Ray Rennahan, A.S.C. (May 1, 1896 – May 19, 1980) was a motion picture

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 ...

Biography

For his work in films, he became one of the only six cinematographers to have a "star" on the

Hollywood Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,813 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood dist ...

, the other five being Haskell Wexler, Conrad L. Hall, J. Peverell Marley,

Leon Shamroy Leon Shamroy, A.S.C. (July 16, 1901 – July 7, 1974) was an American film cinematographer known for his work in 20th Century Fox motion pictures shot in Technicolor. He and Charles Lang share the record for most Oscar nominations for Cinematog ...

and Hal Mohr. He won two

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 ...

for Color Cinematography, for ''

Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind most often refers to: * Gone with the Wind (novel), ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell * Gone with the Wind (film), ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel Gone with the Wind ...

'', with Ernest Haller in 1940, and '' Blood and Sand'', with Ernest Palmer in 1942. He was also nominated in that category for ''

Drums Along the Mohawk ''Drums Along the Mohawk'' is a 1939 American historical drama film based upon a 1936 novel of the same name by American author Walter D. Edmonds. The film stars Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert, was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, and direct ...

'' in 1940, with Bert Glennon; '' Down Argentine Way'', with

; '' The Blue Bird'' in 1941, with

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...

; ''

Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase () was the acquisition of the Louisiana (New France), territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River#Watershed, Mississipp ...

'' in 1942, with Harry Hallenberger; ''

For Whom the Bell Tolls ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer attached to a Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned ...

'' in 1944; and '' Lady in the Dark'' in 1945.

Selected filmography

* ''

Blood Test A blood test is a medical laboratory, laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or via fingerprick. Multiple tests for specific blood components, such as a glucose ...

'' (1923) * '' The Ten Commandments'' (1923) * ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...

'' (1925) * '' Gold Diggers of Broadway'' (1929) * '' The Vagabond King'' (1930) * '' King of Jazz'' (1930) * ''

Whoopee! ''Whoopee!'' is a 1928 musical comedy play with a book based on Owen Davis's play, ''The Nervous Wreck.'' The musical libretto was written by William Anthony McGuire, with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn. The musical premiered o ...

'' (1930) * '' The Runaround'' (1931) * '' Fanny Foley Herself'' (1931) * '' Doctor X'' (1932) * '' Mystery of the Wax Museum'' (1933) * '' The Cat and the Fiddle'' (1934) * '' Kid Millions'' (1934) * '' Becky Sharp'' (1935) * ''

Ebb Tide Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravity, gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide ...

'' (1937) * '' Wings of the Morning'' (1937) * '' Vogues of 1938'' (1938) * ''

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

'' (1938) * '' Her Jungle Love'' (1938) * ''

'' (1939) * ''

'' (1939) * '' Chad Hanna'' (1940) * '' Down Argentine Way'' (1940) * '' The Blue Bird'' (1940) * '' Blood and Sand'' (1941) * '' Belle Starr'' (1941) * '' That Night in Rio'' (1941) * ''

'' (1941) * ''

'' (1943) * '' Lady in the Dark'' (1944) * ''

The Three Caballeros ''The Three Caballeros'' is a 1944 American live-action and animated musical propaganda anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film premiered in Mexico City on December 21, 1944. It was released in the ...

'' (1944) * '' Belle of the Yukon'' (1944) * '' Up in Arms'' (1944) * '' Incendiary Blonde'' (1945) * '' It's a Pleasure'' (1945) * '' A Thousand and One Nights'' (1945) * '' Duel in the Sun'' (1946) * ''

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

'' (1947) * '' The Perils of Pauline'' (1947) * '' Unconquered'' (1947) * '' Whispering Smith'' (1948) * '' The Paleface'' (1948) * '' A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' (1949) * '' Streets of Laredo'' (1949) * '' The White Tower'' (1950) * '' Silver City'' (1951) * '' The Great Missouri Raid'' (1951) *'' Warpath'' (1951) * '' Flaming Feather'' (1952) * ''

At Sword's Point ''At Sword's Point'', also known as ''Sons of the Three Musketeers'', is a 1952 American historical action adventure film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Cornel Wilde and Maureen O'Hara. It was shot in Technicolor by RKO Radio Pictures. T ...

'' (1952) * '' Denver and Rio Grande'' (1952) * '' Hurricane Smith'' (1952) * ''

Arrowhead An arrowhead or point is the usually sharpened and hardened tip of an arrow, which contributes a majority of the projectile mass and is responsible for impacting and penetrating a target, or sometimes for special purposes such as signaling. ...

'' (1953) * '' Flight to Tangier'' (1953) * ''

Pony Express The Pony Express was an American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders between Missouri and California. It was operated by the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company. During its 18 months of opera ...

'' (1953) * '' Stranger on Horseback'' (1955) * '' Rage at Dawn'' (1955) * '' Texas Lady'' (1955) * '' A Lawless Street'' (1955) * '' The Court Jester'' (1955) * '' 7th Cavalry'' (1956) * '' The Guns of Fort Petticoat'' (1957) * '' The Halliday Brand'' (1957) * '' Terror in a Texas Town'' (1958)

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rennahan, Ray 1896 births 1980 deaths American cinematographers Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Presidents of the American Society of Cinematographers