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Academy Award for Best Cinematography
The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a cinematographer for work in one particular motion picture.
In its first year, 1927-28, this award (like others such as the acting awards) was not tied to a specific film; all of the work by the nominated...
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| 2008 | Anthony Dod Mantle |
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Anthony Dod Mantle (born 1955) is a British cinematographer notable for his work in digital cinematography.
Dod Mantle directed photography on three Dogme 95 films and the first two episodes of Wallander. He used the Red One digital camera on...
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Slumdog Millionaire | ||
| 2007 | Robert Elswit |
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Robert Christopher Elswit, ASC (born April 22, 1950) is an Academy Award-winning American cinematographer. He has had multiple Oscar, BAFTA, and Independent Spirit nominations for several films, including There Will Be Blood. Elswit frequently works...
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There Will Be Blood | ||
| 2006 | Guillermo Navarro |
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Guillermo Navarro, ASC, A.M.C. (born 1955) is an Academy Award-winning Mexican cinematographer. He has worked in Hollywood since 1993 and is a frequent collaborator of Guillermo del Toro and Robert Rodriguez.
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Pan's Labyrinth | ||
| 2005 | Dion Beebe |
Dion Beebe, A.C.S., ASC (born 1968) is an Australian cinematographer.
Originally from Brisbane, Australia, his family moved to Cape Town, South Africa in 1972. Dion studied cinematography at the Australian Film Television and Radio School from 1987...
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Memoirs of a Geisha | |||
| 2004 | Robert Richardson |
Robert Bridge Richardson, ASC (born August 27, 1955) is an American cinematographer. He has won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography twice, for his work on JFK and The Aviator. Richardson is a frequent collaborator with director Oliver Stone....
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The Aviator | |||
| 2003 | Russell Boyd |
Russell Boyd (born April 21, 1944) is an Academy Award-winning Australian cinematographer. He rose to prominence with his highly-praised work on Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), the first of several collaborations with director Peter Weir. He is also...
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | |||
| 2002 | Conrad L. Hall |
Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was an American cinematographer from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he was best known for photographing films, such as Morituri,...
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Road to Perdition | |||
| 2001 | Andrew Lesnie |
Andrew Lesnie (born 1956) is an Australian cinematographer. Lesnie attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), graduating in 1979. His first job after graduation was as a cameraman on the Logie Award-winning Australian magazine...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | |||
| 2000 | Peter Pau |
Peter Pau Tak-Hei (traditional Chinese: 鮑德熹), born 1951 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong-based cinematographer, best known to western audiences as the cinematographer in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which he won the Best Cinematographer Oscar in...
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | |||
| 1999 | Conrad L. Hall |
Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was an American cinematographer from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he was best known for photographing films, such as Morituri,...
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American Beauty | |||
| 1998 | Janusz Kamiński |
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Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński, ASC (born June 27, 1959), better known as Janusz Kamiński, is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has photographed all of Steven Spielberg's films since 1993's Schindler's List.
Kamiński was born in Ziębice,...
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Saving Private Ryan | ||
| 1997 | Russell Carpenter |
Russell Paul Carpenter, ASC (born December 9, 1950) is an Academy Award-winning American cinematographer. He is most widely known for his collaborations with director James Cameron.
Carpenter was born in Van Nuys, California, a grandson of a film...
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Titanic | |||
| 1996 | John Seale |
John Clement Seale, A.S.C., A.C.S. (born 5 October 1942) is an Australian cinematographer. He won an Oscar for the 1996 film The English Patient.
Seale was born in Warwick, Queensland, Australia, the son of Marjorie Lyndon (née Pool) and Eric...
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The English Patient | |||
| 1995 | John Toll |
John Toll A.S.C. is a two-time Academy Award-Winning, Cleveland-born American cinematographer.
In 1978 he worked on his first film, Norma Rae, as camera operator. He won back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Cinematography in 1994 and 1995, for the...
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Braveheart | |||
| 1994 | John Toll |
John Toll A.S.C. is a two-time Academy Award-Winning, Cleveland-born American cinematographer.
In 1978 he worked on his first film, Norma Rae, as camera operator. He won back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Cinematography in 1994 and 1995, for the...
