Joseph Ruttenberg
Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. (July 4, 1889 – May 1, 1983) was a Russian-American photojournalist and cinematographer. Ruttenberg was accomplished at winning accolades. At MGM, Ruttenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography 10 times, winning four.
Joseph Ruttenberg
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- 1889.
- Died
- 1983.
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- United States.
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- cinematographer, photographer, journalist and photojournalist.
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Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. (July 4, 1889 – May 1, 1983) was a Russian-American photojournalist and cinematographer. Ruttenberg was accomplished at winning accolades. At MGM, Ruttenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography 10 times, winning four.
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In addition, he won the 1954 Golden Globe Award for his camera work on the film Brigadoon.
Born into a Jewish family in St. Petersburg, Russia, Joseph Ruttenberg emigrated to the United States at the age of four, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts. As a young man he went to work at the Boston Globe 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 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 assignment for a sound film was The Struggle (1931), D.W. Griffith's final film. In 1934, Ruttenberg signed 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.IMDb name id= 0005853 name= Joseph Ruttenberg .
- 2.Steeman, Albert . Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers, "Joseph Ruttenberg page," Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. Last accessed: December 22, 2007.
- 3.Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to World Film, since 1885. 2008. Index home page.
- 4.Film Reference. Joseph Ruttenberg publications section, 2007. Last accessed: December 22, 2007.
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