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Karl Struss (1886–1981)

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department | Miscellaneous Crew

Oscar-winning cinematographer Karl Struss was born on November 30, 1886, in New York City. He became a professional photographer after studying photography with Clarence H. White and became part of the group associated with the great photographer Alfred Stieglitz. His photographs, which he characterized as "pictorial" rather than "fashion"... See full bio »

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in New York City, New York, USA

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(age 95) in Santa Monica, California, USA
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1959 Counterplot (director of photography)
 
1959 The Alligator People (director of photography)
 
1959 Here Come the Jets
 
1959 The Rebel Set
 
1959 The Sad Horse
 
1958 Machete
 
1958 The Hot Angel
 
1958 The Fly
 
1958 The Rawhide Trail
 
1957 The Deerslayer
 
1957 She Devil (director of photography)
 
1957 Kronos (director of photography)
 
1956-1957 Broken Arrow (TV series)
– Apache Massacre (1957)
– The Raiders (1956)
– The Conspirators (1956)
– Cry Wolf (1956)
– Return from the Shadows (1956)
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1955-1956 My Friend Flicka (TV series)
– Big Red (1956)
– Lost River (1956)
– The Recluse (1956)
– When Bugles Blow (1956)
– The Medicine Man (1956)
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1956 Mohawk (photography)
 
1955 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
– Barbed Wire Christmas (1955)
 
1955 Fatal Desire
 
1954 Poverty and Nobility
 
1954 Two Nights with Cleopatra
 
1953 Funniest Show on Earth
 
1953 Neapolitan Turk
 
1953 Tarzan and the She-Devil
 
1953 Mesa of Lost Women (director of photography)
 
1952 Face to Face (uncredited)
 
1952 Limelight (director of photography)
 
1952 Tarzan's Savage Fury
 
1952 Rose of Cimarron
 
1952 Lady Possessed (director of photography)
 
1951 Tarzan's Peril
 
1950 Father's Wild Game
 
1950 The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (director of photography)
 
1950 The Return of Jesse James (director of photography)
 
1950 It's a Small World
 
1950 Rocketship X-M (director of photography)
 
1950 The Buster Keaton Show (TV series)
– Buster in Training (director of photography)
 
1949 Call of the Forest (as Karl O. Struss)
 
1949 Bad Boy
 
1949 Tarzan's Magic Fountain
 
1949 Hello Out There (short)
 
1949 Siren of Atlantis
 
1948 The Dude Goes West
 
1947 Heaven Only Knows (director of photography)
 
1947 The Macomber Affair
 
1946 Mr. Ace
 
1946 Suspense
 
1946 Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
 
1945 Wonder Man (director of photography - uncredited)
 
1945 Bring on the Girls
 
1944 Rainbow Island
 
1944 Fun Time (short)
 
1944 And the Angels Sing
 
1943 Riding High
 
1943 Journey Into Fear (director of photography)
 
1943 Happy Go Lucky
 
1941 Aloma of the South Seas
 
1941 Caught in the Draft
 
1940 The Great Dictator (director of photography)
 
1939 The Star Maker
 
1939 Island of Lost Men
 
1939 Some Like It Hot
 
1939 Zenobia (photography)
 
1939 Paris Honeymoon
 
1938/II Thanks for the Memory
 
1938 Sing, You Sinners (photography)
 
1937 Every Day's a Holiday
 
1937 Thunder Trail
 
1937 Double or Nothing
 
1937 Mountain Music
 
1937 Waikiki Wedding
 
1936 Let's Make a Million
 
1936 Go West Young Man
 
1936 Hollywood Boulevard (director of photography)
 
1936 Rhythm on the Range
 
1936 Too Many Parents
 
1936 The Preview Murder Mystery
 
1936 Anything Goes
 
1935 Two for Tonight
 
1935 Goin' to Town
 
1935 Mississippi (replaced - uncredited)
 
1934 Here Is My Heart
 
1934 The Pursuit of Happiness
 
1934 Belle of the Nineties
 
1934 Four Frightened People
 
1933 Torch Singer
 
1933 One Sunday Afternoon (uncredited)
 
1933 Disgraced!
 
1933 The Girl in 419
 
1933 The Story of Temple Drake
 
1933 The Woman Accused
 
1933 Tonight Is Ours
 
1932 Island of Lost Souls (photographed by)
 
1932 The Sign of the Cross (photographed by)
 
1932 Guilty as Hell
 
1932 The Man from Yesterday
 
1932 Forgotten Commandments
 
1932 World and the Flesh
 
1932 Dancers in the Dark
 
1932 Two Kinds of Women
 
1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (photographed by)
 
1931 The Road to Reno
 
1931 Murder by the Clock
 
1931 Women Love Once
 
1931 Up Pops the Devil
 
1931 Skippy
 
1931 Kiki
 
1930 Zampa (short)
 
1930 Abraham Lincoln (photographed by)
 
1930 Danger Lights (photographed by)
 
1930 One Romantic Night
 
1930 The Bad One
 
1930 Be Yourself! (photographed by)
 
1930 Lummox
 
1929 The Taming of the Shrew
 
1929 Coquette (photography)
 
1929 Lady of the Pavements
 
1928 The Battle of the Sexes (photography)
 
1928 Night Watch
 
1928 Drums of Love
 
1927 Sunrise (photography)
 
1927 Babe Comes Home
 
1926 Forever After
 
1926 Meet the Prince
 
1926 Sparrows (photography)
 
1926 Hell's Four Hundred
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (photography)
 
1925 The Winding Stair
 
1924 Idle Tongues
 
1924 White Man
 
1924 Legend of Hollywood
 
1924 Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo
 
1923 Maytime
 
1923 Mothers-in-Law
 
1923 Daughters of the Rich
 
1923 Poor Men's Wives
 
1923 The Hero
 
1922 Thorns and Orange Blossoms
 
1922 Minnie
 
1922 Rich Men's Wives
 
1922 Fools First
 
1922 Saturday Night
 
1922 The Law and the Woman
 
1921 Fool's Paradise
 
1921 The Affairs of Anatol (photographed by)
 
1920 Something to Think About
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (4 titles)
1954 Attila (camera operator)
 
1944 Frenchman's Creek (first camera: third unit)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind (director of photography: Technicolor tests - uncredited)
 
1919 Male and Female (still photographer - uncredited)
 
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1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary) (photograph source)
 

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