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Legends of the Fall | |||
| 1993 | Janusz Kamiński |
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Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński, ASC (born June 27, 1959), better known as Janusz Kamiński, is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has photographed all of Steven Spielberg's films since 1993's Schindler's List.
Kamiński was born in Ziębice,...
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Schindler's List | ||
| 1992 | Philippe Rousselot |
Philippe Rousselot (born 4 September 1945) is a French director of photography.
Rousselot was born in Briey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. After having studied cinema at l'Ecole Louis Lumière, he graduated in 1966 with, among others, François About,...
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A River Runs Through It | |||
| 1991 | Robert Richardson |
Robert Bridge Richardson, ASC (born August 27, 1955) is an American cinematographer. He has won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography twice, for his work on JFK and The Aviator. Richardson is a frequent collaborator with director Oliver Stone....
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JFK | |||
| 1990 | Dean Semler |
Dean Semler, A.C.S., A.S.C. (born 1943) is an Academy Award-winning Australian cinematographer. Over his career, he has worked as a cinematographer, camera operator, director, second unit director, and assistant director.
Semler was born in Renmark,...
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Dances with Wolves | |||
| 1989 | Freddie Francis |
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Frederick William (Freddie) Francis./ (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director.
He achieved his greatest successes as a cinematographer, including winning two Academy Awards, for Sons and Lovers (1960) and...
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Glory | ||
| 1988 | Peter Biziou |
Peter Biziou (born 8 August 1944 in Wales) is a British cinematographer.
Peter Biziou is the son of a special effects cameraman. He began his career in the mid 1960s where he worked on short films by Norman J. Warren and Robert Freeman. In 1973 he...
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Mississippi Burning | |||
| 1987 | Vittorio Storaro |
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Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C., A.I.C. (born 24 June 1940 in Rome) is a three-time Academy Award winning Italian cinematographer.
The son of a film projectionist, Storaro began studying photography at the age of 11, and went on to formal cinematography...
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The Last Emperor | ||
| 1986 | Chris Menges |
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Chris Menges (born 15 September 1940) is an English cinematographer and film director. He is a member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers.
Menges was born in Kington, Herefordshire, the son of composer/conductor Herbert...
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The Mission | ||
| 1985 | David Watkin |
David Watkin (23 March 1925 – 19 February 2008) was an influential British cinematographer, an innovator who was among the first directors of photography to experiment heavily with the usage of bounce light as a soft light source. He worked with...
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Out of Africa | |||
| 1984 | Chris Menges |
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Chris Menges (born 15 September 1940) is an English cinematographer and film director. He is a member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers.
Menges was born in Kington, Herefordshire, the son of composer/conductor Herbert...
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The Killing Fields | ||
| 1983 | Sven Nykvist |
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Sven Vilhem Nykvist (3 December 1922 – 20 September 2006) was a two-time Academy Award winning Swedish cinematographer. He worked on over 120 films, but is known especially for his work with director Ingmar Bergman. He won Academy Awards for his...
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Fanny and Alexander | ||
| 1982 | Billy Williams |
Billy Williams OBE (born 3 June 1929, Walthamstow, London) is a British cinematographer.
Williams was responsible for shooting a number of films, including Women in Love (1969), Gandhi (1982), for which he won an oscar, and On Golden Pond (1981)....
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Gandhi | |||
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| 1981 | Vittorio Storaro |
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Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C., A.I.C. (born 24 June 1940 in Rome) is a three-time Academy Award winning Italian cinematographer.
The son of a film projectionist, Storaro began studying photography at the age of 11, and went on to formal cinematography...
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Reds | ||
| 1980 | Geoffrey Unsworth |
Geoffrey Unsworth OBE, BSC (ca. 1914, Leigh, Greater Manchester – 28 October 1978, Britanny) was a British cinematographer who worked on nearly 90 feature films spanning over more than 40 years.
After working as a camera operator on films for...
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Tess | |||
| Ghislain Cloquet |
Ghislain Cloquet (18 April, 1924 – 2 November 1981) was a Belgian-born French cinematographer. Cloquet was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1924. He went to Paris to study and became a French citizen in 1940.
Cloquet is known for his work with Robert...
