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Ernest Haller
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Born May 31, 1896Died October 21, 1970 (74 years)
Ernest Jacob Haller (May 31, 1896 – October 21, 1970) was an American cinematographer. He was most notable for his involvement in Gone with the Wind (1939) and his close professional relationships with prominent actresses of the time, such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and Ingrid Bergman. Haller was nominated for Academy Awards a total of seven times and won for Best Cinematography once.
Haller began his career as a cinematographer as an assistant cameraman to D. W. Griffith’s great cameraman Billy Bitzer. He next moved to Warner Brothers. Some of Haller’s recognized works include Weary River (1928), Dawn Patrol (1930), The Rich Are Always with Us (1931)— a film where he first photographed Bette Davis—, The Emperor Jones (1933), and Dangerous (1935). In 1938, Haller received his first Academy Awards nomination for Best Cinematography for the film Jezebel. This recognition caught the eyes of David O. Selznick who was impressed with Haller's work in Jezebel enough to borrow him from the Warner Bros. to participate in Gone with the Wind (1939), which granted Haller his first and only Oscar for Best Cinematography. Haller had five more nominations for an Academy Award, for All This, and Heaven Too (1940), Mildred Pierce (1945), The Flame and the Arrow (1950), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), and Lilies of the Field (1963).
Haller initially announced his retirement in 1965 but managed to briefly come out of it in July 1965 upon the request of director James Goldstone to film the second pilot of the Star Trek episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
He was killed in a car accident in Marina Del Rey, California, on October 21, 1970 at the age of 74.
Haller began his career as a cinematographer as an assistant cameraman to D. W. Griffith’s great cameraman Billy Bitzer. He next moved to Warner Brothers. Some of Haller’s recognized works include Weary River (1928), Dawn Patrol (1930), The Rich Are Always with Us (1931)— a film where he first photographed Bette Davis—, The Emperor Jones (1933), and Dangerous (1935). In 1938, Haller received his first Academy Awards nomination for Best Cinematography for the film Jezebel. This recognition caught the eyes of David O. Selznick who was impressed with Haller's work in Jezebel enough to borrow him from the Warner Bros. to participate in Gone with the Wind (1939), which granted Haller his first and only Oscar for Best Cinematography. Haller had five more nominations for an Academy Award, for All This, and Heaven Too (1940), Mildred Pierce (1945), The Flame and the Arrow (1950), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), and Lilies of the Field (1963).
Haller initially announced his retirement in 1965 but managed to briefly come out of it in July 1965 upon the request of director James Goldstone to film the second pilot of the Star Trek episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
He was killed in a car accident in Marina Del Rey, California, on October 21, 1970 at the age of 74.
Ernest Haller Filmography
| 1988 |
| 1966 | Star Trek (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | The Restless Ones · as Cinematographer |
| 1963 | Dead Ringer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | Lilies of the Field · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | Pressure Point · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | Married Too Young · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | Three Blondes in His Life · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | Fear No More · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | Armored Command · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Why Must I Die? · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | The Boy and the Pirates · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | The 3rd Voice · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | The Miracle · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Speed Crazy · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | Man of the West · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | God's Little Acre · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | Hell's Five Hours · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | Plunder Road · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1957 | Back from the Dead · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | The Young Don't Cry · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | Men in War · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | The Cruel Tower · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | Strange Intruder · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | Dakota Incident · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | Magic Fire · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | The Come On · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1954 | Circus of Love · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | Carnival Story · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Jhansi Ki Rani · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Monsoon · as Cinematographer |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1951 | Jim Thorpe -- All-American · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | On Moonlight Bay · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | Dallas · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | Chain Lightning · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | Always Leave Them Laughing · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | My Dream Is Yours · as Director Of Photography |
| 1948 | Winter Meeting · as Director Of Photography |
| 1948 | My Girl Tisa · as Director Of Photography |
| 1947 | The Unfaithful · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | Humoresque · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | The Verdict · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | Deception · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | Devotion · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | Saratoga Trunk · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | The Doughgirls · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington · as Director Of Photography |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | George Washington Slept Here · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | In This Our Life · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Blues in the Night · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Minstrel Days · as Cinematographer |
| 1941 | Manpower · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D. · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Footsteps in the Dark · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Honeymoon for Three · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | No Time for Comedy · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | It All Came True · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | Daughters Courageous · as Cinematographer |
| 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | Dark Victory · as Director Of Photography |
| 1938 | Brother Rat · as Cinematographer |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd · as Director Of Photography |
| 1938 | Four Daughters · as Director Of Photography |
| 1938 | Jezebel · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | The Great Garrick · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | That Certain Woman · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice · as Cinematographer |
| 1937 | Call It a Day · as Cinematographer |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley · as Cinematographer |
| 1936 | The Captain's Kid · as Cinematographer |
| 1936 | Public Enemy's Wife · as Cinematographer |
| 1936 | Petticoat Fever · as Director Of Photography |
| 1936 | The Voice of Bugle Ann · as Director Of Photography |
| 1935 | Captain Blood · as Director Of Photography |
| 1935 | Dangerous · as Director Of Photography |
| 1935 | Escapade · as Director Of Photography |
| 1935 | Age of Indiscretion · as Director Of Photography |
| 1935 | Mary Jane's Pa · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | The Secret Bride · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | The Firebird · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | British Agent · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Desirable · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | The Key · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Merry Wives of Reno · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Journal of a Crime · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Easy to Love · as Director Of Photography |
| 1933 | The House on 56th Street · as Director Of Photography |
| 1933 | The Emperor Jones · as Director Of Photography |
| 1933 | International House · as Director Of Photography |
| 1933 | Murders in the Zoo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1933 | King of the Jungle · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | Scarlet Dawn · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | Night After Night · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | The Crash · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | Street of Women · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | The Rich Are Always with Us · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | Blonde Crazy · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | Girls About Town · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | 24 Hours · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | I Like Your Nerve · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | Chances · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | The Finger Points · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | Ten Cents a Dance · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | |
| 1930 | The Lash · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | Sunny · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | One Night at Susie's · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | The Dawn Patrol · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | A Notorious Affair · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | Son of the Gods · as Director Of Photography |
| 1929 | Drag · as Director Of Photography |
| 1929 | The Girl in the Glass Cage · as Cinematographer |
| 1929 | Weary River · as Director Of Photography |
| 1928 | The Whip Woman · as Cinematographer |
| 1927 | For the Love of Mike · as Director Of Photography |
| 1927 | Broadway Nights · as Cinematographer |
| 1924 | Pied Piper Malone · as Director Of Photography |
| 1923 | Woman-Proof · as Director Of Photography |
| 1923 | The Ne'er-Do-Well · as Cinematographer |
| 1921 | Such a Little Queen · as Cinematographer |