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Joseph Ruttenberg
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Born July 4, 1889Died May 1, 1983 (93 years)
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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.
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.
Joseph Ruttenberg Filmography
| 1968 | Speedway · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | The Oscar · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | Harlow · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | Love Has Many Faces · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | Sylvia · as Cinematographer |
| 1964 | A Global Affair · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | It Happened at the World's Fair · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | The Hook · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | Who's Got the Action? · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | Two Loves · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | Bachelor in Paradise · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | Ada · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | BUtterfield 8 · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | The Subterraneans · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | The Wreck of the Mary Deare · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Green Mansions · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | The Reluctant Debutante · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | Gigi · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | Until They Sail · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | Man on Fire · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | The Vintage · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | Somebody Up There Likes Me · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | Invitation to the Dance · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | The Swan · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | The Magic Lamp · as Cinematographer |
| 1955 | Kismet · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | Interrupted Melody · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | The Prodigal · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | The Last Time I Saw Paris · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | Brigadoon · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | Her Twelve Men · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | The Great Diamond Robbery · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Latin Lovers · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Julius Caesar · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Small Town Girl · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Because You're Mine · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Young Man with Ideas · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Too Young to Kiss · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country: An American Anthology · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | The Great Caruso · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Cause for Alarm! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Kind Lady · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | The Magnificent Yankee · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | The Miniver Story · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | The Big Hangover · as Cinematographer |
| 1949 | Side Street · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | That Forsyte Woman · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | The Bribe · as Director Of Photography |
| 1948 | Julia Misbehaves · as Director Of Photography |
| 1948 | B.F.'s Daughter · as Director Of Photography |
| 1947 | Killer McCoy · as Director Of Photography |
| 1947 | Desire Me · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | Adventure · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home · as Cinematographer |
| 1944 | Mrs. Parkington · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | Gaslight · as Director Of Photography |
| 1943 | Madame Curie · as Director Of Photography |
| 1943 | Presenting Lily Mars · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | Random Harvest · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | Crossroads · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Two-Faced Woman · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | The Philadelphia Story · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | Comrade X · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | Waterloo Bridge · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | Balalaika · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | The Women · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | On Borrowed Time · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales · as Cinematographer |
| 1939 | The Ice Follies of 1939 · as Director Of Photography |
| 1938 | Dramatic School · as Cinematographer |
| 1938 | Spring Madness · as Cinematographer |
| 1938 | The Great Waltz · as Director Of Photography |
| 1938 | The Shopworn Angel · as Director Of Photography |
| 1938 | Three Comrades · as Director Of Photography |
| 1938 | Everybody Sing · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | Live, Love and Learn · as Cinematographer |
| 1937 | The First Hundred Years · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | Big City · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | A Day at the Races · as Director Of Photography |
| 1936 | Mad Holiday · as Director Of Photography |
| 1936 | Piccadilly Jim · as Director Of Photography |
| 1936 | Fury · as Director Of Photography |
| 1936 | Frankie and Johnnie · as Cinematographer |
| 1936 | Three Godfathers · as Director Of Photography |
| 1936 | Man Hunt · as Director Of Photography |
| 1935 | Men Without Names · as Director Of Photography |
| 1935 | The People's Enemy · as Director Of Photography |
| 1935 | Gigolette · as Cinematographer |
| 1934 | Woman in the Dark · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Bubbling Over · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | The Knife of the Party · as Cinematographer |
| 1931 | The Struggle · as Director Of Photography |
| 1922 | My Friend the Devil · as Director Of Photography |