John Alton
Profile info
Known forCamera
GenderMale
Birthday5 October 1901
Died2 June 1996 (age 94)
Place of birthSopron, Austria-Hungary
Known credits104
Biography
John Alton A.S.C. (October 5, 1901 – June 2, 1996), born Johann Altmann, in Sopron/Ödenburg, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, was an American cinematographer. Alton won an Academy Award for the cinematography of An American in Paris (1951), becoming the first Hungarian-born person to do so. He photographed some of the most famous film noirs of the classic period. He started out in Los Angeles as a lab technician in the 1920s, later becoming a cameraman within four years. He moved to France with Ernst Lubitsch to film backgrounds for The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) and ended up…
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
2008 · Self (archival footage)
Mystery Street: Murder at Harvard
2007
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · Self
Glorious Technicolor
1998 · Self (archive footage)
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995 · Self
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Director of Photography
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962 · Director of Photography
Elmer Gantry
1960 · Director of Photography
12 to the Moon
1960 · Director of Photography
Lonelyhearts
1959 · Director of Photography
The Brothers Karamazov
1958 · Director of Photography
Designing Woman
1957 · Director of Photography
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957 · Director of Photography
Tea and Sympathy
1956 · Director of Photography
The Catered Affair
1956 · Director of Photography
Slightly Scarlet
1956 · Director of Photography
Tennessee's Partner
1955 · Director of Photography
Pearl of the South Pacific
1955 · Director of Photography
Escape to Burma
1955 · Director of Photography
The Big Combo
1955 · Director of Photography
The Steel Cage
1954 · Director of Photography
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954 · Director of Photography
Passion
1954 · Director of Photography
Silver Lode
1954 · Director of Photography
Witness to Murder
1954 · Director of Photography
Duffy of San Quentin
1954 · Director of Photography
Take the High Ground!
1953 · Director of Photography
I, the Jury
1953 · Director of Photography
Count the Hours!
1953 · Director of Photography
Battle Circus
1953 · Cinematography
Apache War Smoke
1952 · Director of Photography
Washington Story
1952 · Director of Photography
Talk About a Stranger
1952 · Director of Photography
An American in Paris
1951 · Additional Photography
The People Against O'Hara
1951 · Director of Photography
Father's Little Dividend
1951 · Director of Photography
Grounds for Marriage
1951 · Director of Photography
Devil's Doorway
1950 · Director of Photography
Mystery Street
1950 · Director of Photography
Father of the Bride
1950 · Director of Photography
Captain China
1950 · Director of Photography
Border Incident
1949 · Director of Photography
Reign of Terror
1949 · Director of Photography
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949 · Director of Photography
The Crooked Way
1949 · Director of Photography
He Walked by Night
1949 · Director of Photography
Hollow Triumph
1948 · Director of Photography
The Amazing Mr. X
1948 · Director of Photography
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