Milton R. Krasner, A.S.C. (February 17, 1904 – July 17, 1988) was an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

who won an Academy Award for '' Three Coins in the Fountain'' (1954).

Career

Working in films since the 1930s, Krasner is remembered for his work in the 1950s at 20th Century-Fox, where he photographed many of the studio's technicolor films, including ''

Demetrius and the Gladiators ''Demetrius and the Gladiators'' is a 1954 American Technicolor/CinemaScope epic biblical drama film directed by Delmer Daves and produced by Frank Ross for 20th Century Fox. A sequel to '' The Robe'' (1953), the screenplay was written by Phi ...

'' (1954), '' Désirée'' (1954), ''

The Rains of Ranchipur ''The Rains of Ranchipur'' is a 1955 American drama and disaster film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Frank Ross (producer), Frank Ross from a screenplay by Merle Miller, based on the 1937 novel ''The ...

'' (1955), and others. His last film was '' Beneath the Planet of the Apes'' (1970). Some of his memorable films include '' A Double Life'', '' The Set-Up'', ''

All About Eve ''All About Eve'' is a 1950 American Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story (and subsequent 1949 radio drama) "The Wisdom of E ...

'' and ''

The Seven Year Itch ''The Seven Year Itch'' is a 1955 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, who co-wrote the screenplay with George Axelrod. Based on Axelrod's 1952 The Seven Year Itch (play), play of the same name, the film stars Marilyn Monroe ...

.''

Filmography

* ''I Love That Man'' (1933) * ''Sitting Pretty'' (1933) * ''Golden Harvest'' (1933) * '' Strictly Personal'' (1933) * ''Paris Interlude'' (1934) * ''Death on the Diamond'' (1934) * ''Here Comes the Groom'' (1934) * ''Private Scandal'' (1934) * ''The Great Flirtation'' (1934) * ''

She Made Her Bed ''She Made Her Bed'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by James M. Cain, Casey Robinson and Frank R. Adams. The film stars Richard Arlen, Sally Eilers, Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert Armstrong, ...

'' (1934) * '' Murder in the Fleet'' (1935) * '' The Great Impersonation'' (1935) * '' Great God Gold'' (1935) * '' Women Must Dress'' (1935) * '' Cheers of the Crowd'' (1935) * '' Hold 'em, Yale'' (1935) * '' Honeymoon Limited'' (1935) * ''The Virginia Judge'' (1935) * ''Forbidden Heaven'' (1935) * ''Laughing Irish Eyes'' (1936) * ''Mister Cinderella'' (1936) * ''Crash Donovan'' (1936) * '' Mysterious Crossing'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' The Girl on the Front Page'' (1936) * ''Love Letters of a Star'' (1936) * ''She's Dangerous'' (1937) * '' Midnight Intruder'' (1937) * '' There Goes the Groom'' (1937) * ''A Girl With Ideas'' (1937) * ''Love in a Bungalow'' (1937) * '' Prescription for Romance'' (1937) * ''We Have Our Moments'' (1937) * ''The Lady Fights Back'' (1937) * ''Oh, Doctor!'' (1937) * '' The Missing Guest'' (1938) * '' The Crime of Dr. Hallet'' (1938) * '' Newsboys' Home'' (1938) * '' The Jury's Secret'' (1938) * ''Nurse From Brooklyn'' (1938) * ''The Storm'' (1938) * '' The Devil's Party'' (1938) * '' Missing Evidence'' (1939) * '' The House of Fear'' (1939) * '' You Can't Cheat an Honest Man'' (1939) * ''

I Stole a Million ''I Stole a Million'' is a 1939 film noir crime film starring George Raft as a cab driver turned small-time crook who makes a big score and lives to regret it. The supporting cast includes Claire Trevor, Dick Foran, and Victor Jory. The movie ...

'' (1939) * '' The Family Next Door'' (1939) * ''Little Accident'' (1939) * '' Man from Montreal'' (1939) * '' Diamond Frontier'' (1940) * '' The Bank Dick'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) * '' Sandy is a Lady'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!'' (1940) * ''

The House of the Seven Gables ''The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance'' is a Gothic fiction, Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston. The novel follows a New England fam ...

