0px; font-family: Georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 18px;">Florea, who photographed the significant moments of both V-E Day and V-J Day, died Aug. 25 at Summerlin Hospital in Las Vegas.

Working in Hollywood as a staff photographer for Life, Florea was in his darkroom developing pictures of actress Jane Russell on Dec. 7, 1941. When he heard the news that Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor, the photographer immediately refocused his career.

Florea and his cameras were soon in San Diego County’s military camps, creating a Life photo essay, “A Day in the Life of the Marine Corps Raiders.” He trained with the men he photographed and so impressed the unit’s leader, Col. Jimmy Roosevelt, that he was offered a commission as a field lieutenant. The man behind the camera said he’d prefer press credentials.

Roosevelt called his father, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Florea was soon on his way to the Pacific as one of America’s first war correspondents.

He covered the Navy and the Marines in the battles of Tarawa and Rabaul, and later the war in Europe, including the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen death camp in Germany.

“I busted a lot of lenses,” he said in 1995. “It’s hard to run with cameras, and you have to hit the deck when the bombs whistle by.”

He was at the Elbe River when Allied forces met there to complete the victory in Europe, and he was in Paris during the celebration. He was also on board the U.S. battleship Missouri for the Japanese surrender ending the war.

“They were all heroes,” he said in 1995 of the fighting men he covered. “They had to carry a gun, and they had to shoot it. I could go up and shoot pictures of them, but I could turn around any time I wanted. They had to stay there.”

At war’s end, Florea returned to Hollywood. He was on the staff of the San Francisco Examiner, but he spent most of his journalistic career working for Life. He was also photo editor of Collier’s magazine.

His images of screen legends became legends. A 1988 exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “Masters of Starlight: Photographers in Hollywood,” included a florid Florea shot from the 1950s illustrating the power of Technicolor. The photo whimsically depicted actress Doris Day walking six poodles that appeared to have fallen into vats of Easter egg dye.

Given his familiarity with the entertainment business, Florea moved easily into work for Ivan Tors Productions as a producer, director and writer. He amassed myriad credits, particularly for television directing from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s.

Among the series for which he directed episodes were “Daniel Boone,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Gentle Ben,” “The Runaways,” “CHiPs,” “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “Walking Tall,” “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” “Hell Town” and “MacGyver.”

Florea also directed a number of movies for television, among them “Pickup on 101,” “Invisible Strangler,” “Where’s Willie?” and “Hot Child in the City.”

Born in Alliance, Ohio, Florea first picked up a camera as a teenager and immediately found his calling. He moved to California as a young man, seeking plentiful photo subjects, and spent more than 60 years in Los Angeles.

He is survived by his wife, Ruth Johnson Florea, of Studio City; two daughters, Gwen Florea and Melanie Florea Martinez, both of Las Vegas; two grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.



John Florea (born in Alliance, Ohio on May 28, 1916; died in Las Vegas on August 25, 2000) was an American television director and a photographer.[1]


Career


Photograph of Marcia Van Dyke taken by John Florea in 1947

Florea started as a photographer for the San Francisco Examiner, then was signed onto the staff of LIFE in 1941, living in Hollywood and specializing in celebrity portraits of actresses, such as Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell.


After the bombing of Pearl Harbor which led to U.S. involvement in World War II he joined America's first war correspondents for the Pacific war, where he covered the Marines and the Navy, especially during the Battle of Tarawa in December 1943, and from 1944 until the end of the war, he followed the American army in French and Belgian campaigns, documenting the bombing of German cities and liberation of inmates of Nordhausen Nazi concentration camp.[2][3] A picture of his of an emaciated American POW was given exposure throughout the US,[4] and his photograph "Read My Vote", made in Japan in 1947, was included by Edward Steichen in his world-touring The Family of Man exhibition.


After the war, Florea returned to Hollywood to continue to photograph celebrities, leaving LIFE in 1949. Portraits of movie stars he made in colour in the 1950s were part of an exhibition "Masters of Starlight: Photographers in Hollywood" in 1988 at the LACMA, Los Angeles. He later became producer, director, and writer for more than 130 TV shows from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, known for his direction of episodes of Sea Hunt, The Virginian[5] CHiPs,[6] and the paranormal thriller Invisible Strangler.[7]


Personal life

He was born to Romanian immigrants. Married to Evelyn Barnes From 1939 to 1954. Children Gwendolyn Florea, Melanie Florea, Johnny Florea. Grandchildren, Sean Florea, Shelly Brown. Great grandchildren: Aundrea Brown, Alayna Brown, Dylan Brown. From 1955 to 1958 he was married to actress Marjie Millar.[8] He also had a turbulent third marriage (1968-1971) with Shirley Damery, who allegedly stabbed him in the back with a small knife following an alimony hearing in 1975. Florea sued her for $1.25 million and she in turn sued him for the same amount, alleging he had circulated to her close friends and showbiz acquaintances a copy of her arrest record and mug shot from a 1955 prostitution arrest with the intent of humiliating her.[9][10] He was last married to Ruth Johnson at the time of his death.




