Don Malkames was born on April 7, 1904 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Project X (1949), Man Against Crime (1949) and Cry Murder (1950). He died on November 24, 1986 in Yonkers, New York, USA.
As he hated working in cold weather, he turned down an offer to be
director of photography on On the Waterfront (1954) so as to continue
working indoors shooting the television series, Man Against Crime (1949).