'' (1940) * '' Man From Montreal'' (1940) * '' Trail of the Vigilantes'' (1940) * ''

The Invisible Man Returns ''The Invisible Man Returns'' is a 1940 American horror science fiction film directed by Joe May. The film stars Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey and John Sutton. The film is a sequel to the 1933 film ''The Invisible Man'', and the ...

'' (1940) * '' Hired Wife'' (1940) * ''Zanzibar'' (1940) * '' Private Affairs'' (1940) * '' Paris Calling'' (1941) * '' Buck Privates'' (1941) * '' This Woman is Mine'' (1941) * ''Bachelor Daddy'' (1941) *'' Too Many Blondes'' (1941) * '' The Lady from Cheyenne'' (1941) * ''Swing Frolic'' (1942) * '' The Spoilers'' (1942) * '' A Gentleman After Dark'' (1942) * '' Pardon My Sarong'' (1942) * ''Men of Texas'' (1942) * ''

The Ghost of Frankenstein ''The Ghost of Frankenstein'' is a 1942 American horror film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi. It is the fourth film in the ''Frankenstein'' series by Universal Pictures, and the follow-u ...

'' (1942) * ''

Arabian Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' (, ), is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights'', from the first English-language edition () ...

'' (1942) * '' Gung Ho!'' (1943) * '' We've Never Been Licked'' (1943) * '' The Mad Ghoul'' (1943) * ''

Two Tickets to London ''Two Tickets to London'' is a 1943 American drama film made by Universal Pictures, and directed by Edwin L. Marin. The screenplay was written by Tom Reed, based on story by Roy William Neill. The film stars Michèle Morgan and Alan Curtis. ...

'' (1943) * ''So's Your Uncle'' (1943) * '' The Woman in the Window'' (1944) * ''

The Invisible Man's Revenge ''The Invisible Man's Revenge'' is a 1944 American science fiction horror film directed by Ford Beebe and written by Bertram Millhauser. The film stars John Carradine as a scientist who tests his experiment on a psychiatric hospital escapee, pl ...

'' (1944) * '' Hat Check Honey'' (1944) * '' Delightfully Dangerous'' (1945) * ''

Scarlet Street ''Scarlet Street'' is a 1945 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang. The screenplay concerns two criminals who take advantage of a middle-aged painter in order to steal his artwork. The film is based on the French novel ''La Chienne'' (liter ...

'' (1945) * '' Along Came Jones'' (1945) * '' The Dark Mirror'' (1946) * ''

Without Reservations ''Without Reservations'' is a 1946 RKO Radio Pictures American comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Claudette Colbert, John Wayne and Don DeFore. The film was adapted by Andrew P. Solt, Andrew Solt from the novel ''Thanks, God! I'l ...

'' (1946) * ''

The Egg and I ''The Egg and I'', first published in 1945, is a humorous memoir by American author Betty MacDonald about her adventures and travels as a young wife on a chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in the US state of Washington (state), Washington. Th ...

'' (1947) * '' A Double Life'' (1947) * '' The Farmer's Daughter'' (1947) * '' Something in the Wind'' (1947) * '' The Saxon Charm'' (1948) * '' Up in Central Park '' (1948) * '' The Accused'' (1949) * '' The Set-Up'' (1949) * '' Holiday Affair'' (1949) * '' House of Strangers'' (1949) * ''

'' (1950) * '' No Way Out'' (1950) * '' Three Came Home'' (1950) * '' The Model and the Marriage Broker'' (1951) * '' Half Angel'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1951) * '' I Can Get It for You Wholesale'' (1951) * ''

People Will Talk ''People Will Talk'' is a 1951 American romantic comedy/drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck from a screenplay by Mankiewicz, based on the German play by Curt Goetz, which was made into a movie in Germa ...

'' (1951) * '' Dreamboat'' (1952) * '' Monkey Business'' (1952) * '' Deadline – U.S.A.'' (1952) * '' Phone Call from a Stranger'' (1952) * '' O. Henry's Full House'' (1952) * ''

Dream Wife ''Dream Wife'' is a romantic comedy film from 1953 starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Sidney Sheldon and produced by Dore Schary, from a screenplay by Herbert Baker, Alfred Lewis Levitt and Sid ...

