Leon Shamroy

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-07-16 (73 years old)

Deathday

1974-07-07

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Leon Shamroy

Biography

Leon Shamroy (July 16, 1901 – July 7, 1974) was an American film cinematographer known for his work in 20th Century Fox motion pictures shot in Technicolor. During his half-century career, he earned a record 18 Academy Award nominations (tied with Charles Lang) for Best Cinematography with a record 4 wins (tied with Joseph Ruttenberg).

Acting

1966

Production

1968

Planet of the Apes

as Director of Photography

1959

Porgy and Bess

as Director of Photography

1963

The Cardinal

as Director of Photography

1952

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

as Director of Photography

1955

Good Morning, Miss Dove

as Director of Photography

1960

North to Alaska

as Director of Photography

1963

Cleopatra

as Director of Photography

1953

The Girl Next Door

as Director of Photography

1956

The Girl Can't Help It

as Director of Photography

1956

The King and I

as Director of Photography

1945

Leave Her to Heaven

as Director of Photography

1939

Made for Each Other

as Director of Photography

1947

Forever Amber

as Director of Photography

1968

The Secret Life of an American Wife

as Director of Photography

1937

Blossoms On Broadway

as Director of Photography

1936

Soak the Rich

as Director of Photography

1928

The Telltale Heart

as Director of Photography

1953

White Witch Doctor

as Director of Photography

1940

Little Old New York

as Director of Photography

1945

Where Do We Go from Here?

as Director of Photography

1933

At Twelve Midnight

as Director of Photography

1959

The Blue Angel

as Director of Photography

1934

Good Dame

as Director of Photography

1940

I Was an Adventuress

as Director of Photography

1951

David and Bathsheba

as Director of Photography

1954

The Egyptian

as Director of Photography

1939

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

as Director of Photography

1940

Lillian Russell

as Director of Photography

1940

Four Sons

as Director of Photography

1940

Down Argentine Way

as Director of Photography

1941

That Night in Rio

as Director of Photography

1941

A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Director of Photography

1942

The Black Swan

as Director of Photography

1943

Crash Dive

as Director of Photography

1944

Buffalo Bill

as Director of Photography

1947

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

as Director of Photography

1949

Twelve O'Clock High

as Director of Photography

1950

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Director of Photography

1941

The Great American Broadcast

as Director of Photography

1941

Moon Over Miami

as Director of Photography

1953

King of the Khyber Rifles

as Director of Photography

1953

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

as Director of Photography

1952

With a Song in My Heart

as Director of Photography

1945

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

as Director of Photography

1936

Wedding Present

as Director of Photography

1933

Jennie Gerhardt

as Director of Photography

1939

Second Fiddle

as Director of Photography

1953

Tonight We Sing

as Director of Photography

1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as Director of Photography

1961

Snow White and the Three Stooges

as Director of Photography

1958

The Bravados

as Director of Photography

1936

Fatal Lady

as Director of Photography

1954

There's No Business Like Show Business

as Director of Photography

1952

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

as Director of Photography

1944

Wilson

as Director of Photography

1937

Her Husband Lies

as Director of Photography

1938

The Young in Heart

as Director of Photography

1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

as Director of Photography

1933

Three Cornered Moon

as Director of Photography

1935

Private Worlds

as Director of Photography

1935

She Married Her Boss

as Director of Photography

1937

You Only Live Once

as Director of Photography

1943

Stormy Weather

as Director of Photography

1934

Thirty Day Princess

as Director of Photography

1934

Kiss and Make-Up

as Director of Photography

1970

Prudence and the Chief

as Director of Photography

1966

The Glass Bottom Boat

as Director of Photography

1935

She Couldn't Take It

as Director of Photography

1940

Tin Pan Alley

as Director of Photography

1959

Beloved Infidel

as Director of Photography

1935

Mary Burns, Fugitive

as Director of Photography

1957

Desk Set

as Director of Photography

1950

Two Flags West

as Director of Photography

1944

Greenwich Village

as Director of Photography

1935

Accent on Youth

as Director of Photography

1953

The Robe

as Director of Photography

1958

South Pacific

as Director of Photography

1955

Daddy Long Legs

as Director of Photography

1955

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

as Director of Photography

1947

Daisy Kenyon

as Director of Photography

1951

On the Riviera

as Director of Photography

1956

The Best Things in Life Are Free

as Director of Photography

1949

Prince of Foxes

as Director of Photography

1968

Skidoo

as Director of Photography

1969

Justine

as Director of Photography

1967

Caprice

as Director of Photography

1965

The Agony and the Ecstasy

as Director of Photography

1948

That Lady in Ermine

as Director of Photography

1945

State Fair

as Director of Photography

1934

Ready for Love

as Director of Photography

1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

as Director of Photography

1969

Footprints On The Moon

as Director of Photography

1934

Behold My Wife!

as Director of Photography

1928

1953

Call Me Madam

as Director of Photography

1942

Roxie Hart

as Director of Photography

1928

The Last Moment

as Director of Photography

1927

Land of the Lawless

as Director of Photography

1962

Tender Is the Night

as Director of Photography

1932

A Strange Adventure

as Director of Photography

1965

Do Not Disturb

as Director of Photography

1964

What a Way to Go!

as Director of Photography

1943

Claudia

as Director of Photography

1958

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

as Director of Photography

1960

Wake Me When It's Over

as Director of Photography

1933

Her Bodyguard

as Director of Photography

1930

Gaucho Soul

as Cinematography

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