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| 1979 | Vittorio Storaro |
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Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C., A.I.C. (born 24 June 1940 in Rome) is a three-time Academy Award winning Italian cinematographer.
The son of a film projectionist, Storaro began studying photography at the age of 11, and went on to formal cinematography...
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Apocalypse Now | ||
| 1978 | Néstor Almendros |
Néstor Almendros, A.S.C. (October 30, 1930 – March 4, 1992) was a Spanish cinematographer.
One of the highest appraised contemporary cinematographers, Néstor Almendros Cuyas was born in Barcelona, Spain, but moved to Cuba at age 18 to join his...
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Days of Heaven | |||
| 1977 | Vilmos Zsigmond |
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Vilmos Zsigmond, A.S.C. (born June 16, 1930) is an Academy Award winning Hungarian-American cinematographer.
Zsigmond was born in Szeged, Hungary, the son of Bozena (née Illichman), an administrator, and Vilmos Zsigmond, a celebrated soccer player...
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind | ||
| 1976 | Haskell Wexler |
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Haskell Wexler, A.S.C. (born February 6, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-winning American cinematographer, and a film producer and director. Wexler was judged to be one of film history's ten most influential cinematographers in a...
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Bound for Glory | ||
| 1975 | John Alcott |
John Alcott, B.S.C. (1931 London – 28 July 1986) was an Oscar winning cinematographer best known for his four collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), for which he took over as lighting cameraman from Geoffrey...
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Barry Lyndon | |||
| 1974 | Fred J. Koenekamp |
Fred J. Koenekamp, A.S.C. (born November 11, 1922) is a U.S. cinematographer. He is the son of cinematographer Hans F. Koenekamp.
He worked in television and feature films from the 1960s. He was nominated for an Oscar for Patton (1970) and "The...
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The Towering Inferno | |||
| Joseph F. Biroc |
Joseph Francis Biroc, A.S.C. (February 12, 1903 - September 7, 1996) was a highly successful film and television cinematographer. Biroc, born in New York City, began working in film at Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. After working for about...
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| 1973 | Sven Nykvist |
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Sven Vilhem Nykvist (3 December 1922 – 20 September 2006) was a two-time Academy Award winning Swedish cinematographer. He worked on over 120 films, but is known especially for his work with director Ingmar Bergman. He won Academy Awards for his...
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Cries and Whispers | ||
| 1972 | Geoffrey Unsworth |
Geoffrey Unsworth OBE, BSC (ca. 1914, Leigh, Greater Manchester – 28 October 1978, Britanny) was a British cinematographer who worked on nearly 90 feature films spanning over more than 40 years.
After working as a camera operator on films for...
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Cabaret | |||
| 1971 | Oswald Morris |
Oswald Norman Morris OBE, DFC, AFC, BSC (born November 22, 1915, Ruislip) is a British cinematographer. Known to his colleagues by the nicknames "Os" or "Ossie", Morris' film cinematography career spanned six decades.
Morris grew up in what was then...
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Fiddler on the Roof | |||
| 1970 | Freddie Young |
Freddie Young OBE, BSC (9 October 1902 - 1 December 1998), (sometimes credited as Frederick A. Young) was one of Britain's most distinguished and influential cinematographers. He is probably best known for his work on David Lean's films Lawrence of...
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Ryan's Daughter | |||
| 1969 | Conrad L. Hall |
Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was an American cinematographer from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he was best known for photographing films, such as Morituri,...
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | |||
| 1968 | Pasqualino De Santis |
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Pasqualino De Santis (24 April 1927 - 23 June 1996) was an Academy Award winning Italian cinematographer.
Born at Fondi, he was the brother of film director Giuseppe De Santis. They worked together in Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi, Uomini e lupi (1956)...
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Romeo and Juliet | ||
| 1967 | Burnett Guffey |
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Burnett Guffey, A.S.C. (May 26, 1905 - May 30, 1983 in Del Rio, Tennessee) was an American cinematographer.
He won two Academy Awards: From Here to Eternity (1953) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967).
While still a teenager, the future Academy Award-winning...
