1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1901–1974 · UNITED STATES
Leon Shamroy
Bold Technicolor of the Fox studio era.
- Born
- 1901
- Died
- 1974
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1945Leave Her to Heaven
- 1953The Robe
- 1963Cleopatra
WHY THEY MATTER
Eighteen Academy Award nominations with four wins, sharing the nomination record with Charles Lang and the record for wins with Joseph Ruttenberg.
THE LIFE
Shamroy studied engineering at Cooper Union, City College and Columbia before joining the Fox lab in 1920. He spent most of his career at 20th Century Fox shooting Technicolor pictures. He shot The Robe, the first film made in CinemaScope, though he never liked the process. Over half a century he earned eighteen Academy Award nominations and four wins.
Also born in 1900–1929
1901–1996 · United States · Cinematographer
John Alton
Hard shadows and pools of light that defined film noir.
T-Men, 1947Source: Wikipedia
1902–1998 · United Kingdom · Cinematographer
Freddie Young
Sweeping, lush widescreen colour.
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962Source: Wikipedia
1902–2000 · Italy · Cinematographer
Otello Martelli
Neorealist grit that opened up into Fellini's nocturnal spectacle.
La Dolce Vita, 1960Source: Wikipedia
1904–1948 · United States · Cinematographer
Gregg Toland
Deep focus, with near and far planes sharp at once.
Citizen Kane, 1941Source: Wikipedia
1906–1980 · United States · Cinematographer
Boris Kaufman
Poetic realist black and white.
On the Waterfront, 1954Source: Wikipedia