Rudy Burckhardt
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| Born | Rudolph August Burckhardt April 6, 1914 |
| Died | August 1, 1999 (aged 85) Searsmont, Maine, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1935–1999 |
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| Children | 2, including Tom |
| Relatives | Burckhardt family |
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Rudy Burckhardt (né Rudolph August 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. He was married to Edith Schloss and Yvonne Jacquette. His youngest son is artist Tom Burckhardt.