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Bonnie and Clyde | ||
| 1966 | Ted Moore |
Ted Moore, B.S.C. (August 7, 1914 - 1987) was a cinematographer and camera operator on nearly fifty films, and is probably most famous for his work on seven of the James Bond films in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Born in South Africa, Moore moved to...
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A Man for All Seasons | |||
| 1965 | Ernest Laszlo |
Ernest Laszlo, A.S.C. (April 23 in Budapest, Hungary, 1898–January 6, 1984) was an Academy Award-winning Hungarian-American cinematographer for over 60 films, and was known for his frequent collaborations with directors Robert Aldrich and Stanley...
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Ship of Fools | |||
| 1965 | Freddie Young |
Freddie Young OBE, BSC (9 October 1902 - 1 December 1998), (sometimes credited as Frederick A. Young) was one of Britain's most distinguished and influential cinematographers. He is probably best known for his work on David Lean's films Lawrence of...
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Doctor Zhivago | |||
| 1964 | Walter Lassally |
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Walter Lassally (born 18 December 1926) is a German-born British cinematographer. He was closely associated with the Free cinema movement in the 1950s, and the British New Wave in the early 1960s. He also worked with Greek filmmaker Michael...
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Zorba the Greek | ||
| 1964 | Harry Stradling |
Harry Stradling Sr., A.S.C. (1 September 1901-14 February 1970) was an Academy Award-winning an American cinematographer with over 130 films to his credit.
His son Harry Stradling Jr. is also a cinematographer.
Stradling was born in Newark, New...
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My Fair Lady | |||
| 1963 | James Wong Howe |
James Wong Howe, A.S.C. (Chinese 黃宗霑; pinyin: Huáng Zōngzhān) (August 28, 1899 - July 12, 1976) is considered one of the greatest American cinematographers. He has over 130 films to his credit. A master at the use of shadow, he was one of the first...
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Hud | |||
| 1963 | Leon Shamroy |
Leon Shamroy, A.S.C. (16 July 1901, New York City – 7 July 1974, Los Angeles) was an American film cinematographer. Together with Charles Lang, he holds the record for most number of Academy Award nominations for Cinematography. Throughout his five...
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Cleopatra | |||
| 1962 | Jean Bourgoin | The Longest Day | ||||
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| 1962 | Fred A. Young | Lawrence of Arabia | ||||
| 1961 | Eugen Shuftan | The Hustler | ||||
| 1961 | Daniel L. Fapp | West Side Story | ||||
| 1960 | Freddie Francis |
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Frederick William (Freddie) Francis./ (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director.
He achieved his greatest successes as a cinematographer, including winning two Academy Awards, for Sons and Lovers (1960) and...
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Sons and Lovers | ||
| 1960 | Russell Metty |
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Russell Metty, A.S.C. (20 September 1906 – 28 April 1978) was an American cinematographer, who worked on many films during the forties, fifties and sixties.
Metty career began around 1925 as an assistant with Standard Film Laboratory, who was then...
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Spartacus | ||
| 1959 | William C. Mellor |
William C. Mellor, A.S.C. (29 June 1903 – 30 April 1963) was a cinematographer who worked at Paramount, MGM and 20th Century Fox during a career that spanned three decades.
After earning his stripes on a string of B-movies in the 1930s, he first...
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The Diary of Anne Frank | |||
| 1959 | Robert Surtees |
Robert L. Surtees, A.S.C. (August 9, 1906 - January 5, 1985) was an American cinematographer who won Academy Awards three times, for the films King Solomon's Mines, The Bad and the Beautiful and the 1959 version of Ben Hur.
His son Bruce is also a...
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Ben-Hur | |||
| 1958 | Sam Leavitt | The Defiant Ones | ||||
| 1958 | Joseph Ruttenberg |
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Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. (July 4, 1889 - May 1, 1983) was a photojournalist and Academy Award-winning cinematographer.
Ruttenberg was accomplished winning accolades. At MGM, Ruttenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography ten...
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Gigi | ||
| 1957 | Jack Hildyard |
Jack Hildyard, B.S.C. (17 March 1908, London—September 1990, London) was a British cinematographer who worked on more than 80 films during his career. He made several films with David Lean including The Sound Barrier (1952) and Hobson's Choice (1954...
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The Bridge on the River Kwai | |||
