Birthday: July 04, 1889

Russian-born cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg emigrated to the U.S. as a child. Before entering films as a newsreel photographer in the early 1910s, Ruttenberg learned the whys and wherefores of the still camera as a photojournalist. His Hollywood career began when he joined the Fox studios in 1915. His first talkie assignment was The Struggle (1931), D.W. Griffith's final film. ...more
  • 1960
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
  • Best Color Cinematography
  • Butterfield 8
  • nom
  • 1958
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
  • Best Color Cinematography
  • Gigi
  • win
  • 1954
  • Golden Globe
  • Best Cinematography - Color
  • Brigadoon
  • win
  • 1953
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
  • Best Cinematography
  • Julius Caesar
  • nom


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