John Alton(1901-1996)
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
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 Un Américain à Paris (1951).
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