'' (1953) * '' Vicki'' (1953) * ''Taxi'' (1953) * '' Garden of Evil'' (1954) * '' Désirée'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) * '' Three Coins in the Fountain'' (1954) * ''

'' (1954) * ''

'' (1955) * '' How to Be Very, Very Popular'' (1955) * ''

'' (1955) * ''

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing ''The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing'' is a 1955 American film directed by Richard Fleischer from a screenplay by Walter Reisch and Charles Brackett, and starring Joan Collins, Ray Milland, and Farley Granger. The CinemaScope film was released ...

'' (1955) * '' 23 Paces to Baker Street'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1956) * '' Kiss Them For Me'' (1957) * ''

Boy on a Dolphin ''Boy on a Dolphin'' is a 1957 American romantic adventure film theatrically released by 20th Century-Fox. It is set in Greece and shot in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope. It was directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Samuel G. Engel from a sc ...

'' (1957) * '' An Affair to Remember'' (1957) * '' The Gift of Love'' (1958) * '' A Certain Smile'' (1958) * '' The Man Who Understood Women'' (1959) * '' Count Your Blessings'' (1959) * ''

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker ''The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker'' is a 1959 American DeLuxe Color comedy film starring Clifton Webb and Dorothy McGuire directed by Henry Levin in CinemaScope. The film is based on the 1953 Broadway play of the same title, which ran for 221 pe ...

'' (1959) * '' Bells Are Ringing'' (1960) * '' Home From the Hill'' (1960) * ''

Go Naked in the World ''Go Naked in the World'' is a 1961 American drama film written and directed by Ranald MacDougall and co-directed by an uncredited Charles Walters and produced by Aaron Rosenberg. The film stars Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Franciosa, and Ernest B ...

'' (1960) * ''

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'' (1961) * '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1962) * ''

Two Weeks in Another Town ''Two Weeks in Another Town'' is a 1962 American drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Kirk Douglas and Edward G. Robinson. The supporting players include Cyd Charisse, Claire Trevor, Daliah Lavi, George Hamilton, and Rosann ...

'' (1962) * '' Sweet Bird of Youth'' (1962) * '' How the West Was Won'' (1962) * '' The Courtship of Eddie's Father'' (1963) * '' A Ticklish Affair'' (1963) * '' Love with the Proper Stranger'' (1963) * ''

Goodbye Charlie ''Goodbye Charlie'' is a 1964 American comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds and Pat Boone. The CinemaScope film is about a callous womanizer who gets his just reward after a jealous husband kills hi ...

'' (1964) * '' Looking for Love'' (1964) * '' Advance to the Rear '' (1964) * ''

Fate is the Hunter ''Fate Is the Hunter'' is a 1961 memoir by aviation writer Ernest K. Gann. It describes his years working as a pilot from the 1930s to 1950s, starting at American Airlines in Douglas DC-2s and DC-3s when civilian air transport was in its inf ...

'' (1964) * ''

Made in Paris ''Made in Paris'' is a 1966 American romantic-comedy film starring Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Edie Adams, and Chad Everett. The film was written by Stanley Roberts and directed by Boris Sagal. Plot An American girl from Ne ...

'' (1965) * ''

The Sandpiper ''The Sandpiper'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the third of eleven films starring the power couple. Plot Laura Reynolds is a free-spirited, unwed single mother liv ...

'' (1965) * ''

Red Line 7000 ''Red Line 7000'' is a 1965 American action sports film released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Howard Hawks, who also wrote the story. It stars James Caan, Laura Devon and Marianna Hill in a story about young stock-car racers tryi ...

'' (1965) * ''

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'' (1966) * '' The Venetian Affair'' (1966) * '' Hurry Sundown'' (1967) * '' The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967) * '' The Ballad of Josie'' (1967) * ''Don't Just Stand There!'' (1968) * '' The Sterile Cuckoo'' (1969) * '' Beneath the Planet of the Apes'' (1970) Source:Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to World Film, since 1885.'' 2008
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Awards

Wins *

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...

: Best Cinematography, for ''The Set-Up''; 1949. *

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in ...

: Oscar, Best Color Cinematography, for: Three Coins in the Fountain; 1955. Nominations * Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Color Cinematography, for ''Arabian Nights''; shared with: William V. Skall and W. Howard Greene; 1943.

References

External links

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