John Alton
camera_department, cinematographer, director
- Birth name:
- Johann Altmann
- Born:
- 1901-10-05, Sopron, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
- Died:
- 1996-06-02, Santa Monica, California, USA
- Professions:
- camera_department, cinematographer, director
Biography
Starting out in 1924 as a lab technician at MGM, John Alton left there for Paramount to become a cameraman. He traveled to France and then to South America, where he wrote, photographed and directed several Spanish-language films. Returning to Hollywood in 1937, he soon achieved a reputation as one of the industry's most accomplished cinematographers. In 1951, he and Alfred Gilks won an Academy Award for color photography for An American in Paris (1951).
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Directed (1)
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