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Russell Metty, A.S.C. (September 20, 1906 – April 28, 1978) was an American cinematographer who won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, for the 1960 film Spartacus.
Metty's career began around 1925 as an assistant with Standard Film Laboratory, who was then was hired by Paramount Pictures working in the camera department. He left for RKO in 1929. He became a regular cameraman at Universal Studios, and was a regular collaborator with the German film director Douglas Sirk, making eleven films all together with Sirk.
Academy Awards
Best Cinematography, Color
Known For
Spartacus
(1960)
Director of Photography
Touch of Evil
(1958)
Director of Photography
The Misfits
(1961)
Director of Photography
The Stranger
(1946)
Director of Photography
Ben
(1972)
Director of Photography
Midnight Lace
(1960)
Director of Photography
Madigan
(1968)
Director of Photography
Whistle Stop
(1946)
Director of Photography
Seminole
(1953)
Director of Photography
The Omega Man
(1971)
Director of Photography
Bringing Up Baby
(1938)
Director of Photography
Battle Hymn
(1957)
Director of Photography
Imitation of Life
(1959)
Director of Photography
Irene
(1940)
Director of Photography
The Appaloosa
(1966)
Director of Photography
Written on the Wind
(1956)
Director of Photography
Full Filmography
Camera
Penguin Pool Murder
(1932)
Camera Operator
West of the Pecos
(1934)
Director of Photography
Annapolis Salute
(1937)
Director of Photography
Forty Naughty Girls
(1937)
Director of Photography
Bringing Up Baby
(1938)
Director of Photography
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
(1938)
Director of Photography
Next Time I Marry
(1938)
Director of Photography
The Affairs of Annabel
(1938)
Director of Photography
Annabel Takes a Tour
(1938)
Director of Photography
The Spellbinder
(1939)
Director of Photography
The Girl and the Gambler
(1939)
Director of Photography
That's Right - You're Wrong
(1939)
Director of Photography
Sagebrush Serenade
(1939)
Director of Photography
Dance, Girl, Dance
(1940)
Director of Photography
Curtain Call
(1940)
Director of Photography
Irene
(1940)
Director of Photography
Weekend for Three
(1941)
Director of Photography
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
(1941)
Director of Photography
Sunny
(1941)
Director of Photography
The Falcon's Brother
(1942)
Director of Photography
The Big Street
(1942)
Director of Photography
Four Jacks and a Jill
(1942)
Director of Photography
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
(1942)
Director of Photography
The Sky's the Limit
(1943)
Director of Photography
Hitler's Children
(1943)
Director of Photography
Around the World
(1943)
Director of Photography
Behind the Rising Sun
(1943)
Director of Photography
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Director of Photography
Tender Comrade
(1944)
Director of Photography
Seven Days Ashore
(1944)
Director of Photography
The Master Race
(1944)
Director of Photography
Music in Manhattan
(1944)
Director of Photography
Betrayal from the East
(1945)
Director of Photography
It's in the Bag!
