Joseph Ruttenberg

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Joseph Ruttenberg

Camera July 4, 1889

Berdychiv, Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. (July 4, 1889 - May 1, 1983) was a Russian-born American photojournalist and cinematographer. Ruttenberg was acco…

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The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

7.5 1940 Movie
Gaslight

Gaslight

7.5 1944 Movie
Gigi

Gigi

6.2 1958 Movie
Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

7.1 1942 Movie
Fury

Fury

7.5 1936 Movie
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

7.1 1953 Movie
A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races

7.1 1937 Movie
Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

7.5 1940 Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

6.5 1941 Movie
Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me

7.2 1956 Movie
The Women

The Women

7.2 1939 Movie
Brigadoon

Brigadoon

6.5 1954 Movie

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. (July 4, 1889 - May 1, 1983) was a Russian-born American photojournalist and cinematographer. Ruttenberg was accomplished at winning accolades. At MGM, Ruttenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography ten times, winning four. In addition, he won the 1954 Golden Globe Award for his camera work on the film Brigadoon. Born into a Jewish family in Berdychiv Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine , Joseph Ruttenberg emigrated to the United States, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 January 1895. As a young man he went to work at the Boston Globe newspaper as a photojournalist but left in 1915 to accept a job with the Fox Film Corporation in New York City to train as a cinematographer. Two years later he was behind the camera for his first silent film, The Painted Madonna (1917), which marked the start of a remarkably successful career In the late 1920s Ruttenberg went to work for Paramount Pictures in New York. His first talkie assignment was The Struggle (1931), D.W. Griffith's final film. Then in 1934 Ruttenberg signed on with MGM, moving to Hollywood where he was invited to join the American Society of Cinematographers. Joseph Ruttenberg retired from MGM in 1968 and died in Los Angeles on May 1, 1983.

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  1. 1968
    Speedway

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 1966
    The Oscar

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 1965
    Harlow

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 1965
    Love Has Many Faces

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 1965
    Sylvia

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 1964
    A Global Affair

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 1963
    Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 1963
    It Happened at the World's Fair

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 1963
    The Hook

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 1962
    Who's Got the Action?

    Movie Director of Photography

  11. 1961
    Bachelor in Paradise

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 1961
    Ada

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 1961
    Two Loves

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 1960
    BUtterfield 8

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 1960
    The Subterraneans

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 1959
    The Wreck of the Mary Deare

    Movie Director of Photography

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  1. 1959
    Green Mansions

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 1958
    The Reluctant Debutante

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 1958
    Gigi

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 1957
    Until They Sail

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 1957
    Man on Fire

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 1957
    The Vintage

    Movie Cinematography

  7. 1956
    Somebody Up There Likes Me

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 1956
    Invitation to the Dance

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 1956
    The Swan

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 1955
    Kismet

    Movie Director of Photography

  11. 1955
    The Prodigal

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 1955
    Interrupted Melody

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 1954
    The Last Time I Saw Paris

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 1954
    Brigadoon

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 1954
    Her Twelve Men

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 1954
    The Great Diamond Robbery

    Movie Director of Photography

  17. 1953
    Nostradamus and the Queen

    Movie Cinematography

  18. 1953
    Let's Ask Nostradamus

    Movie Director of Photography

  19. 1953
    Julius Caesar

    Movie Director of Photography

  20. 1953
    Small Town Girl

    Movie Director of Photography

  21. 1952
    The Prisoner of Zenda

    Movie Director of Photography

  22. 1952
    Because You're Mine

    Movie Director of Photography

  23. 1952
    Young Man with Ideas

    Movie Director of Photography

  24. 1951
    Too Young to Kiss

    Movie Director of Photography