John F. Seitz

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-06-23 (87 years old)

Deathday

1979-02-27

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

John F. Seitz

Biography

John Francis Seitz, A.S.C. (June 23, 1892 – February 27, 1979) was an American cinematographer and inventor. He was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Seitz's Hollywood career began in 1909 as a lab assistant with the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company in Chicago. He went to work as a lab technician for the American Film Manufacturing Company (known as "Flying A"), also in Chicago. In 1916, during the silent era, he established himself, achieving great successes with the Rudolph Valentino film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921). Highly regarded by director Billy Wilder, Seitz worked with him on the film noirs Double Indemnity (1944...

Production

1944

Double Indemnity

as Director of Photography

1950

Sunset Boulevard

as Director of Photography

1953

Invaders from Mars

as Director of Photography

1954

Rogue Cop

as Director of Photography

1948

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

as Director of Photography

1942

Fly By Night

as Director of Photography

1949

Chicago Deadline

as Director of Photography

1947

Saigon

as Director of Photography

1946

Calcutta

as Director of Photography

1945

The Lost Weekend

as Director of Photography

1956

A Cry in the Night

as Director of Photography

1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

as Director of Photography

1942

This Gun for Hire

as Director of Photography

1959

The Man in the Net

as Director of Photography

1945

The Unseen

as Director of Photography

1951

When Worlds Collide

as Director of Photography

1942

The Moon and Sixpence

as Director of Photography

1955

Hell on Frisco Bay

as Director of Photography

1954

Saskatchewan

as Director of Photography

1954

The Rocket Man

as Director of Photography

1959

Island of Lost Women

as Director of Photography

1942

Lucky Jordan

as Director of Photography

1956

Santiago

as Director of Photography

1946

The Imperfect Lady

as Director of Photography

1946

The Well Groomed Bride

as Director of Photography

1939

Bad Little Angel

as Director of Photography

1930

Kismet

as Director of Photography

1944

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Director of Photography

1931

The Age for Love

as Director of Photography

1931

Over the Hill

as Director of Photography

1936

Poor Little Rich Girl

as Director of Photography

1934

Springtime for Henry

as Director of Photography

1941

Sullivan's Travels

as Director of Photography

1930

The Right of Way

as Director of Photography

1943

Five Graves to Cairo

as Director of Photography

1929

Saturday's Children

as Director of Photography

1932

She Wanted a Millionaire

as Director of Photography

1929

The Squall

as Director of Photography

1921

The Conquering Power

as Director of Photography

1951

Detective Story

as Additional Photography

1933

Mr. Skitch

as Director of Photography

1933

Ladies They Talk About

as Director of Photography

1939

6,000 Enemies

as Director of Photography

1924

Classmates

as Director of Photography

1948

On Our Merry Way

as Director of Photography

1923

Scaramouche

as Director of Photography

1926

The Magician

as Director of Photography

1928

The Patsy

as Director of Photography

1928

Across to Singapore

as Director of Photography

1930

The Bad Man

as Director of Photography

1939

Let's Talk Turkey

as Director of Photography

1932

The Woman in Room 13

as Director of Photography

1932

6 Hours to Live

as Director of Photography

1935

The Littlest Rebel

as Director of Photography

1922

The Prisoner of Zenda

as Director of Photography

1937

Carnival in Paris

as Director of Photography

1934

Marie Galante

as Director of Photography

1947

Wild Harvest

as Director of Photography

1937

Between Two Women

as Director of Photography

1952

The Savage

as Director of Photography

1950

Appointment with Danger

as Director of Photography

1952

Botany Bay

as Director of Photography

1951

Dear Brat

as Director of Photography

1939

Sergeant Madden

as Director of Photography

1937

Navy Blue and Gold

as Director of Photography

1948

The Big Clock

as Director of Photography

1958

The Badlanders

as Director of Photography

1955

Many Rivers to Cross

as Director of Photography

1944

Casanova Brown

as Director of Photography

1939

Prophet Without Honor

as Director of Photography

1952

The Iron Mistress

as Director of Photography

