Oscar-winning cinematographer Karl Struss was born on November 30, 1886, in New York City. He became a professional photographer after studying photography with Clarence H. White and became part of the group associated with the great photographer Alfred Stieglitz. His photographs, which he characterized as "pictorial" rather than "fashion", were ...
Cinematographer, Camera Department, Miscellaneous Crew
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[on working with Charles Chaplin]: He had no knowledge of camera direction, his films were completely "theatre". It was very routine work with him; you'd just set up the camera and let it go and he and the other actors would play in front of it. He never even tried for cinematic effects.
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Goin' to Town
1935
Mississippi
1935
replaced, uncredited
Here Is My Heart
1934
The Pursuit of Happiness
1934
Belle of the Nineties
1934
Four Frightened People
1934
photographed by
Torch Singer
1933
One Sunday Afternoon
1933
uncredited
Disgraced
1933
The Girl in 419
1933
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
The Woman Accused
1933
Tonight Is Ours
1933
Island of Lost Souls
1932
photographed by
The Sign of the Cross
1932
photographed by
Guilty as Hell
1932
The Man from Yesterday
1932
Forgotten Commandments
1932
World and the Flesh
1932
Dancers in the Dark
1932
Two Kinds of Women
1932
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931
photographed by
The Road to Reno
1931
Murder by the Clock
1931
Women Love Once
1931
Up Pops the Devil
1931
Skippy
1931
Kiki
1931
Zampa
1930
Short
Abraham Lincoln
1930
photography
Danger Lights
1930
photographed by
One Romantic Night
1930
The Bad One
1930
Be Yourself!
1930
photographed by
Lummox
1930
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
Coquette
1929
photography
Lady of the Pavements
1929
The Battle of the Sexes
1928
photography
Night Watch
1928
Drums of Love
1928
Sunrise
1927
photography
Babe Comes Home
1927
Forever After
1926
Meet the Prince
1926
Sparrows
1926
photography
Hell's Four Hundred
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
photography
The Winding Stair
1925
Idle Tongues
1924
White Man
1924
Legend of Hollywood
1924
Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo
1924
Maytime
1923
Mothers-in-Law
1923
Daughters of the Rich
1923
Poor Men's Wives
1923
The Hero
1923
Thorns and Orange Blossoms
1922
Minnie
1922
Rich Men's Wives
1922
Fools First
1922
Saturday Night
1922
The Law and the Woman
1922
Fool's Paradise
1921
The Affairs of Anatol
1921
photographed by
Something to Think About
1920
Counterplot
1959
director of photography
The Alligator People
1959
director of photography
The Rebel Set
1959
Here Come the Jets
1959
The Sad Horse
1959
Machete
1958
The Hot Angel
1958
The Fly
1958
The Rawhide Trail
1958
The Deerslayer
1957
Kronos
1957
director of photography
She Devil
1957
director of photography
Broken Arrow
1956-1957
TV Series 13 episodes
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
1956
TV Series 1 episode
My Friend Flicka
TV Series 17 episodes, 1955 - 1956 director of photography - 3 episodes, 1955
Mohawk
1956
photography
Cavalcade of America
1955
TV Series 1 episode
Miseria e nobiltà
1954
Due notti con Cleopatra
1954
Il più comico spettacolo del mondo
1953
Un turco napoletano
1953
Domenica a Capri
1953
Short
Tarzan and the She-Devil
1953
Mesa of Lost Women
1953
director of photography
Fatal Desire
1953
Face to Face
1952
uncredited
Limelight
1952
director of photography
Tarzan's Savage Fury
1952
Rose of Cimarron
1952
director of photography
Lady Possessed
1952
director of photography
Tarzan's Peril
1951
The Buster Keaton Show
1950
TV Series director of photography - 1 episode
Father's Wild Game
1950
The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
1950
director of photography
The Return of Jesse James
1950
director of photography
It's a Small World
1950
Rocketship X-M
1950
director of photography
Hello Out There
1949
Short
Call of the Forest
1949
as Karl O. Struss
Bad Boy
1949
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
1949
photography
Siren of Atlantis
1949
The Dude Goes West
1948
Heaven Only Knows
1947
director of photography
The Macomber Affair
1947
Mr. Ace
1946
Suspense
1946
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
1946
photography
Wonder Man
1945
director of photography - uncredited
Bring on the Girls
1945
Rainbow Island
1944
Fun Time
1944
Short
And the Angels Sing
1944
Riding High
1943
Happy Go Lucky
1943
Journey Into Fear
1942
director of photography
Aloma of the South Seas
1941
Caught in the Draft
1941
The Great Dictator
1940
director of photography
The Star Maker
1939
Island of Lost Men
1939
Some Like It Hot
1939
Zenobia
1939
photography
Paris Honeymoon
1939
Thanks for the Memory
1938/II
Sing, You Sinners
1938
photography
Every Day's a Holiday
1937
Thunder Trail
1937
Double or Nothing
1937
Mountain Music
1937
Waikiki Wedding
1937
Let's Make a Million
1936
Go West Young Man
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
director of photography
Rhythm on the Range
1936
Too Many Parents
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
Anything Goes
1936
Two for Tonight
1935
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Attila
1954
camera operator
Frenchman's Creek
1944
first camera operator: third unit - uncredited
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
second unit director of photography - uncredited
Gone with the Wind
1939
director of photography: Technicolor tests - uncredited