Leon Shamroy
Camera1901New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Leon Shamroy (July 16, 1901 – July 7, 1974) was an American film cinematographer known for his work in 20th Century Fox motion pictures shot in Technicolor. During his half-century career, he earned a record 18 Academy Award nominations (tied with Charles Lang) for Best Cinematography with a record 4 wins (tied with Joseph Ruttenberg).
Known For
Acting History
1970
Prudence and the Chief
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1969
Footprints On The Moon
Director of Photography
Justine
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1968
The Secret Life of an American Wife
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Planet of the Apes
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Skidoo
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1967
Caprice
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1966
Catalina Island
as Self
The Glass Bottom Boat
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1965
Do Not Disturb
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
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1964
The Oscars
TVas Self• 1 eps
What a Way to Go!
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1963
The Cardinal
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Cleopatra
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1962
Tender Is the Night
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1961
Snow White and the Three Stooges
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1960
Wake Me When It's Over
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North to Alaska
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1959
Porgy and Bess
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The Blue Angel
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Beloved Infidel
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1958
South Pacific
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The Bravados
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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
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1957
Desk Set
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1956
The King and I
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Do Re Mi
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The Best Things in Life Are Free
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1955
Good Morning, Miss Dove
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Daddy Long Legs
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
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1954
No Business Like Show Business
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The Egyptian
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1953
The Robe
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Call Me Madam
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The Girl Next Door
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King of the Khyber Rifles
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Tonight We Sing
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White Witch Doctor
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Down Among the Sheltering Palms
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1952
With a Song in My Heart
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
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1951
David and Bathsheba
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On the Riviera
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1950
Cheaper by the Dozen
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Two Flags West
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1949
Twelve O'Clock High
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Prince of Foxes
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1948
That Lady in Ermine
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1947
Daisy Kenyon
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Forever Amber
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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
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1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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State Fair
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Leave Her to Heaven
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Where Do We Go from Here?
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1944
Wilson
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Greenwich Village
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Buffalo Bill
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1943
Crash Dive
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Claudia
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Stormy Weather
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1942
The Black Swan
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Roxie Hart
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Ten Gentlemen from West Point
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1941
That Night in Rio
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A Yank in the R.A.F.
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The Great American Broadcast
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Moon Over Miami
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1940
Little Old New York
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Four Sons
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Down Argentine Way
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Tin Pan Alley
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Lillian Russell
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I Was an Adventuress
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1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Second Fiddle
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Made for Each Other
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
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1938
The Young in Heart
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1937
You Only Live Once
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Blossoms On Broadway
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Her Husband Lies
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1936
Wedding Present
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Fatal Lady
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Soak the Rich
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1935
She Married Her Boss
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Mary Burns, Fugitive
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Private Worlds
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Accent on Youth
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She Couldn't Take It
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1934
Ready for Love
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Kiss and Make-Up
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Thirty Day Princess
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Good Dame
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Behold My Wife!
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1933
Jennie Gerhardt
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Her Bodyguard
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Three Cornered Moon
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At Twelve Midnight
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1932
A Strange Adventure
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Stowaway
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1930
Gaucho Soul
Cinematography
1928
The Telltale Heart
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The Telltale Heart
Director
The Last Moment
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Bitter Sweets
Cinematography
1927
Land of the Lawless
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1926
The Trunk Mystery
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