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Joseph Ruttenberg (1889–1983)

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department

Four-time Oscar-winning cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1893, at the age of four, his family moved to the United States, eventually settling in Boston. After schooling, he got his first job in 1907 working as a newsboy and personal runner for William Randolph Hearst's 'Boston American'... See full bio »

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(age 93) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1968 Speedway (director of photography)
 
1966 The Oscar (director of photography)
 
1965/I Harlow
 
1965 Love Has Many Faces
 
1965 Sylvia
 
1964 A Global Affair
 
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (director of photography)
 
1963 It Happened at the World's Fair
 
1963 The Hook
 
1962 Who's Got the Action?
 
1961 Bachelor in Paradise (director of photography)
 
1961 Ada
 
1961 Two Loves
 
1960 BUtterfield 8
 
1960 The Subterraneans
 
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
 
1959 Green Mansions (director of photography)
 
1958 The Reluctant Debutante
 
1958 Gigi (director of photography)
 
1957 Until They Sail (director of photography)
 
1957 Man on Fire
 
1957 The Vintage
 
1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me (director of photography)
 
1956 Invitation to the Dance (segment: "Sinbad the Sailor")
 
1956 The Swan (director of photography)
 
1955 Kismet (director of photography)
 
1955 Interrupted Melody (director of photography)
 
1955 The Prodigal
 
1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris (director of photography)
 
1954 Brigadoon
 
1954 Her Twelve Men
 
1954 The Great Diamond Robbery
 
1953 Latin Lovers
 
1953 Let's Ask Nostradamus (Prophecies of Nostradamus #2) (short)
 
1953 Julius Caesar
 
1953 Small Town Girl
 
1952 The Prisoner of Zenda
 
1952 Because You're Mine
 
1952 Young Man with Ideas
 
1951 Too Young to Kiss
 
1951 It's a Big Country
 
1951 Kind Lady
 
1951 The Great Caruso
 
1951 Cause for Alarm! (director of photography)
 
1950 The Magnificent Yankee
 
1950 The Miniver Story
 
1950 The Big Hangover (uncredited)
 
1950 Side Street (director of photography)
 
1949 That Forsyte Woman (director of photography)
 
1949 The Bribe (director of photography)
 
1948 Julia Misbehaves
 
1948 B.F.'s Daughter
 
1947 Killer McCoy
 
1947 Desire Me
 
1945 Adventure
 
1945 The Valley of Decision (director of photography)
 
1945 The Thin Man Goes Home (uncredited)
 
1944 Mrs. Parkington (director of photography)
 
1944 Gaslight (director of photography)
 
1943 Madame Curie (director of photography)
 
1943 Presenting Lily Mars
 
1942 Random Harvest (director of photography)
 
1942 Crossroads
 
1942 Mrs. Miniver (director of photography)
 
1942 Woman of the Year (director of photography)
 
1942 Nostradamus and the Queen (short)
 
1941 Two-Faced Woman
 
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
 
1941 Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
 
1940 The Philadelphia Story (director of photography)
 
1940 Comrade X (director of photography)
 
1940 Waterloo Bridge (director of photography)
 
1940 Broadway Melody of 1940 (director of photography)
 
1939 Balalaika
 
1939 The Women (director of photography)
 
1939 On Borrowed Time (photographed by)
 
1939 Tell No Tales
 
1939 The Ice Follies of 1939
 
1938 Dramatic School (uncredited)
 
1938 Spring Madness (photographed by)
 
1938 The Great Waltz (photographed by)
 
1938 The Shopworn Angel (photographed by)
 
1938 Three Comrades (photographed by)
 
1938 The First Hundred Years (photographed by)
 
1938 Everybody Sing (photographed by)
 
1937 Live, Love and Learn (uncredited)
 
1937 Big City (photographed by)
 
1937 A Day at the Races (photographed by)
 
1936 Mad Holiday (photographed by)
 
1936 Piccadilly Jim
 
1936 Fury (photographed by)
 
1936 Frankie and Johnnie
 
1936 Three Godfathers (photographed by)
 
1936 Man Hunt
 
1935 Men Without Names
 
1935 The People's Enemy
 
1935 Gigolette
 
1934 Woman in the Dark
 
1934 Bubbling Over (short)
 
1934 The Knife of the Party (short)
 
1934 Henry the Ache (short) (photographed by)
 
1934 North of Zero (short)
 
1933 Poppin' the Cork (short)
 
1933 The Good Bad Man (short)
 
1933 Change Your Luck (short)
 
1933 Hizzoner (short) (as Joe Ruttenberg)
 
1933 Million Dollar Melody (short)
 
1933 Sea Sore (short) (as Joe Ruttenberg)
 
1931 The Struggle
 
1931 The Strange Case of Hennessy (short) (as Joe Ruttenberg)
 
1926 Summer Bachelors
 
1925 The Fool
 
1925 School for Wives
 
1923 Does It Pay?
 
1923 If Winter Comes
 
1922 My Friend the Devil
 
1922 The Town That Forgot God
 
1922 Who Are My Parents?
 
1922 Silver Wings
 
1921 A Virgin Paradise
 
1921 Beyond Price
 
1921 Know Your Men
 
1921 The Mountain Woman
 
1920 The Thief (short)
 
1920 The Tiger's Cub
 
1920 From Now On
 
1920 The Shark
 
1919 My Little Sister (as Joe Ruttenberg)
 
1919 A Fallen Idol
 
1919 Woman, Woman!
 
1918 The Woman Who Gave
 
1918/I Doing Their Bit
 
1918 The Debt of Honor
 
1918 A Heart's Revenge
 
1917 The Painted Madonna
 
1917 Thou Shalt Not Steal
 
1917 Wife Number Two
 
1917/I The Slave
 
1917 The Blue Streak
 
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1960 Please Don't Eat the Daisies (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1937 Double Wedding (photographer: Carmel-By-the-Sea - uncredited)
 
1931 The Cheat (second camera operator - uncredited)
 
1929 The Cocoanuts (camera operator - uncredited)
 
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1941 You Can't Fool a Camera (documentary short)
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Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
 

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