1937

Madame X

as Director of Photography

1924

The Arab

as Director of Photography

1928

Outcast

as Director of Photography

1918

Beauty and the Rogue

as Director of Photography

1934

All Men Are Enemies

as Director of Photography

1946

Home Sweet Homicide

as Director of Photography

1953

Desert Legion

as Director of Photography

1944

The Hour Before the Dawn

as Director of Photography

1921

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

as Director of Photography

1928

The Trail of '98

as Director of Photography

1960

Guns of the Timberland

as Director of Photography

1948

Beyond Glory

as Director of Photography

1938

The Crowd Roars

as Director of Photography

1953

Fort Algiers

as Director of Photography

1935

Curly Top

as Director of Photography

1928

The Divine Lady

as Director of Photography

1935

One More Spring

as Director of Photography

1957

The Big Land

as Director of Photography

1931

East Lynne

as Director of Photography

1935

Our Little Girl

as Director of Photography

1958

The Deep Six

as Director of Photography

1938

Stablemates

as Director of Photography

1926

Mare Nostrum

as Director of Photography

1933

Adorable

as Director of Photography

1927

The Fair Co-Ed

as Director of Photography

1952

The San Francisco Story

as Director of Photography

1955

The McConnell Story

as Director of Photography

1922

Turn to the Right

as Director of Photography

1939

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Director of Photography

1950

Captain Carey, U.S.A.

as Director of Photography

1936

15 Maiden Lane

as Director of Photography

1936

The Country Doctor

as Director of Photography

1930

Road to Paradise

as Director of Photography

1940

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

as Director of Photography

1939

Thunder Afloat

as Director of Photography

1940

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

as Director of Photography

1923

Where the Pavement Ends

as Director of Photography

1940

A Little Bit of Heaven

as Director of Photography

1934

Coming Out Party

as Director of Photography

1929

Her Private Life

as Director of Photography

1935

Redheads on Parade

as Director of Photography

1917

The Mate of the Sally Ann

as Director of Photography

1935

Navy Wife

as Director of Photography

1922

Trifling Women

as Director of Photography

1931

Hush Money

as Director of Photography

1930

Sweethearts and Wives

as Director of Photography

1938

Lord Jeff

as Director of Photography

1931

Merely Mary Ann

as Director of Photography

1928

Adoration

as Director of Photography

1932

A Passport to Hell

as Director of Photography

1931

Misbehaving Ladies

as Director of Photography

1929

The Painted Angel

as Director of Photography

1929

A Most Immoral Lady

as Director of Photography

1938

Love Is a Headache

as Director of Photography

1949

The Great Gatsby

as Director of Photography

1938

Young Dr. Kildare

as Director of Photography

1936

Captain January

as Director of Photography

1930

Back Pay

as Director of Photography

1932

Careless Lady

as Director of Photography

1929

Careers

as Director of Photography

1917

Whose Wife?

as Director of Photography

1930

In the Next Room

as Director of Photography

1917

A Game of Wits

as Director of Photography

1918

Powers That Prey

as Director of Photography

1935

Helldorado

as Director of Photography

1917

Souls in Pawn

as Director of Photography

1921

Uncharted Seas

as Director of Photography

1920

The Sagebrusher

as Director of Photography

1917

The Bride's Silence

as Director of Photography

1933

Dangerously Yours

as Director of Photography

1931

Young Sinners

as Director of Photography

1917

The Serpent's Tooth

as Director of Photography

1920

Shore Acres

as Director of Photography

1919

The Westerners

as Director of Photography

1918

Up Romance Road

as Director of Photography

1930

Murder Will Out

as Director of Photography

1924

The Price of a Party

as Director of Photography

1931

Men of the Sky

as Director of Photography

1929

Hard to Get

as Director of Photography

1920

Hearts Are Trumps

as Director of Photography

1950

The Goldbergs

as Director of Photography

1916

The Quagmire

as Director of Photography

1916

The Ranger of Lonesome Gulch

as Director of Photography

1933

Paddy the Next Best Thing

as Director of Photography

1942

Winning Your Wings

as Cinematography

1939

Culinary Carving

as Cinematography

1935

The Farmer Takes a Wife

as Cinematography

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