Russell Metty

Russell Metty, A.S.C.
Russell Metty, A.S.C.
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Occupation	Cinematographer

Not to be confused with cinematographer Rudolph Maté.

Russell Metty, A.S.C. (20 September 1906 – 28 April 1978) was an American cinematographer, who worked on many films during the forties, fifties and sixties.^[1]

Career

Metty 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.^[2]

Filmography

West of the Pecos (1934)^[3]
Night Waitress (1936)
They Wanted to Marry (1937)
Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
You Can't Beat Love (1937)
Behind the Headlines (1937)
Annapolis Salute (1937)
Bringing Up Baby (1937)
Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
Room Service (1938)
The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
Next Time I Marry (1938)
The Great Man Votes (1939)
Bade Lands (1939)
Everything's on Ice (1939)
Three Sons (1939)
That's Right You're Wrong (1939)
The Spellbinder (1939)
The Girl and the Gambler (1939)
Irene (1940)
No, No Nanette (1940)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Curtain Call (1940)
A Girl, A Guy and a Gob (1941)
Weekend for Three (1941)
Sunny (1941)
Four Jacks and a Jill (1941)
Army Surgeon (1942)
The Big Street (1942)
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)
Joan of Paris (1942)
The Falcon's Brother (1942)
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
Tender Comrade (1943)
Around the World (1943)
Forever and a Day (1943)
Hitler's Children (1943)
Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
Seven Days Ashore (1944)
Music in Manhattan (1944)
The Master Race (1944)
It's in the Bag! (1945)
Betrayal from the East (1945)
Pardon My Past (1945)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
Whistle Stop (1946)
The Perfect Marriage (1946)
The Stranger (1946)
A Woman's Vengeance (1947)

Ivy (1947)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
All My Sons (1948)
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Bagdad (1949)
The Lady Gambles (1949)
We Were Strangers (1949)
The Desert Hawk (1950)
Wyoming Mail (1950)
Katie Did It (1950)
Sierra (1950)
Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Peggy (1950)
The Golden Horde (1951)
Little Egypt (1951)
Flame of Araby (1951)
The Raging Tide (1951)
Up Front (1951)
The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
Because of You (1952)
Scarlet Angel (1952)
The World in His Arms (1952)
Yankee Buccaneer (1952)
Against All Flags (1952)
Tumbleweed (1953)
Take Me To Town (1953)
The Man From the Alamo (1953)
Veils of Bagdad (1953)
It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
Seminole (1953)
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
Naked Alibi (1954)
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
The Sign of the Pagan (1954)
Four Guns to the Border (1954)
Cult of the Cobra (1955)
Man without a Star (1955)
Crashout (1955)
The Man From Bitter Ridge (1955)
There's Always Tomorrow (1955)
Battle Hymn (1956)
Miracle in the Rain (1956)

Written on the Wind (1956)
All That Heaven Allows (1956)
Congo Crossing (1956)
The Midnight Story (1956)
Mister Cory (1957)
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Man Afraid (1957)
Step Down to Terror (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
The Female Animal (1958)
The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)
Monster on the Campus (1958)
His Earth is Mine (1959)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Midnight Lace (1960)
Platinum High School (1960)
Portrait in Black (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
By Love Possessed (1961)
Flower Drum Song (1961)
The Misfits (1961)
That Touch of Mink (1962)
If a Man Answers (1962)
The Interns (1962)
Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
The Thrill of It All (1963)
I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)
The War Lord (1965)
The Art of Love (1965)
The Appaloosa (1966)
Madame X (1966)
Texas Across the River (1966)
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
The Pink Jungle (1968)
Madigan (1968)
Counterpoint (1968)
The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
Eye of the Cat (1969)
Change of Habit (1969)
Tribes (1970)
How Do I Love Thee? (1970)
The Omega Man (1971)
Cancel My Reservation (1972)
Ben (1972)

Awards

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.^[4]
Emmy Awards: The Waltons; 1972 - 1973.

References

^ Russell Metty at IMDb.
^ Steeman, Albert. Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers, "Russell Metty page", Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. Last accessed: December 19, 2007.
^ Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to World Film, since 1885. 2008. Index home page.
^ Steeman, Albert. Ibid.

External links

Russell Metty at IMDb.
Russell Metty at AllMovie.
Russell Metty biographical essay at Turner Classic Movies by Lorraine LoBianco.
Russell Metty at the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers (Rotterdam, The Netherlands).

[1] Russell Metty at IMDb.

[2] Steeman, Albert. Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers, "Russell Metty page", Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. Last accessed: December 19, 2007.

[3] Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to World Film, since 1885. 2008. Index home page.

[4] Steeman, Albert. Ibid.

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