1872–1944 · United States · Cinematographer
Billy Bitzer
Silent-era pioneer of lighting, close-ups, iris shots and matte photography.
The Birth of a Nation, 1915Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1898–1978 · UNITED STATES
Lee Garmes
Sculpted studio lighting across silent and sound eras.
- Born
- 1898
- Died
- 1978
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1932Shanghai Express
- 1930Morocco
- 1932Scarface
WHY THEY MATTER
Won the Academy Award for Shanghai Express; nominated for Morocco, Since You Went Away and The Big Fisherman; twice received the Eastman Kodak Award.
THE LIFE
Garmes was born in Peoria and came to Hollywood in 1916, starting in the paint department at Thomas H. Ince Studios. He worked with Howard Hawks, Josef von Sternberg, Alfred Hitchcock, King Vidor and Nicholas Ray, and co-directed two films with Ben Hecht. He won the Academy Award for Shanghai Express. American Cinematographer credited him, unofficially, with much of the photography of Gone with the Wind.
Also born in 1850–1899
1886–1981 · United States · Cinematographer
Karl Struss
Soft-focus pictorial photography carried into film, and early 3-D.
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1927Source: Wikipedia
1890–1969 · Germany · Cinematographer
Karl Freund
The 'unchained camera' of German Expressionism, later studio Hollywood polish.
The Last Laugh, 1924Source: Wikipedia
1893–1977 · Germany · Cinematographer
Eugen Schufftan
Mirror tricks turned into poetic, smoky realism.
The Hustler, 1961Source: Wikipedia
1899–1976 · United States · Cinematographer
James Wong Howe
Low-key lighting, deep shadow and wide-angle lenses.
Sweet Smell of Success, 1957Source: Wikipedia