Lee Garmes

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-05-27 (80 years old)

Deathday

1978-08-31

Place of Birth

Peoria, Illinois, USA

Lee Garmes

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lee Garmes, A.S.C. (May 27, 1898 – August 31, 1978) was an American cinematographer. During his career, he worked with directors Howard Hawks, Max Ophüls, Josef von Sternberg, Alfred Hitchcock, King Vidor, Nicholas Ray and Henry Hathaway, whom he had met as a young man when the two first came to Hollywood in the silent era. He also co-directed two films with legendary screenwriter Ben Hecht: Angels Over Broadway and Actor's and Sin. Born in Peoria, Illinois, Garmes first came to Hollywood in 1916. His first job was as an assistant in the paint department at Thomas H. Ince Studios, but he soon became a c...

Production

1932

Shanghai Express

as Director of Photography

1930

Spring Is Here

as Director of Photography

1940

Beyond Tomorrow

as Producer

1947

The Paradine Case

as Director of Photography

1947

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Director of Photography

1955

Man with the Gun

as Director of Photography

1931

City Streets

as Director of Photography

1944

Guest in the House

as Director of Photography

1935

The Scoundrel

as Director of Photography

1955

Land of the Pharaohs

as Director of Photography

1940

Angels Over Broadway

as Director of Photography

1966

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

as Director of Photography

1949

Caught

as Director of Photography

1952

The Lusty Men

as Director of Photography

1952

The Captive City

as Director of Photography

1957

The Big Boodle

as Director of Photography

1944

None Shall Escape

as Director of Photography

1955

The Desperate Hours

as Director of Photography

1946

Specter of the Rose

as Director of Photography

1945

Love Letters

as Director of Photography

1926

The Popular Sin

as Director of Photography

1959

Happy Anniversary

as Director of Photography

1930

Whoopee!

as Director of Photography

1943

Flight for Freedom

as Director of Photography

1928

The Yellow Lily

as Director of Photography

1932

Scarface

as Director of Photography

1933

I Am Suzanne!

as Director of Photography

1930

The Song of the Flame

as Director of Photography

1959

The Big Fisherman

as Director of Photography

1942

China Girl

as Director of Photography

1947

Nightmare Alley

as Director of Photography

1946

Duel in the Sun

as Director of Photography

1964

Lady in a Cage

as Director of Photography

1950

Our Very Own

as Director of Photography

1932

Strange Interlude

as Director of Photography

1949

Roseanna McCoy

as Director of Photography

1950

My Foolish Heart

as Director of Photography

1924

Find Your Man

as Director of Photography

1924

The Lighthouse by the Sea

as Director of Photography

1932

Smilin' Through

as Director of Photography

1930

Morocco

as Director of Photography

1973

Why?

as Cinematography

1932

Dreaming Lips

as Technical Supervisor

1932

Dreaming Lips

as Producer

1940

1930

Bright Lights

as Director of Photography

1929

His Captive Woman

as Director of Photography

1928

The Barker

as Director of Photography

1932

Call Her Savage

as Director of Photography

1936

The Conquest of the Air

as Cinematography

1953

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

as Director of Photography

1962

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

as Director of Photography

1943

Forever and a Day

as Director of Photography

1951

Detective Story

as Director of Photography

1942

Footlight Serenade

as Director of Photography

1931

An American Tragedy

as Director of Photography

1929

Disraeli

as Director of Photography

1956

D-Day the Sixth of June

as Director of Photography

1946

Specter of the Rose

as Co-Director

1946

Specter of the Rose

as Co-Producer

1958

Never Love a Stranger

as Director of Photography

1950

The Furies

as Director of Photography

1952

Thunder in the East

as Director of Photography

1950

My Friend Irma Goes West

as Director of Photography

1951

That's My Boy

as Director of Photography

1944

Since You Went Away

as Director of Photography

1929

Say It with Songs

as Director of Photography

1956

The Bottom of the Bottle

as Director of Photography

1927

Rose of the Golden West

as Director of Photography

1931

Kiss Me Again

as Camera Operator

1942

Jungle Book

as Director of Photography

1929

The Great Divide

as Cinematography

1933

Shanghai Madness

as Director of Photography

1933

Zoo in Budapest

as Director of Photography

1941

Lydia

as Director of Photography

1968

1951

Saturday's Hero

as Director of Photography

1946

Young Widow

as Director of Photography

1934

Crime Without Passion

as Director of Photography

1931

Dishonored

as Director of Photography

1946

The Searching Wind

as Director of Photography

1933

Face in the Sky

as Director of Photography

1956

The Sharkfighters

as Director of Photography

1926

The Show Off

as Director of Photography

1949

The Fighting Kentuckian

as Director of Photography

1933

My Lips Betray

as Director of Photography

1955

Abdullah's Harem

as Cinematography

1929

Love and the Devil

as Director of Photography

1934

1941

Lydia

as Associate Producer

1924

Money to Burns

as Cinematography

1945

Paris Underground

as Cinematography

1940

Angels Over Broadway

as Co-Director

1923

Fighting Blood

as Cinematography

1923

Fighting Blood

as Cinematography

1923

Fighting Blood

as Cinematography

1931

Fighting Caravans

as Director of Photography

1961

Misty

as Director of Photography

1935

Once in a Blue Moon

as Cinematography

1952

Actors and Sin

as Director of Photography

1952

Actors and Sin

as Co-Director

1930

Lilies of the Field

as Cinematography

1926

Crack O' Dawn

as Cinematography

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