George W. Hill (1895–1934)
Beginning his career at age 13 as a stagehand for D.W. Griffith, George W. Hill worked his way up through cinematography and screenwriting to finally begin directing films in the early 1920s. His later films took on a stark, brutally realistic atmosphere and were renowned for their effective use of shadows in the lighting as in The Big House (1930)...
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Born:in Douglass, Kansas, USADied:(age 39) in Venice, California, USA |
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