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John F. Seitz (1892–1979)

Cinematographer

Distinguished veteran cinematographer John F. Seitz had eighteen patents for various photographic processes to his name. These included illuminating devices, processes for making dissolves and the matte shot, which he perfected during filming of Rex Ingram's Trifling Women. Seitz started with Essanay in Chicago... See full bio »

Born:

John Francis Seitz
in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 86) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1960 Guns of the Timberland
 
1959 Island of Lost Women (as John Seitz)
 
1959 The Man in the Net
 
1958 The Badlanders (director of photography / as John Seitz)
 
1954-1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– Silent Ambush (1958)
– Farewell to Kennedy (1955)
– Committed (1954)
 
1958 The Deep Six
 
1957 The Big Land
 
1956 A Cry in the Night
 
1956 Santiago
 
1955 Hell on Frisco Bay
 
1955 The McConnell Story
 
1955 Many Rivers to Cross (director of photography / as John Seitz)
 
1954 Rogue Cop (director of photography / as John Seitz)
 
1954 The Rocket Man
 
1954 Saskatchewan (director of photography / as John Seitz)
 
1953 Fort Algiers (as John Seitz)
 
1953 Desert Legion (director of photography / as John Seitz)
 
1953 Botany Bay
 
1953 Invaders from Mars (photographed by / as John Seitz)
 
1952 Thunder in the East (director of photography - uncredited)
 
1952 The Iron Mistress (director of photography / as John Seitz)
 
1952 The Savage
 
1952 The San Francisco Story (as John Seitz)
 
1951 Detective Story (uncredited)
 
1951 When Worlds Collide
 
1951 Dear Brat
 
1951 Appointment with Danger (director of photography)
 
1950 The Goldbergs
 
1950 Sunset Blvd. (director of photography)
 
1950 Captain Carey, U.S.A.
 
1949 Chicago Deadline (director of photography)
 
1949 The Great Gatsby
 
1948 Night Has a Thousand Eyes (director of photography)
 
1948 Beyond Glory
 
1948 Saigon
 
1948 The Big Clock (director of photography)
 
1948 On Our Merry Way
 
1947 Wild Harvest (as John Seitz)
 
1947 The Imperfect Lady
 
1947 Calcutta
 
1946 Home, Sweet Homicide (as John Seitz)
 
1946 The Well-Groomed Bride
 
1945 The Lost Weekend (director of photography)
 
1945 The Unseen
 
1944 Casanova Brown (as John Seitz)
 
1944 Hail the Conquering Hero (director of photography)
 
1944 The Hour Before the Dawn (as John Seitz)
 
1944 Going My Way (uncredited)
 
1944 Double Indemnity (director of photography / as John Seitz)
 
1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (as John Seitz)
 
1943 Five Graves to Cairo (director of photography)
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm (uncredited)
 
1942 Lucky Jordan (director of photography / as John Seitz)
 
1942 The Moon and Sixpence
 
1942 This Gun for Hire (director of photography / as John Seitz)
 
1942 Fly-By-Night
 
1941 Sullivan's Travels (as John Seitz)
 
1940 Dr. Kildare's Crisis (as John Seitz)
 
1940 A Little Bit of Heaven
 
1940 We Who Are Young (uncredited)
 
1940 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (as John Seitz)
 
1939 Another Thin Man (uncredited)
 
1939 Let's Talk Turkey (short) (as John Seitz)
 
1939 Bad Little Angel (as John Seitz)
 
1939 Thunder Afloat (director of photography / as John Seitz)
 
1939 6,000 Enemies (photographed by)
 
1939 Prophet Without Honor (short) (as John Seitz)
 
1939 The Hardys Ride High (uncredited)
 
1939 Sergeant Madden (as John Seitz)
 
1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (as John Seitz)
 
1938 A Christmas Carol (uncredited)
 
1938 Young Dr. Kildare (as John Seitz)
 
1938 Stablemates (as John Seitz)
 
1938 The Crowd Roars (as John Seitz)
 
1938 Lord Jeff (as John Seitz)
 
1938 Love Is a Headache (as John Seitz)
 
1937 Navy Blue and Gold (as John Seitz)
 
1937 Madame X (photographed by / as John Seitz)
 
1937 Between Two Women (photographed by / as John Seitz)
 
1937 Carnival in Paris (short) (as John Seitz)
 
1936 Fifteen Maiden Lane
 
1936 Poor Little Rich Girl (photography / as John Seitz)
 
1936 Captain January (photography / as John Seitz)
 
1936 The Country Doctor
 
1935 The Littlest Rebel (photography / as John Seitz)
 
1935 Navy Wife
 
1935 Redheads on Parade
 
1935 Curly Top (photography / as John Seitz)
 
1935 Our Little Girl (photography / as John Seitz)
 
1935 One More Spring
 
1935 Helldorado
 
1934 Marie Galante
 
1934 Springtime for Henry
 
1934 All Men Are Enemies
 
1934 Coming-Out Party
 
1933 Mr. Skitch
 
1933 Paddy the Next Best Thing
 
1933 Adorable
 
1933 Dangerously Yours
 
1933 Ladies They Talk About (photography / as John Seitz)
 
1932 6 Hours to Live
 
1932 A Passport to Hell
 
1932 The Woman in Room 13
 
1932 Careless Lady
 
1932 She Wanted a Millionaire
 
1931 Over the Hill
 
1931 The Age for Love
 
1931 Merely Mary Ann
 
1931 Hush Money
 
1931 Men of the Sky
 
1931 Young Sinners
 
1931 Misbehaving Ladies
 
1931 East Lynne
 
1931 The Right of Way (photography by / as John Seitz)
 
1930 Kismet (as John Seitz)
 
1930 The Bad Man (as Jack Seitz)
 
1930 Road to Paradise
 
1930 Sweethearts and Wives (as John Seitz)
 
1930 Back Pay (photography / as John Seitz)
 
1930 Murder Will Out
 
1930 In the Next Room
 
1929 The Painted Angel (as John Seitz)
 
1929 A Most Immoral Lady
 
1929 Her Private Life
 
1929 Hard to Get
 
1929 Careers
 
1929 The Squall (photography)
 
1929 The Divine Lady (photography / as John B. Sietz)
 
1929 Saturday's Children
 
1928/I Adoration
 
1928 Outcast
 
1928 The Patsy
 
1928 Across to Singapore (photographed by / as John Seitz)
 
1928 The Trail of '98 (photographed by / as John Seitz)
 
1927 The Fair Co-Ed
 
1926/I The Magician
 
1926 Mare Nostrum (photography)
 
1924 The Price of a Party
 
1924 Classmates
 
1924 The Arab
 
1923 Scaramouche (photographic)
 
1923 Where the Pavement Ends
 
1922 Trifling Women
 
1922 The Prisoner of Zenda (photography)
 
1922 Turn to the Right
 
1921 The Conquering Power
 
1921 Uncharted Seas
 
1921 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (photography)
 
1920 Hearts Are Trumps (as John Seitz)
 
1920 Shore Acres
 
1920 The Sagebrusher
 
1919 The Westerners
 
1918 Up Romance Road
 
1918 Powers That Prey
 
1918 Beauty and the Rogue
 
1917 The Mate of the Sally Ann
 
1917 A Game of Wits
 
1917 The Bride's Silence
 
1917 Souls in Pawn (as John Seitz)
 
1917 The Serpent's Tooth
 
1917 Whose Wife?
 
1916 The Ranger of Lonesome Gulch (short)
 
1916 The Quagmire (short)
 

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Alternate Names:

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Had been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1923. Served as President from 1929 to 1930. See more »

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