Russell Metty,
A.S.C. (September 20, 1906 – April 28, 1978) 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 the
Academy Award
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for
Best Cinematography, Color, for the 1960 film ''
Spartacus
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Historical accounts o ...
''.
Career
Metty's career began around 1925 as an assistant with Standard Film Laboratory, who was then hired by
Paramount Pictures
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working in the camera department. He left for
RKO in 1929.
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''Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers,'' "Russell Metty page", Rotterdam
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, The Netherlands
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, 2007. Last accessed: December 19, 2007. He became a regular cameraman at
Universal Studios, and was a regular collaborator with the German film director
Douglas Sirk, making eleven films altogether with Sirk.
Filmography
* ''
West of the Pecos'' (1934)
* ''
Night Waitress'' (1936)
* ''
They Wanted to Marry'' (1937)
* ''
Behind the Headlines'' (1937)
* ''
You Can't Beat Love'' (1937)
* ''
Forty Naughty Girls'' (1937)
* ''
Annapolis Salute'' (1937)
* ''
Bringing Up Baby'' (1938)
* ''
The Affairs of Annabel'' (1938)
* ''
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off'' (1938)
* ''
Annabel Takes a Tour'' (1938)
* ''
Next Time I Marry'' (1938)
* ''
The Great Man Votes'' (1939)
* ''
The Girl and the Gambler'' (1939)
* ''
The Spellbinder'' (1939)
* ''
Bad Lands'' (1939) (uncredited)
* ''
Everything's on Ice'' (1939)
* ''
Three Sons'' (1939)
* ''
That's Right – You're Wrong'' (1939)
* ''
Curtain Call'' (1940)
* ''
Irene'' (1940)
* ''
Dance, Girl, Dance'' (1940)
* ''
No, No Nanette'' (1940)
* ''
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob'' (1941)
* ''
Sunny'' (1941)
* ''
Weekend for Three'' (1941)
* ''
Joan of Paris'' (1942)
* ''
Four Jacks and a Jill'' (1942)
* ''
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost'' (1942)
* ''
The Big Street'' (1942)
* ''
The Falcon's Brother'' (1942)
* ''
Army Surgeon'' (1942)
* ''
Hitler's Children'' (1943)
* ''
Forever and a Day'' (1943) (uncredited)
* ''
The Sky's the Limit'' (1943)
* ''
Behind the Rising Sun'' (1943)
* ''
Around the World'' (1943)
* ''
Tender Comrade'' (1943)
* ''
Seven Days Ashore'' (1944)
* ''
The Master Race'' (1944)
* ''
Music in Manhattan'' (1944)
* ''
Betrayal from the East'' (1945)
* ''
It's in the Bag!'' (1945)
* ''
The Story of G.I. Joe'' (1945)
* ''
Pardon My Past'' (1945)
* ''
Whistle Stop'' (1946)
* ''
Breakfast in Hollywood'' (1946)
* ''
The Stranger'' (1946)
* ''
The Perfect Marriage'' (1946)
* ''
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami'' (1947)
* ''
Ivy'' (1947)
* ''
Ride the Pink Horse'' (1947)
* ''
A Woman's Vengeance'' (1947)
* ''
Arch of Triumph'' (1948)
* ''
All My Sons'' (1948)
* ''
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid'' (1948)
* ''
You Gotta Stay Happy'' (1948)
* ''
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands'' (1948)
* ''
We Were Strangers'' (1949)
* ''
The Lady Gambles'' (1949)
* ''
Bagdad'' (1949)
* ''
Buccaneer's Girl'' (1950)
* ''
Sierra'' (1950)
* ''
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek'' (1950)
* ''
Peggy'' (1950)
* ''
The Desert Hawk'' (1950)
* ''
Wyoming Mail'' (1950)
* ''
Katie Did It'' (1950)
* ''
Up Front'' (1951)
* ''
Little Egypt'' (1951)
* ''
The Golden Horde'' (1951)
* ''
The Raging Tide'' (1951)
* ''
Flame of Araby'' (1951)
* ''
The Treasure of Lost Canyon'' (1952)
* ''
Scarlet Angel'' (1952)
* ''
The World in His Arms'' (1952)
* ''
Yankee Buccaneer'' (1952)
* ''
Because of You'' (1952)
* ''
Against All Flags'' (1952)
* ''
Seminole
