James Wong Howe
Camera · Born 1899-08-27 · age 76 at death · Guangzhou, China
James Wong Howe, ASC (born Wong Tung Jim, Chinese: 黃宗霑; August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976) was a Chinese American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films. A master at the use of shadow, he was one of the first to use deep-focus cinematography, photography in which both foreground and distant planes remain in focus. During the 1930s and 1940s he was one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood. He was nominated for ten Academy Awards for cinematography, winning twice. Howe was judged to be one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild.
Titles
Fantasia
Sweet Smell of Success
The Thin Man
Seconds
Hud
Bell, Book and Candle
Hombre
Shanghai Express
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The Old Man and the Sea
Mark of the Vampire
Hangmen Also Die!
Body and Soul
Picnic
This Property Is Condemned
Pursued
Objective, Burma!
The Rose Tattoo
The Molly Maguires
Manhattan Melodrama
The Strawberry Blonde
Funny Lady
Passage to Marseille
The Baron of Arizona
He Ran All the Way
Air Force
The Prisoner of Zenda
Indiscretion of an American Wife
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Peter Pan
Algiers
Kings Row
Come Back, Little Sheba
The Outrage
Fire Over England
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
They Made Me a Criminal
Out of the Fog
City for Conquest
The Glory Guys
The Oklahoma Kid
The Criminal Code
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Viva Villa!
The North Star
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Confidential Agent
Death of a Scoundrel
Chandu the Magician
The Horsemen
Nora Prentiss
The Hard Way
My Reputation
Dust Be My Destiny
Song Without End
Behave Yourself!
The Power and the Glory
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