(1945)
Director of Photography
Pardon My Past
(1945)
Director of Photography
Story of G.I. Joe
(1945)
Director of Photography
The Stranger
(1946)
Director of Photography
Whistle Stop
(1946)
Director of Photography
Ivy
(1947)
Director of Photography
Ride the Pink Horse
(1947)
Director of Photography
The Perfect Marriage
(1947)
Director of Photography
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
(1947)
Director of Photography
Arch of Triumph
(1948)
Director of Photography
All My Sons
(1948)
Director of Photography
A Woman's Vengeance
(1948)
Director of Photography
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
(1948)
Director of Photography
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
(1948)
Director of Photography
You Gotta Stay Happy
(1948)
Director of Photography
The Lady Gambles
(1949)
Director of Photography
We Were Strangers
(1949)
Director of Photography
Bagdad
(1949)
Director of Photography
The Desert Hawk
(1950)
Director of Photography
Wyoming Mail
(1950)
Director of Photography
Peggy
(1950)
Director of Photography
Sierra
(1950)
Director of Photography
Katie Did It
(1950)
Director of Photography
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
(1950)
Director of Photography
Buccaneer's Girl
(1950)
Director of Photography
The Raging Tide
(1951)
Director of Photography
The Golden Horde
(1951)
Director of Photography
Flame of Araby
(1951)
Director of Photography
Against All Flags
(1952)
Director of Photography
The World in His Arms
(1952)
Director of Photography
Because of You
(1952)
Director of Photography
Yankee Buccaneer
(1952)
Director of Photography
The Man from the Alamo
(1953)
Director of Photography
Seminole
(1953)
Director of Photography
It Happens Every Thursday
(1953)
Director of Photography
Tumbleweed
(1953)
Director of Photography
Take Me to Town
(1953)
Director of Photography
Naked Alibi
(1954)
Director of Photography
Magnificent Obsession
(1954)
Director of Photography
Sign of the Pagan
(1954)
Director of Photography
Taza, Son of Cochise
(1954)
Director of Photography
Four Guns to the Border
(1954)
Director of Photography
Crashout
(1955)
Director of Photography
Cult of the Cobra
(1955)
Director of Photography
The Man from Bitter Ridge
(1955)
Director of Photography
All That Heaven Allows
(1955)
Director of Photography
Man Without a Star
(1955)
Director of Photography
There's Always Tomorrow
(1956)
Director of Photography
Miracle in the Rain
(1956)
Director of Photography
Written on the Wind
(1956)
Director of Photography
Congo Crossing
(1956)
Director of Photography
The Midnight Story
(1957)
Director of Photography
Mister Cory
(1957)
Director of Photography
Battle Hymn
(1957)
Director of Photography
Man of a Thousand Faces
(1957)
Director of Photography
Man Afraid
(1957)
Director of Photography
Touch of Evil
(1958)
Director of Photography
The Thing That Couldn't Die
(1958)
Director of Photography
Step Down to Terror
(1958)
Director of Photography
Monster on the Campus
(1958)
Director of Photography
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
(1958)
Director of Photography
The Female Animal
(1958)
Director of Photography
Imitation of Life
(1959)
Director of Photography
This Earth Is Mine
(1959)
Director of Photography
Spartacus
(1960)
Director of Photography
Midnight Lace
(1960)
Director of Photography
Portrait in Black
(1960)
Director of Photography
Platinum High School
(1960)
Director of Photography
The Misfits
(1961)
Director of Photography
Flower Drum Song
(1961)
Director of Photography
By Love Possessed
(1961)
Director of Photography
That Touch of Mink
(1962)
Director of Photography
The Interns
(1962)
Director of Photography
If a Man Answers
(1962)
Director of Photography
Captain Newman, M.D.
(1963)
Director of Photography
Tammy and the Doctor
(1963)
Director of Photography
The Thrill of It All
(1963)
Director of Photography
The War Lord
(1965)
Director of Photography
Bus Riley's Back in Town
(1965)
Director of Photography
The Art of Love
(1965)
Director of Photography
Texas Across the River
(1966)
Director of Photography
The Appaloosa
(1966)
Director of Photography
Madame X
(1966)
Director of Photography
Rough Night in Jericho
(1967)
Director of Photography
Counterpoint
(1967)
Director of Photography
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(1967)
Director of Photography
Madigan
(1968)
Director of Photography
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
(1968)
Camera Operator
Eye of the Cat
(1969)
Director of Photography
Change of Habit
(1969)
Director of Photography
Marcus Welby, M.D.
(1969)
Director of Photography
Tribes
(1970)
Director of Photography
How Do I Love Thee?
(1970)
Director of Photography
The Omega Man
(1971)
Director of Photography
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
(1971)
Director of Photography
The Harness
(1971)
Director of Photography
Ben
(1972)
Director of Photography
Brock's Last Case
(1973)
Director of Photography
The Runaways
(1975)
Director of Photography
Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence
(1976)
Director of Photography
Acting
Crew