Russell Harlan
Camera · Born 1903-09-16 · age 70 at death · Los Angeles, California, USA
Born Russell September 16, 1903 in Los Angeles, California to Frank and Bertha Harlan, who hailed from Iowa and Missouri. Russell was raised in Los Angeles along with his younger brother Richard (b. 1911). His paternal grandmother Sarah J. Harlan also lived with the family. Harlan started in the film industry as an actor and stuntman, and by the early 1930s was working behind the camera as an assistant. His first work as lead cinematographer was in 1937, when he filmed four "Hopalong Cassidy" westerns for Harry Sherman Productions. Harlan had a career as a cinematographer that spanned some thirty-three years from 1937 to 1970. He was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, including two in 1962 for his work on Hatari! and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Titles
To Kill a Mockingbird
Witness for the Prosecution
Rio Bravo
The Thing from Another World
Red River
Operation Petticoat
The Great Race
Gun Crazy
Hatari!
Pollyanna
Lust for Life
Run Silent, Run Deep
Blackboard Jungle
Man's Favorite Sport?
Day of the Outlaw
King Creole
Land of the Pharaohs
The Big Sky
Riot in Cell Block 11
Tobruk
A Walk in the Sun
Ramrod
Hawaii
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
The Last Hunt
Darling Lili
Ruby Gentry
Guilty Bystander
A Gathering of Eagles
Four Faces West
Something of Value
Dear Heart
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Sunrise at Campobello
This Could Be the Night
The Spiral Road
Southside 1-1000
The Ring
Colt Comrades
The Kansan
Three Men from Texas
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Cassidy of Bar 20
Lumberjack
False Colors
American Empire
Bar 20 Justice
Bar 20
Riders of the Deadline
Heritage of the Desert
In Old Colorado
The Woman of the Town
Rustlers' Valley
Texas Trail
Heart of Arizona
The Frontiersmen
Hidden Gold
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Border Patrol