Milton R. Krasner

Milton R. Krasner, A.S.C. (February 17, 1901 – July 17, 1988) was a film cinematographer. He won an Academy Award for Three Coins in the Fountain (1954). Working in films since the 1930s, director of photography Krasner is remembered for his work in the 1950s at 20th Century-Fox, where he photographed many of the studio's Technicolor films including Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954), Désirée (1954), The Rains of Ranchipur (1955), among others. ... More

Date of birth:

  • Feb 17, 1901

Date of death:

  • Jul 17, 1988 (age 87 years)

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  • Milton Krasner,
  • Milt Krasner
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  • 1954

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