John Florea, Life magazine photographer who chronicled the greatest battles of World War II and the greatest stars of Hollywood, then segued into a career as a television director, has died at the age of 84.


Florea, who photographed the significant moments of both V-E Day and V-J Day, died Aug. 25 at Summerlin Hospital in Las Vegas.


Working in Hollywood as a staff photographer for Life, Florea was in his darkroom developing pictures of actress Jane Russell on Dec. 7, 1941. When he heard the news that Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor, the photographer immediately refocused his career.


Florea and his cameras were soon in San Diego County’s military camps, creating a Life photo essay, “A Day in the Life of the Marine Corps Raiders.” He trained with the men he photographed and so impressed the unit’s leader, Col. Jimmy Roosevelt, that he was offered a commission as a field lieutenant. The man behind the camera said he’d prefer press credentials.


Roosevelt called his father, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Florea was soon on his way to the Pacific as one of America’s first war correspondents.


He covered the Navy and the Marines in the battles of Tarawa and Rabaul, and later the war in Europe, including the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen death camp in Germany.


“I busted a lot of lenses,” he said in 1995. “It’s hard to run with cameras, and you have to hit the deck when the bombs whistle by.”


He was at the Elbe River when Allied forces met there to complete the victory in Europe, and he was in Paris during the celebration. He was also on board the U.S. battleship Missouri for the Japanese surrender ending the war.


“They were all heroes,” he said in 1995 of the fighting men he covered. “They had to carry a gun, and they had to shoot it. I could go up and shoot pictures of them, but I could turn around any time I wanted. They had to stay there.”


At war’s end, Florea returned to Hollywood. He was on the staff of the San Francisco Examiner, but he spent most of his journalistic career working for Life. He was also photo editor of Collier’s magazine.


His images of screen legends became legends. A 1988 exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “Masters of Starlight: Photographers in Hollywood,” included a florid Florea shot from the 1950s illustrating the power of Technicolor. The photo whimsically depicted actress Doris Day walking six poodles that appeared to have fallen into vats of Easter egg dye.


Given his familiarity with the entertainment business, Florea moved easily into work for Ivan Tors Productions as a producer, director and writer. He amassed myriad credits, particularly for television directing from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s.


Among the series for which he directed episodes were “Daniel Boone,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Gentle Ben,” “The Runaways,” “CHiPs,” “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “Walking Tall,” “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” “Hell Town” and “MacGyver.”


Florea also directed a number of movies for television, among them “Pickup on 101,” “Invisible Strangler,” “Where’s Willie?” and “Hot Child in the City.”


Born in Alliance, Ohio, Florea first picked up a camera as a teenager and immediately found his calling. He moved to Califor


After working for the San Francisco Examiner, John Florea (1916-2000) became a staff photographer at Life in 1941. Living in Hollywood and specializing in celebrity images, he did not intend to go to the battlefields. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Army in December 7, 1941, Florea decided to become a war photographer and to chronicle the greatest battles of World War II. As one of the America’s first war correspondents for the Pacific war, he covered the Marines and the Navy, especially during the battle of Tarawa in December 1943. Later, from 1944 until the end of the war, he followed the American army in Europe, photographing the fights in France or Belgium, the destruction of the German cities, and the liberation of the concentration camps in Germany.



Since the original Life publications, the John Florea’s photographs have been published in the 1950 volume Life’s Picture History of World War II, in the 1979 Life: The First Decade, in the 1999 Life Photographers: What they Saw, in the 2001 Life: World War II and in the 2004 The Great Life Photographers. Florea's photograph “Read My Vote”, made in Japan in 1947, was included in the iconic Family of Man exhibition that Edward Steichen organized at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1955 and which subsequently traveled to thirty-seven countries.



After the war, John Florea came back to Hollywood to photograph celebrities. He stopped working for Life in 1949. His color pictures of stars made in the 1950s were included in a 1988 exhibition “Masters of Starlight: Photographers in Hollywood” at the LACMA, Los Angeles. He later became producer, director, and writer for more than 130 TV shows from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, including Highway Patrol, Sea Hunt and CHiPs. “But,” as he remembered in 1993, “the hilarious thing about it – maybe it’s not so hilarious – is I’ll never be remembered for that. The only thing I’ll be remembered for is what I had done for Life magazine.” John Florea died in Los Angeles in 2000.



John Florea’s photographs of the concentration camps are held in the permanent collection of the International Center of Photography, New York.


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