Alton, John
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Name (Latin)
Alton, John
Date of birth
1901-10-05
Date of death
1996-06-02
Field of activity
Cinematography
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Occupation
Cinematographers
Motion picture producers and directors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- IMDb, January 4, 2019:(John Alton, cinematographer, director ; b. October 5, 1901 in Sopron, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary] ; d. June 2, 1996 (age 94) in Santa Monica, California, USA)
- La vida Bohemia [MP] 1937:credits (photographer, John Alton)
- Painting with light, c1994:CIP t.p. (John Alton) galley (movie cinematographer/director; b. 10-05-01)
- Internet movie database, WWW, July 18, 2002(John Alton; cinematographer, director, writer, actor, producer; b. Oct. 5, 1901, Sopron, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary); d. June 2, 1996, Santa Monica, Calif.)
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John Alton - Slightly Scarlet (1956)
RKO Pictures, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
John Alton (born Johann Jacob Altmann; October 5, 1901 – June 2, 1996) was an American cinematographer of Hungarian-Austrian origin. Alton photographed some of the most famous films noir of the classic period and won an Academy Award for the cinematography of An American in Paris (1951), becoming the first Hungarian-born person to do so in the cinematography category. He also worked as a director during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. His work has been honored at film festivals in Vienna, Japan, Argentina, Telluride, and San Francisco, as well as in retrospectives at the American Museum of the Moving Image and the Pacific Film Archives.
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