Russell Metty

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Russell Metty, A.S.C.

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Born September 20, 1906
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died April 28, 1978
Canoga Park, California
Occupation Cinematographer

Russell Metty, A.S.C. (September 20, 1906 – April 28, 1978) was an American cinematographer, who worked on many films during the forties, fifties and sixties.[1]

Metty won an Academy Award for Spartacus (1960).

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[edit] Career

Metty Started circa 1925 as an assistant with Standard Film Laboratory, then was hired by Paramount Pictures working in the camera deptartment. He left for RKO in 1929.[2]

[edit] Filmography

  • West of the Pecos (1934)[3]
  • Night Waitress (1936)
  • They Wanted to Marry (1937)
  • Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
  • You Can't Beat Love (1937)
  • Behind the Headlines (1937)
  • Annapolis Salute (1937)
  • Bringing Up Baby (1937)
  • Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
  • Room Service (1938)
  • The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
  • Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
  • Next Time I Marry (1938)
  • The Great Man Votes (1939)
  • Bade Lands (1939)
  • Everything's on Ice (1939)
  • Three Sons (1939)
  • That's Right - You're Wrong (1939)
  • The Spellbinder (1939)
  • The Girl and the Gambler (1939)
  • Irene (1940)
  • No, No Nanette (1940)
  • Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
  • Curtain Call (1940)
  • A Girl, A Guy and a Gob (1941)
  • Weekend for Three (1941)
  • Sunny (1941)
  • Four Jacks and a Jill' (1941)
  • Army Surgeon' (1942)
  • The Big Street (1942)
  • Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)
  • Joan of Paris (1942)
  • The Falcon's Brother (1942)
  • The Sky's the Limit (1943)
  • Tender Comrade (1943)
  • Around the World (1943)
  • Forever and a Day (1943)
  • Hitler's Children (1943)
  • Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
  • Seven Days Ashore (1944)
  • Music in Manhattan (1944)
  • The Master Race (1944)
  • It's in the Bag! (1945)
  • Betrayal From the East (1945)
  • Pardon My Past (1945)
  • The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
  • Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
  • Whistle Stop (1946)
  • The Perfect Marriage (1946)
  • The Stranger (1946)
  • A Womans Vengeance (1947)
  • Ivy (1947)
  • The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
  • Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
  • Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
  • Arch of Triumph (1948)
  • All My Sons (1948)
  • Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
  • You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
  • Bagdad (1949)
  • The Lady Gambles (1949)
  • We Were Strangers (1949)
  • The Desert Hawk (1950)
  • Wyoming Mail (1950)
  • Katie Did It (1950)
  • Sierra (1950)
  • Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
  • Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
  • Peggy (1950)
  • The Golden Horde (1951)
  • Little Egypt (1951)
  • Flame of Araby (1951)
  • The Raging Tide (1951)
  • Up Front (1951)
  • The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
  • Because of You (1952)
  • Scarlet Angel (1952)
  • The World in His Arms (1952)
  • Yankee Buccaneer (1952)
  • Against All Flags (1952)
  • Tumbleweed' (1953)
  • Take Me To Town (1953)
  • The Man From the Alamo (1953)
  • Veils of Bagdad (1953)
  • It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
  • Seminole (1953)
  • Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
  • Naked Alibi (1954)
  • Magnificent Obsession (1954)
  • The Sign of the Pagan (1954)
  • Four Guns to the Border (1954)
  • Cult of the Cobra (1955)
  • Man without a Star (1955)
  • Crashout (1955)
  • The Man From Bitter Ridge (1955)
  • There's Always Tomorrow (1955)
  • Battle Hymn (1956)
  • Miracle in the Rain (1956)

[edit] Awards

Wins

Nominations

[edit] References

  1. ^ Russell Metty at the Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ Steeman, Albert. Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers, "Russell Metty page," Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. Last accessed: December 19, 2007.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to World Film, since 1885. 2008. Index home page.
  4. ^ Steeman, Albert. Ibid.

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