Leslie Robert Burks was an American cinematographer known for being proficient in virtually every genre, equally at home with black-and-white or color, and for his many collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock. Burks is best known for his collaborative relationship with director Alfred Hitchcock, acting as cinematographer on twelve of Hitchcock`s films in the 1950s and 1960s, which many consider being the period of the director`s greatest success. The pair`s partnership kicked off with Hitchcock`s 1951 Strangers on a Train, which garnered Burks his first Oscar nomination, and spanned over 13 years concluding with Marnie in 1964. His collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock includes movies like I Confess (1953), Dial M For Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Trouble with Harry (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Wrong Man (1957), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964).