Russell Metty

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name = Russell Metty, A.S.C.


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birthdate = September 20, 1906
birthplace = Los Angeles, California, USA
deathdate = April 28, 1978
deathplace = Canoga Park, California
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occupation = Cinematographer
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academyawards = Best Color Cinematography 1960 "SpartacusAn American in Paris"
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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. [imdb name|id=0005797|name=Russell Metty.]

Metty won an Academy Award for "Spartacus" (1960).

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. [ [http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/metty.htm Steeman, Albert] . "Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers," "Russell Metty page," Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. Last accessed: December 19, 2007.]

Filmography

* "West of the Pecos" (1934) [Goble, Alan. "The Complete Index to World Film, since 1885." 2008. [http://www.citwf.com/indexx.asp Index home page] .]
* "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)
* "Written on the Wind" (1956)
* "All That Heaven Allows" (1956)
* "Congo Crossing" (1956)
* "The Midnight Story" (1956)
* "Mister Cory" (1957)
* "Man of a Thousand Faces" (1957)
* "Man Afraid" (1957)
* "Step Down To Terror" (1958)
* "Touch of Evil" (1958)
* "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" (1958)
* "The Female Animal" (1958)
* "The Thing That Couldn't Die" (1958)
* "Monster on the Campus" (1958)
* "His Earth is Mine" (1959)
* "Imitation of Life" (1959)
* "Midnight Lace" (1960)
* "Platinum High School" (1960)
* "Portrait in Black" (1960)
* "Spartacus" (1960)
* "By Love Possessed" (1961)
* "Flower Drum Song" (1961)
* "The Misfits" (1961)
* "That Touch of Mink" (1962)
* "If a Man Answers" (1962)
* "The Interns" (1962)
* "Tammy and the Doctor" (1963)
* "Captain Newman, M.D." (1963)
* "The Thrill of It All" (1963)
* "I'd Rather Be Rich" (1964)
* "Bus Riley's Back in Town" (1965)
* "The War Lord" (1965)
* "The Art of Love" (1965)
* "The Appaloosa" (1966)
* "Madame X" (1966)
* "Texas Across the River" (1966)
* "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (1967)
* "Rough Night in Jericho" (1967)
* "The Pink Jungle" (1968)
* "Madigan" (1968)
* "Counterpoint" (1968)
* "The Secret War of Harry Frigg" (1968)
* "Eye of the Cat" (1969)
* "Change of Habit" (1969)
* "Tribes" (1970)
* "How Do I Love Thee?" (1970)
* "The Omega Man" (1971)
* "Cancel My Reservation" (1972)
* "Ben" (1972)

Awards

Wins
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Color, for "Spartacus"; 1961.

Nominations
* Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel, Top Cinematography - Color, for "Imitation of Life" 5th place; 1959.
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Color, for "Flower Drum Song"; 1962.
* Emmy Awards: "Tribes"; 1970 - 1971. [Steeman, Albert. Ibid.]
* Emmy Awards: "The Waltons"; 1972 - 1973.

References

External links

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* [http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=156515&mainArticleId=156514 Russell Metty] biographical essay at Turner Classic Movies by Lorraine LoBianco.
* [http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/metty.htm Russell Metty] at the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers (Rotterdam, The Netherlands).