Bob Roberts was an American cinematographer, noted for his work as a cinematographer during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Before moving to Argentina in the late 1930s he worked on W. S. Van Dyke's White Shadows in the South Seas (1928). [1] In 1944 the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave Roberts the "Best Cinematographer" award for the critically acclaimed Su mejor alumno , [2] and at the 1946 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards he won the Silver Condor Award for Best Cinematography with Humberto Peruzzi and José María Beltrán for Pampa bárbara (1945). He worked on films like The Three Musketeers (1946), Madame Bovary (1947) and Facundo, el tigre de los llanos (1952). His last film was with Julio Porter on Marianela (1955). [3]
John Alton, born Johann Jacob Altmann, in Sopron, Kingdom of Hungary, was an American cinematographer of Hungarian-German origin. Alton photographed some of the most famous films noir of the classic period and won an Academy Award for the cinematography of An American in Paris (1951), becoming the first Hungarian-born person to do so in the cinematography category.
Wong Tung Jim, A.S.C. (Chinese: 黃宗霑; August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976), known professionally as James Wong Howe (Houghto), was a Chinese-born American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood due to his innovative filming techniques. Howe was known as a master of the use of shadow and one of the first to use deep-focus cinematography, in which both foreground and distant planes remain in focus.
Charles G. Rosher, A.S.C. was an English-born cinematographer who worked from the early days of silent films through the 1950s.
Lucien Ballard was an American cinematographer. He worked on more than 130 films during his 50-year career, collaborating multiple times with directors including Josef von Sternberg, John Brahm, Henry Hathaway, Budd Boetticher, Raoul Walsh, Sam Peckinpah and Tom Gries. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Caretakers (1963).
Franz F. Planer, A.S.C. was an Austrian cinematographer born in Karlovy Vary, Austria-Hungary.
Joseph LaShelle ASC was an American film cinematographer.
John Francis Seitz, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer and inventor.
Burnett Guffey, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer.
Elwood Bailey Bredell was an American cinematographer and child silent screen actor. He is sometimes credited as Woody Bredell or Elwood Dell. Although he worked in many genres, mostly at Universal, Bredell is best known for his film noir cinematography on such movies as Phantom Lady (1944), Lady on a Train (1945) The Killers (1946), and The Unsuspected (1947). Warner Bros. editor George Amy said Bredell could "light a football stadium with a single match".
Robert De Grasse was an American cinematographer and member of the American Society of Cinematographers. Over the course of his career, he was nominated for an Academy Award in 1939 and a Primetime Emmy Award in 1958.
Harry J. Wild, A.S.C. was a film and television cinematographer. Wild worked at RKO Pictures studios from 1931 through the 1950s. In total Wild was involved in 91 major film projects and two extended television series.
Leslie Robert BurksA.S.C. was an American cinematographer who worked in many different film genres and collaborated several times with Alfred Hitchcock.
Hal Mohr, A.S.C. was a famed movie cinematographer who won an Oscar for his work on the 1935 film, A Midsummer Night's Dream. He was awarded another Oscar for The Phantom of the Opera in 1943, and received a nomination for The Four Poster in 1952.
Ray Rennahan, A.S.C. was a motion picture cinematographer.
Ernest Jacob HallerASC, sometimes known as Ernie J. Haller, was an American cinematographer.
José María Beltrán Ausejo was a prolific Spanish cinematographer who worked in Spanish, Argentine, Venezuelan and Brazilian cinema. He was involved in the cinematography of almost 80 films between 1925 and his death, and is best known for his work in Argentina in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Harold G. "Hal" Rosson, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer who worked during the early and classical Hollywood cinema, in a career spanning some 52 years, starting from the silent era in 1915. He is best known for his work on the fantasy film The Wizard of Oz (1939) and the musical Singin' in the Rain (1952), as well as his marriage to Jean Harlow.
Lionel Lindon, ASC was an American film cameraman and cinematographer who spent much of his career working for Paramount.
Ralph Pappier was an Argentine production designer, set decorator and film director.
His Best Student is a 1944 Argentine biographical drama film directed by Lucas Demare and starring Enrique Muiño and Ángel Magaña. It was released in Buenos Aires on 22 May 1944. The film won many awards, including the award for best film of the year.