Russell Metty

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-09-20 (72 years old)

Deathday

1978-04-28

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Russell Metty

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Acting

2002

Making 'The Misfits'

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1960

Spartacus

as Director of Photography

1958

Touch of Evil

as Director of Photography

1938

Bringing Up Baby

as Director of Photography

1971

The Omega Man

as Director of Photography

1946

The Stranger

as Director of Photography

1968

Madigan

as Director of Photography

1961

The Misfits

as Director of Photography

1940

Dance, Girl, Dance

as Director of Photography

1960

Midnight Lace

as Director of Photography

1962

That Touch of Mink

as Director of Photography

1959

Imitation of Life

as Director of Photography

1955

Crashout

as Director of Photography

1954

Naked Alibi

as Director of Photography

1948

Arch of Triumph

as Director of Photography

1955

Cult of the Cobra

as Director of Photography

1949

The Lady Gambles

as Director of Photography

1947

Ivy

as Director of Photography

1943

The Sky's the Limit

as Director of Photography

1945

Betrayal from the East

as Director of Photography

1956

There's Always Tomorrow

as Director of Photography

1967

Rough Night in Jericho

as Director of Photography

1948

All My Sons

as Director of Photography

1971

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

as Director of Photography

1951

The Raging Tide

as Director of Photography

1942

The Falcon's Brother

as Director of Photography

1958

The Thing That Couldn't Die

as Director of Photography

1960

Portrait in Black

as Director of Photography

1949

We Were Strangers

as Director of Photography

1957

The Midnight Story

as Director of Photography

1946

Whistle Stop

as Director of Photography

1958

Step Down to Terror

as Director of Photography

1953

Tumbleweed

as Director of Photography

1944

Tender Comrade

as Director of Photography

1948

A Woman's Vengeance

as Director of Photography

1939

Sagebrush Serenade

as Director of Photography

1940

Curtain Call

as Director of Photography

1950

Katie Did It

as Director of Photography

1952

Because of You

as Director of Photography

1969

Change of Habit

as Director of Photography

1956

Congo Crossing

as Director of Photography

1957

Man Afraid

as Director of Photography

1954

Four Guns to the Border

as Director of Photography

1942

The Big Street

as Director of Photography

1975

The Runaways

as Director of Photography

1966

The Appaloosa

as Director of Photography

1969

1971

The Harness

as Director of Photography

1976

Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence

as Director of Photography

1953

Take Me to Town

as Director of Photography

1950

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

as Director of Photography

1947

Ride the Pink Horse

as Director of Photography

1953

The Man from the Alamo

as Director of Photography

1958

Monster on the Campus

as Director of Photography

1950

Buccaneer's Girl

as Director of Photography

1950

The Desert Hawk

as Director of Photography

1950

Wyoming Mail

as Director of Photography

1945

It's in the Bag!

as Director of Photography

1966

Texas Across the River

as Director of Photography

1950

Sierra

as Director of Photography

1973

Brock's Last Case

as Director of Photography

1965

The Art of Love

as Director of Photography

1954

Magnificent Obsession

as Director of Photography

1969

Eye of the Cat

as Director of Photography

1943

Hitler's Children

as Director of Photography

1944

The Master Race

as Director of Photography

1948

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

as Director of Photography

1942

Four Jacks and a Jill

as Director of Photography

1952

The World in His Arms

as Director of Photography

1951

The Golden Horde

as Director of Photography

1944

Music in Manhattan

as Director of Photography

1942

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

as Director of Photography

1952

Against All Flags

as Director of Photography

1967

Counterpoint

as Director of Photography

1965

The War Lord

as Director of Photography

1963

Captain Newman, M.D.

as Director of Photography

1944

Seven Days Ashore

as Director of Photography

1943

Around the World

as Director of Photography

1953

Seminole

as Director of Photography

1937

Forty Naughty Girls

as Director of Photography

1938

Annabel Takes a Tour

as Director of Photography

1938

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

as Director of Photography

1938

The Affairs of Annabel

as Director of Photography

1937

Annapolis Salute

as Director of Photography

1939

The Girl and the Gambler

as Director of Photography

1939

The Spellbinder

as Director of Photography

1938

Next Time I Marry

as Director of Photography

1956

Miracle in the Rain

as Director of Photography

1957

Mister Cory

as Director of Photography

1956

Written on the Wind

as Director of Photography

1941

Weekend for Three

as Director of Photography

1955

The Man from Bitter Ridge

as Director of Photography

1934

West of the Pecos

as Director of Photography

1941

Sunny

as Director of Photography

1943

Forever and a Day

as Director of Photography

1947

The Perfect Marriage

as Director of Photography

1951

Flame of Araby

as Director of Photography

1953

It Happens Every Thursday

as Director of Photography

1970

Tribes

as Stunts

1970

Tribes

as Director of Photography

1972

Ben

as Director of Photography

1952

Yankee Buccaneer

as Director of Photography

1947

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

as Director of Photography

1949

Bagdad

as Director of Photography

1955

All That Heaven Allows

as Director of Photography

1950

Peggy

as Director of Photography

1965

Bus Riley's Back in Town

as Director of Photography

1967

Thoroughly Modern Millie

as Director of Photography

1945

Pardon My Past

as Director of Photography

1964

I'd Rather Be Rich

as Director of Photography

1958

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

as Director of Photography

1954

Sign of the Pagan

as Director of Photography

1963

Tammy and the Doctor

as Director of Photography

1963

The Thrill of It All

as Director of Photography

1961

Flower Drum Song

as Director of Photography

1962

The Interns

as Director of Photography

1966

Madame X

as Director of Photography

1940

Irene

as Director of Photography

1932

The Penguin Pool Murder

as Camera Operator

1960

Platinum High School

as Director of Photography

1954

Taza, Son of Cochise

as Director of Photography

1943

Behind the Rising Sun

as Director of Photography

1957

Battle Hymn

as Director of Photography

1962

If a Man Answers

as Director of Photography

1958

The Female Animal

as Director of Photography

1948

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

as Director of Photography

1957

Man of a Thousand Faces

as Director of Photography

1955

Man Without a Star

as Director of Photography

1952

Scarlet Angel

as Cinematography

1948

You Gotta Stay Happy

as Director of Photography

1945

Story of G.I. Joe

as Director of Photography

1939

That's Right – You're Wrong

as Director of Photography

1959

This Earth Is Mine

as Director of Photography

1970

How Do I Love Thee?

as Director of Photography

1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Director of Photography

1961

By Love Possessed

as Director of Photography

1968

1971

Lock, Stock and Barrel

as Director of Photography

1933

Morning Glory

as Camera Operator

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