Lee Garmes

Producer, Instruktør

27. maj 1898 — 31. august 1978 (80 år)
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Lee Garmes, A.S.C. (May 27, 1898 – August 31, 1978) was an American cinematographer. During his career, he worked with directors Howard Hawks, Max Ophüls, Josef von Sternberg, Alfred Hitchcock, King Vidor, Nicholas Ray and Henry Hathaway, whom he had met as a young man when the two first came to Hollywood in the silent era. He also co-directed two films with legendary screenwriter Ben Hecht: Angels Over Broadway and Actor's and Sin.

Born in Peoria, Illinois, Garmes first came to Hollywood in 1916. His first job was as an assistant in the paint department at Thomas H. Ince Studios, but he soon became a camera assistant before graduating to full-time cameraman. His earliest films were comedy shorts, and his career did not fully take off until the introduction of sound.

Garmes was married to film actress Ruth Hall from 1933 until his death in 1978. He is interred in the Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Garmes was one of the earliest proponents of video technology, which he advocated as early as 1972. That year, he had been hired by Technicolor to photograph the short film Why, which was intended to test whether video was a viable technology for shooting feature films.

According to American Cinematographer magazine, "Although officially unaccredited, Lee Garmes photographed a considerable portion of Gone with the Wind. Many consider the famous railroad yard sequence among his finest cinematic efforts."

Garmes was one of many Hollywood veterans from the silent era interviewed by Kevin Brownlow for the television series Hollywood (1980).

Film og serier på Plex

  • Marokko
    Marokko1930
  • Alle tiders helt
    Alle tiders helt1947
  • Jungle Bogen
    Jungle Bogen1942
  • Beyond Tomorrow
    Beyond Tomorrow1940
  • Mit dumme hjerte
    Mit dumme hjerte1950
  • Whoopee
    Whoopee1930
  • Den farlige gæst
    Den farlige gæst1944
  • Kæmpende Karavaner
    Kæmpende Karavaner1931
  • Misty
    Misty1961

Kendt for

  • Shanghai-ekspressen
    Shanghai-ekspressen1932
  • Usynlige lænker
    Usynlige lænker1944
  • Marokko
    Marokko1930
  • Beyond Tomorrow
    Beyond Tomorrow1940
  • Angels Over Broadway
    Angels Over Broadway1940
  • Lydia
    Lydia1941
  • Drømmende læber
    Drømmende læber1937
  • Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys
    Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys1978

Filmografi

1978
1953
1946
Specter of the Rose · as Co-Producer
1941
Lydia · as Associate Producer
1940