Russell Metty Biography

American cinematographerNot to be confused with Rudolph Maté.

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.

Career

Metty's career began around 1925 as an *istant with Standard Film Laboratory, who was then 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 altogether with Sirk.

Filmography

With Ann Blyth on the set of A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
  • West of the Pecos (1934)
  • Night Waitress (1936)
  • They Wanted to Marry (1937)
  • Behind the Headlines (1937)
  • You Can't Beat Love (1937)
  • Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
  • Annapolis Salute (1937)
  • Bringing Up Baby (1938)
  • The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
  • Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
  • Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
  • Next Time I Marry (1938)
  • The Great Man Votes (1939)
  • The Girl and the Gambler (1939)
  • The Spellbinder (1939)
  • Bad Lands (1939) (uncredited)
  • Everything's on Ice (1939)
  • Three Sons (1939)
  • That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
  • Curtain Call (1940)
  • Irene (1940)
  • Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
  • No, No Nanette (1940)
  • A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
  • Sunny (1941)
  • Weekend for Three (1941)
  • Joan of Paris (1942)
  • Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
  • Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)
  • The Big Street (1942)
  • The Falcon's Brother (1942)
  • Army Surgeon (1942)
  • Hitler's Children (1943)
  • Forever and a Day (1943) (uncredited)
  • The Sky's the Limit (1943)
  • Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
  • Around the World (1943)
  • Tender Comrade (1943)
  • Seven Days As* (1944)
  • The Master Race (1944)
  • Music in Manhattan (1944)
  • Betrayal from the East (1945)
  • It's in the Bag! (1945)
  • The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
  • Pardon My Past (1945)
  • Whistle Stop (1946)
  • Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
  • The Stranger (1946)
  • The Perfect Marriage (1946)
  • The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
  • Ivy (1947)
  • Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
  • A Woman's Vengeance (1947)
  • Arch of Triumph (1948)
  • All My Sons (1948)
  • Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
  • You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
  • Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
  • We Were Strangers (1949)
  • The Lady Gambles (1949)
  • Bagdad (1949)
  • Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
  • Sierra (1950)
  • Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
  • Peggy (1950)
  • The Desert Hawk (1950)
  • Wyoming Mail (1950)
  • Katie Did It (1950)
  • Up Front (1951)
  • Little Egypt (1951)
  • The Golden Horde (1951)
  • The Raging Tide (1951)
  • Flame of Araby (1951)
  • The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
  • Scarlet Angel (1952)
  • The World in His Arms (1952)
  • Yankee Buccaneer (1952)
  • Because of You (1952)
  • Against All Flags (1952)
  • Seminole (1953)
  • It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
  • Take Me to Town (1953)
  • The Man from the Alamo (1953)
  • Veils of Bagdad (1953)
  • Tumbleweed (1953)
  • Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
  • Magnificent Obsession (1954)
  • Naked Alibi (1954)
  • Four Guns to the Border (1954)
  • The Sign of the Pagan (1954)
  • Crashout (1955)
  • Man Without a Star (1955)
  • Cult of the Cobra (1955)
  • The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
  • There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
  • All That Heaven Allows (1956)
  • Miracle in the Rain (1956)
  • Congo Crossing (1956)
  • Written on the Wind (1956)
  • Battle Hymn (1957)
  • Mister Cory (1957)
  • Man Afraid (1957)
  • The Midnight Story (1957)
  • Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
  • The Female Animal (1958)
  • Touch of Evil (1958)
  • A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
  • The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)
  • Step Down to Terror (1958)
  • Monster on the Campus (1958)
  • Imitation of Life (1959)
  • This Earth is Mine (1959)
  • Platinum High School (1960)
  • Portrait in Black (1960)
  • Spartacus (1960)
  • Midnight Lace (1960)
  • The Misfits (1961)
  • By Love Possessed (1961)
  • Flower Drum Song (1961)
  • That Touch of Mink (1962)
  • The Interns (1962)
  • If a Man Answers (1962)
  • Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
  • The Thrill of It All (1963)
  • Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
  • I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
  • Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)
  • The Art of Love (1965)
  • The War Lord (1965)
  • Madame X (1966)
  • The Appaloosa (1966)
  • Texas Across the River (1966)
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
  • Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
  • Counterpoint (1968)
  • The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
  • Madigan (1968)
  • The Pink Jungle (1968)
  • Eye of the Cat (1969)
  • Change of Habit (1969)
  • How Do I Love Thee? (1970)
  • Tribes (1970)
  • The Omega Man (1971)
  • Ben (1972)
  • Cancel My Reservation (1972)

Accolades

Wins

  • Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Color, for Spartacus (1961).

Nominations

  • Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel, Top Cinematography – Color, for Imitation of Life 5th place; 1959.
  • Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Color, for Flower Drum Song; 1962.
  • Emmy Awards: Tribes; 1970–1971.
  • Emmy Awards: The Waltons; 1972–1973.

References

    External links

    • Russell Metty at IMDb
    • Russell Metty at AllMovie
    • Russell Metty biographical essay at Turner Cl*ic Movies by Lorraine LoBianco
    • Russell Metty at the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

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