Ernest Palmer
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- This article is about the Hollywood cinematographer. For the British cinematographer who was active during some of the same period, see Ernest Palmer (British cinematographer).
Ernest Palmer (born in Kansas City, Missouri, December 6, 1885; died in Pacific Palisades, California, February 22, 1978) was a Hollywood cinematographer for more than 160 films. His earliest known credit was for a 1912 adaptation of Ivanhoe.
In 1941, Palmer won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography (in collaboration with Ray Rennahan) for Blood and Sand. Palmer was nominated on several other occasions - in 1928 for Four Devils, in 1929 for Street Angel, and in 1950 for Broken Arrow.