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Lee Garmes
Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born May 27, 1898Died August 31, 1978 (80 years)
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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).
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).
Lee Garmes Filmography
| 1978 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1946 | Specter of the Rose · as Co-Producer |
| 1941 | Lydia · as Associate Producer |
| 1940 |
| 1980 | Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Forsaken Westerns (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1973 | Why · as Cinematographer |
| 1968 | How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady · as Director Of Photography |
| 1964 | Lady in a Cage · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1961 | |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Happy Anniversary · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1958 | Never Love a Stranger · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | The Big Boodle · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | The Sharkfighters · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | The Bottom of the Bottle · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | D-Day the Sixth of June · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | Man with the Gun · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | The Desperate Hours · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | Abdullah's Harem · as Cinematographer |
| 1955 | Land of the Pharaohs · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Hannah Lee: An American Primitive · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Thunder in the East · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | The Lusty Men · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Actors and Sin · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Actors and Sin · as Co-Director |
| 1952 | The Captive City · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Detective Story · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Saturday's Hero · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | That's My Boy · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | The Furies · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | Our Very Own · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | My Friend Irma Goes West · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | My Foolish Heart · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | Roseanna McCoy · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | Caught · as Director Of Photography |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie · as Cinematographer |
| 1947 | The Paradine Case · as Director Of Photography |
| 1947 | Nightmare Alley · as Director Of Photography |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | The Searching Wind · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | Specter of the Rose · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | Specter of the Rose · as Co-Director |
| 1946 | Young Widow · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | Love Letters · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | Paris Underground · as Cinematographer |
| 1944 | Guest in the House · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | None Shall Escape · as Director Of Photography |
| 1943 | Jack London · as Cinematographer |
| 1943 | Stormy Weather · as Cinematographer |
| 1943 | Flight for Freedom · as Director Of Photography |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | China Girl · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | Footlight Serenade · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | Jungle Book · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Lydia · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | Angels Over Broadway · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind · as Cinematographer |
| 1937 | Dreaming Lips · as Co-Director |
| 1935 | Once in a Blue Moon · as Cinematographer |
| 1935 | The Scoundrel · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Crime Without Passion · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | George White's Scandals · as Cinematographer |
| 1933 | I Am Suzanne! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1933 | Zoo in Budapest · as Director Of Photography |
| 1933 | Face in the Sky · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | Strange Interlude · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | Smilin' Through · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | Scarface · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | Shanghai Express · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | The Conquest of the Air · as Cinematographer |
| 1931 | An American Tragedy · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | Confessions of a Co-Ed · as Cinematographer |
| 1931 | City Streets · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | Dishonored · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | Kiss Me Again · as Cinematographer |
| 1931 | Fighting Caravans · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | Morocco · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | Whoopee! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | Bright Lights · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | The Song of the Flame · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | Spring Is Here · as Director Of Photography |
| 1929 | Lilies of the Field · as Cinematographer |
| 1929 | Disraeli · as Director Of Photography |
| 1929 | The Great Divide · as Cinematographer |
| 1929 | Say It with Songs · as Director Of Photography |
| 1928 | The Barker · as Director Of Photography |
| 1927 | The Private Life of Helen of Troy · as Cinematographer |
| 1927 | The Garden of Allah · as Cinematographer |
| 1926 | The Show-Off · as Director Of Photography |
| 1926 | A Social Celebrity · as Cinematographer |
| 1926 | The Grand Duchess and the Waiter · as Cinematographer |
| 1924 | The Lighthouse by the Sea · as Director Of Photography |