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Leon Shamroy (1901–1974)

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department | Director

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Along with Charles Lang, he holds the record for having been nominated for an Oscar more times - 18 - than any other Director of Photography; Shamroy won four Oscars. Lang won one. See more trivia »

Born:

Leonard Shamroy
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 72) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1970 Arnie (TV series)
– Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (1970) (director of photography)
 
1970 Prudence and the Chief (TV movie)
 
1969 Justine
 
1968 Skidoo
 
1968 The Secret Life of an American Wife
 
1968 Planet of the Apes (director of photography)
 
1967 Caprice (director of photography)
 
1966 The Glass Bottom Boat (director of photography)
 
1965 Do Not Disturb (director of photography)
 
1965 The Agony and the Ecstasy (director of photography)
 
1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
 
1964 What a Way to Go! (director of photography)
 
1963 The Cardinal (director of photography)
 
1963 Cleopatra (director of photography)
 
1962 Tender Is the Night
 
1961 Snow White and the Three Stooges
 
1960 North to Alaska (director of photography)
 
1960 Wake Me When It's Over
 
1959 Beloved Infidel (director of photography)
 
1959 The Blue Angel
 
1959 Porgy and Bess
 
1958 Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (director of photography)
 
1958 The Bravados (director of photography)
 
1958 South Pacific (director of photography)
 
1957 Desk Set (director of photography)
 
1956 The Girl Can't Help It (director of photography)
 
1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free
 
1956 The King and I (director of photography)
 
1955 Good Morning, Miss Dove (director of photography)
 
1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (director of photography)
 
1955 Daddy Long Legs (director of photography)
 
1954 There's No Business Like Show Business (director of photography)
 
1954 The Egyptian (director of photography)
 
1953 King of the Khyber Rifles (director of photography)
 
1953 The Robe (director of photography)
 
1953 White Witch Doctor
 
1953 The Girl Next Door
 
1953 Call Me Madam (director of photography)
 
1953 Down Among the Sheltering Palms
 
1953 Tonight We Sing
 
1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro (director of photography)
 
1952 Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
 
1952 With a Song in My Heart
 
1951 David and Bathsheba (director of photography)
 
1951 On the Riviera (director of photography)
 
1950 Two Flags West
 
1950 Cheaper by the Dozen (director of photography)
 
1949 Twelve O'Clock High (director of photography)
 
1949 Prince of Foxes (director of photography)
 
1948 That Lady in Ermine (director of photography)
 
1947 Daisy Kenyon (director of photography)
 
1947 Forever Amber (director of photography)
 
1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (director of photography)
 
1945 Leave Her to Heaven (director of photography)
 
1945 State Fair
 
1945 Where Do We Go from Here? (director of photography)
 
1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (director of photography)
 
1944 Greenwich Village (director of photography)
 
1944 Wilson
 
1944 Buffalo Bill (director of photography)
 
1943 Stormy Weather (director of photography)
 
1943 Crash Dive (director of photography)
 
1943 Claudia
 
1942 The Black Swan (director of photography)
 
1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point
 
1942 Roxie Hart (director of photography)
 
1941 Confirm or Deny
 
1941 A Yank in the R.A.F. (director of photography)
 
1941 Moon Over Miami
 
1941 The Great American Broadcast
 
1941 That Night in Rio (director of photography)
 
1940 Tin Pan Alley (director of photography)
 
1940 Down Argentine Way (director of photography)
 
1940 Four Sons (director of photography)
 
1940 Lillian Russell (director of photography)
 
1940 I Was an Adventuress (director of photography)
 
1940 Little Old New York (director of photography)
 
1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (director of photography)
 
1939 Second Fiddle
 
1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (photographed by)
 
1939 Made for Each Other (photographed by)
 
1938 The Young in Heart
 
1938 Man's Paradise (documentary)
 
1937 Blossoms on Broadway
 
1937 She Asked for It (photographed by)
 
1937 The Great Gambini
 
1937 Her Husband Lies (photographed by)
 
1937 You Only Live Once (photographed by)
 
1936 Wedding Present (photography)
 
1936 Spendthrift
 
1936 Fatal Lady
 
1936 Soak the Rich
 
1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive
 
1935 She Couldn't Take It
 
1935 She Married Her Boss
 
1935 Accent on Youth
 
1935 Private Worlds (photography)
 
1934 Behold My Wife
 
1934 Ready for Love
 
1934 Kiss and Make-Up
 
1934 Are We Civilized?
 
1934 Thirty Day Princess (photographed by)
 
1934 Good Dame
 
1933 Three-Cornered Moon
 
1933 Her Bodyguard
 
1933 Jennie Gerhardt
 
1932 A Strange Adventure
 
1932 Stowaway
 
1931 Women Men Marry
 
1930 Alma de Gaucho
 
1928 Bitter Sweets
 
1928 Out with the Tide
 
1928 The Last Moment
 
1928 The Telltale Heart (short) (as Leo Shamroy)
 
1927 Land of the Lawless
 
1927 Hidden Aces
 
1927 The Trunk Mystery
 
1927 Tongues of Scandal
 
1926 Lightning Hutch
 
1926 Pirates of the Sky
 
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1955 The Virgin Queen (director of photography: fill-in - uncredited)
 
1933 Ever in My Heart (second camera operator - uncredited)
 
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1938 Man's Paradise (documentary)
 
1928 The Telltale Heart (short) (uncredited)
 
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1967 Caprice
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1964 The 36th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Best Cinematography [Color] Winner
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1996 Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Leonard Shamroy | Leo Shamroy
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Personal Quote:

[recalling the screen test he shot for Marilyn Monroe in 1946] I thought, "This girl will be another Harlow [Jean Harlow]". Her natural beauty plus her inferiority complex gave her a look of mystery. I got a cold chill. This girl had something I hadn't seen since silent pictures. See more »

Trivia:

Along with Charles Lang, he holds the record for having been nominated for an Oscar more times - 18 - than any other Director of Photography; Shamroy won four Oscars. Lang won one. See more »

Nickname:

The Cameraman's Cameraman See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer