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Joseph Ruttenberg is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 4 july 1889 at Saint Petersburg (Russie)

Joseph Ruttenberg

Joseph Ruttenberg
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Nationality USA
Birth 4 july 1889 at Saint Petersburg (Russie)
Death 1 may 1983 (at 93 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. (July 4, 1889 - May 1, 1983) was a Russian-born American photojournalist and cinematographer.

Ruttenberg was accomplished winning accolades. At MGM, Ruttenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography ten times, winning four. In addition, he won the 1954 Golden Globe Award for his camera work on the film Brigadoon.

Biography

Sa famille émigre aux États-Unis en 1899 et s'installe à Boston (Massachusetts). Là, Joseph Ruttenberg débute comme reporter-photographe au Boston Globe, dans les années 1910. En 1915, il part à New York où il intègre la Fox Film Corporation puis, à la fin des années 1920, la Paramount Pictures. En 1934, il rejoint à Hollywood la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, au sein de laquelle il collaborera avec Mervyn LeRoy, George Cukor, Vincente Minnelli, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, entre autres.

Il participe à son premier film en 1917 et à son dernier en 1968. Notons que son premier film parlant en 1931, The Struggle, est également le dernier réalisé par D. W. Griffith.

Il reçoit durant sa carrière dix nominations à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie, dont quatre gagnés. En outre, un Golden Globe lui est décerné (voir la rubrique "Récompenses" ci-dessous).

Best films

Mrs. Miniver (1942)
(Director of Photography)
Gigi (1958)
(Director of Photography)
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
(Director of Photography)
The Great Caruso (1951)
(Director of Photography)
Gaslight (1944)
(Director of Photography)
Interrupted Melody (1955)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(58 films)
Adrian
Adrian
(15 films)
Henry Grace
Henry Grace
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Joseph Ruttenberg (95 films)

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Cameraman

Speedway
Speedway (1968)
, 1h34
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Musical films, Road movies
Actors Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby, Poncie Ponce, Gale Gordon, William Schallert
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.752362.752362.752362.752362.75236
Steve Grayson (Elvis) is a generous NASCAR race car driver who feels compelled to bail friends and acquaintances out of financial hardship. However, Steve's manager Kenny Donford (Bill Bixby), a compulsive gambler, had been mismanaging Steve's winnings to support his gambling habits, landing Steve in deep trouble with the IRS for nonpayment of back taxes. This proves to be a problem for Steve in his efforts to continue racing competitively and support those who depend on his generosity.
Love Has Many Faces, 1h44
Directed by Alexander Singer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lana Turner, Cliff Robertson, Hugh O'Brian, Ruth Roman, Stefanie Powers, Virginia Grey
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52% 2.610492.610492.610492.610492.61049
When a dead American "beach boy" is washed up on a beach in Acapulco, the police do an investigation to see if it was murder. Lieutenant Riccardo Andrade (Enrique Lucero) of the Mexican police interviews three suspects. Hank Walker (Hugh O'Brian) is another beach boy who works as a gigolo and also blackmails vacationing middle-aged American women. Pete Jordan (Cliff Robertson) is a former beach boy who married rich American Kit (Lana Turner). Kit met Pete when he was selling his blood and bought all of him. The dead man was wearing a bracelet engraved "LOVE IS THIN ICE," which the police discover was given to him by Kit. They also discover that he'd had an affair with her.
Harlow
Harlow (1965)
, 2h5
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Alex Segal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Carroll Baker, Carol Lynley, Red Buttons, Efrem Zimbalist II, Raf Vallone, Ginger Rogers
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.7539252.7539252.7539252.7539252.753925
The film opens with Harlow as a struggling extra and bit actress dealing with her greedy stepfather Marino (Raf Vallone) and oblivious mother "Mama Jean" (Angela Lansbury, only six years older than Carroll Baker). With the help of Arthur Landau (Red Buttons), she rises to fame and gains the unwanted attention of the Howard Hughes-inspired Richard Manley (Leslie Nielsen). She then marries Paul Bern (Peter Lawford), an absentee husband who kills himself some time after the marriage. His death, combined with the stress of her career leads Harlow on an odyssey of failed relationships and alcoholism, culminating in her death of kidney failure at the age of twenty-six.
A Global Affair, 1h24
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bob Hope, Michèle Mercier, Elga Andersen, Robert Sterling, Yvonne De Carlo, Miiko Taka
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53% 2.658922.658922.658922.658922.65892
A baby is abandoned at the United Nations headquarters in New York by a mother who has heard the UN's Frank Larrimore speak out on behalf of women's rights.
The Hook
The Hook (1963)
, 1h38
Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres War
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Kirk Douglas, Nick Adams, Robert Walker Jr., Nehemiah Persoff, William Challee, William Challee
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.2420553.2420553.2420553.2420553.242055
During the Korean War, a group of American soldiers aboard a ship capture the enemy pilot of a plane they have shot down. They are ordered by headquarters to execute the prisoner.
It Happened at the World's Fair, 1h45
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Yvonne Craig, H.M. Wynant, Kam Tong
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.998472.998472.998472.998472.99847
Pilot Mike Edwards finds himself in a dilemma, his partner and friend Danny, gambles away the money Mike had set aside to pay their debts. Since they lost their money and a $1,200 debt, the local sheriff takes possession of their plane, Bessie, a cropduster. If they cannot come up with the money in twelve days, Bessie will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?, 1h43
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films
Actors Dean Martin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Carol Burnett, Martin Balsam, Jill St John, Richard Conte
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.902832.902832.902832.902832.90283
Jason Steele is an actor who plays a doctor on TV. He is so convincing at it, women of all kinds won't leave him alone.
Who's Got the Action?, 1h29
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dean Martin, Lana Turner, Eddie Albert, Walter Matthau, Margo, Paul Ford
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.75712.75712.75712.75712.7571
The gambling habit of lawyer Steve Flood (Dean Martin) is beginning to get on the nerves of his wife Melanie (Lana Turner), who initially suspects him of marital infidelity. When she learns about the gambling, Melanie talks Steve's law partner Clint Morgan (Eddie Albert), an old flame, into helping her act as a fictitious horse race bookie offering unusually attractive terms to clients.
Two Loves
Two Loves (1961)
, 1h36
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about education, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Harvey, Jack Hawkins, Nobu McCarthy, Ronald Long, Juano Hernández
Roles Director of Photography
Rating50% 2.519422.519422.519422.519422.51942
Dans une petite ville de Nouvelle-Zélande, Anna Vorontosov, une institutrice approchant la trentaine et toujours célibataire, se consacre entièrement à ses élèves au détriment de sa vie affective et sexuelle réduite à néant. Bien qu’attirée par Paul Lathrope, l’un de ses collègues, elle demeure dans son ascétisme tandis que Paul se trouve lui-même en proie à d’autres tourments…
Ada
Ada (1961)
, 1h49
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution, Political films
Actors Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ralph Meeker, Martin Balsam, Frank Maxwell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.294573.294573.294573.294573.29457
Bo Gillis (Dean Martin) is a guitar-playing good old boy from a Southern state who is a candidate for governor there. He ends up elected after his opponent's wife is revealed to have a dark secret, a fact that Bo's campaign mastermind, Sylvester Marin (Wilfrid Hyde-White), makes sure becomes known to all.
Bachelor in Paradise, 1h49
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Janis Paige, Paula Prentiss, Virginia Grey, Jim Hutton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.1497553.1497553.1497553.1497553.149755
A.J. Niles is a provocative best-selling author who discovers that he has a large tax debt owed to the IRS, due to being ripped off by his accountant, Herman Wapinger. He goes undercover under the alias "Jack Adams" in a California suburban community called Paradise Village to research a new book about the wives and lives there. Niles is pursued by a flirtatious married woman named Dolores while falling in love with a woman, Rosemary, who rents her house to him. Wapinger is found, Niles' cash is returned to him, and he reveals his true identity on national television. The husbands in Paradise Village all file for divorce, believing their wives are all having affairs with Niles. In divorce court, Niles reveals that he is in love with Rosemary and asks her to marry him. Everyone lives happily ever after.
The Subterraneans, 1h29
Directed by Ranald MacDougall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Leslie Caron, George Peppard, Janice Rule, Roddy McDowall, Anne Seymour, Jim Hutton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating50% 2.520422.520422.520422.520422.52042
Leo is a 28-year-old novelist who still lives at home with his mother. One night he stumbles upon some beatniks at a coffee house. He falls in love with the beautiful but unstable Mardou Fox.
BUtterfield 8, 1h49
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock, Betty Field
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.149713.149713.149713.149713.14971
Gloria Wandrous (Elizabeth Taylor) wakes up in the apartment of wealthy executive Weston Liggett (Laurence Harvey) and finds that he has left her $250. Insulted, Gloria, whose dress is torn, takes Liggett's wife Emily's (Dina Merrill) mink coat to cover herself and scrawls "No Sale" in lipstick on the mirror. But she orders her telephone answering service, BUtterfield 8, to put Liggett through if he should call.
Green Mansions, 1h44
Directed by Mel Ferrer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Indiens d'Amazonie
Actors Anthony Perkins, Audrey Hepburn, Lee J. Cobb, Sessue Hayakawa, Henry Silva, Nehemiah Persoff
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53% 2.653542.653542.653542.653542.65354
A young man named Abel (Anthony Perkins) narrowly escapes Caracas, Venezuela after it is overtaken by rebels. He decides to seek revenge, as his father, the former Minister of War, was killed. After getting supplies, he takes a canoe to the far shore, where he is nearly killed by a leopard, but is saved by the native, Indian-like people.
The Wreck of the Mary Deare, 1h45
Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams, Cecil Parker, Alexander Knox
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.345823.345823.345823.345823.34582
The steamship Mary Deare is found adrift at sea by salvager John Sands (Charlton Heston). Sands boards it hoping to claim it for salvage, but finds the first officer, Gideon Patch (Gary Cooper), still aboard and trying to run the ship on his own. Patch has stayed on the ship in order to prove that it was sabotaged to collect insurance on cargo that had secretly been off-loaded at Rangoon. Patch convinces Sands to help him beach the ship, even though it will void his salvage claim. When they return to London, Patch is brought before a board of inquiry to determine what happened. It soon becomes apparent that the ship owners were planning to wreck the Mary Deare all along and have Patch as the fall guy.