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'' (1953)
* ''
It Happens Every Thursday'' (1953)
* ''
Take Me to Town'' (1953)
* ''
The Man from the Alamo'' (1953)
* ''
Veils of Bagdad'' (1953)
* ''
Tumbleweed'' (1953)
* ''
Taza, Son of Cochise'' (1954)
* ''
Magnificent Obsession'' (1954)
* ''
Naked Alibi'' (1954)
* ''
Four Guns to the Border'' (1954)
* ''
The Sign of the Pagan'' (1954)
* ''
Crashout'' (1955)
* ''
Man Without a Star'' (1955)
* ''
Cult of the Cobra'' (1955)
* ''
The Man from Bitter Ridge'' (1955)
* ''
There's Always Tomorrow'' (1956)
* ''
All That Heaven Allows'' (1956)
* ''
Miracle in the Rain'' (1956)
* ''
Congo Crossing'' (1956)
* ''
Written on the Wind'' (1956)
* ''
Battle Hymn'' (1957)
* ''
Mister Cory'' (1957)
* ''
Man Afraid'' (1957)
* ''
The Midnight Story'' (1957)
* ''
Man of a Thousand Faces'' (1957)
* ''
The Female Animal'' (1958)
* ''
Touch of Evil'' (1958)
* ''
A Time to Love and a Time to Die'' (1958)
* ''
The Thing That Couldn't Die'' (1958)
* ''
Step Down to Terror'' (1958)
* ''
Monster on the Campus'' (1958)
* ''
Imitation of Life'' (1959)
* ''
This Earth is Mine'' (1959)
* ''
Platinum High School'' (1960)
* ''
Portrait in Black'' (1960)
* ''
Spartacus
Spartacus (; ) was a Thracians, Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the Slavery in ancient Rome, escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major Slave rebellion, slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
Historical accounts o ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Midnight Lace'' (1960)
* ''
The Misfits'' (1961)
* ''
By Love Possessed'' (1961)
* ''
Flower Drum Song'' (1961)
* ''
That Touch of Mink'' (1962)
* ''
The Interns'' (1962)
* ''
If a Man Answers
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'' (1962)
* ''
Tammy and the Doctor'' (1963)
* ''
The Thrill of It All'' (1963)
* ''
Captain Newman, M.D.'' (1963)
* ''
I'd Rather Be Rich'' (1964)
* ''
Bus Riley's Back in Town'' (1965)
* ''
The Art of Love'' (1965)
* ''
The War Lord'' (1965)
* ''
Madame X'' (1966)
* ''
The Appaloosa'' (1966)
* ''
Texas Across the River'' (1966)
* ''
Thoroughly Modern Millie'' (1967)
* ''
Rough Night in Jericho'' (1967)
* ''
Counterpoint'' (1968)
* ''
The Secret War of Harry Frigg'' (1968)
* ''
Madigan'' (1968)
* ''
The Pink Jungle'' (1968)
* ''
Eye of the Cat'' (1969)
* ''
Change of Habit'' (1969)
* ''
How Do I Love Thee?'' (1970)
* ''
Tribes'' (1970)
* ''
The Omega Man'' (1971)
* ''
Ben'' (1972)
* ''
Cancel My Reservation'' (1972)
Accolades
Wins
*
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 Cinematography, Color, for ''
Spartacus
Spartacus (; ) was a Thracians, Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the Slavery in ancient Rome, escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major Slave rebellion, slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
Historical accounts o ...
'' (1961).
Nominations
*
Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel, Top Cinematography – Color, for ''
Imitation of Life'' 5th place; 1959.
*
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 Cinematography, Color, for ''
Flower Drum Song''; 1962.
*
Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...
: ''Tribes''; 1970–1971.
* Emmy Awards: ''
The Waltons
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''; 1972–1973.
References
External links
*
Russell Mettybiographical essay at
Turner Classic Movies
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by Lorraine LoBianco
Russell Mettyat the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers (
Rotterdam
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,
The Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
)
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1906 births
1978 deaths
American cinematographers
Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners