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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…
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- Mission: Impossible (1966) Director of Photography
- Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) Director of Photography
- An American in Paris (1951) Additional Photography
- Father of the Bride (1950) Director of Photography
- Battle Circus (1953) Cinematography
- Elmer Gantry (1960) Director of Photography
- Designing Woman (1957) Director of Photography
- The Brothers Karamazov (1958) Director of Photography
- The Big Combo (1955) Director of Photography
- He Walked by Night (1949) Director of Photography
- Tea and Sympathy (1956) Director of Photography
- Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) Director of Photography
- Silver Lode (1954) Director of Photography
- T-Men (1947) Director of Photography
- Hollow Triumph (1948) Director of Photography
- Driftwood (1947) Director of Photography
- Border Incident (1949) Director of Photography
- Mystery Street (1950) Director of Photography
- Lonelyhearts (1959) Director of Photography
- The Amazing Mr. X (1948) Director of Photography
- Duffy of San Quentin (1954) Director of Photography
- Take the High Ground! (1953) Director of Photography
- Father's Little Dividend (1951) Director of Photography
- Reign of Terror (1949) Director of Photography
- Slightly Scarlet (1956) Director of Photography
- Devil's Doorway (1950) Director of Photography
- The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957) Director of Photography
- Raw Deal (1948) Director of Photography
- The People Against O'Hara (1951) Director of Photography
- Witness to Murder (1954) Director of Photography
- Talk About a Stranger (1952) Director of Photography
- Captain China (1950) Director of Photography
- Escape to Burma (1955) Director of Photography
- Three Faces West (1940) Director of Photography
- The Trespasser (1947) Director of Photography
- Passion (1954) Director of Photography
- Count the Hours! (1953) Director of Photography
- Atlantic City (1944) Director of Photography
- Johnny Doughboy (1942) Director of Photography
- Tennessee's Partner (1955) Director of Photography
- Wyoming (1947) Director of Photography
- The Steel Cage (1954) Director of Photography
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942) Director of Photography
- Grounds for Marriage (1951) Director of Photography
- Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006) as Self
- The Crooked Way (1949) Director of Photography
- The Catered Affair (1956) Director of Photography
- I, the Jury (1953) Director of Photography
- Storm Over Lisbon (1944) Director of Photography
- Devil Pays Off (1941) Director of Photography
- Apache War Smoke (1952) Director of Photography
- A Guy Could Change (1946) Director of Photography
- One Exciting Week (1946) Director of Photography
- The Madonna's Secret (1946) Director of Photography
- Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940) Director of Photography
- Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir (1995) as Self
- Washington Story (1952) Director of Photography
- Forced Landing (1941) Director of Photography
- The Lady and the Monster (1944) Director of Photography
- I Was a Criminal (1941) Director of Photography
- The Magnificent Rogue (1946) Director of Photography
- Bury Me Dead (1947) Director of Photography
- Pearl of the South Pacific (1955) Director of Photography
- The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940) Director of Photography
- Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941) Director of Photography
- Melody for Three (1941) Director of Photography
- The Sultan's Daughter (1943) Director of Photography
- Glorious Technicolor (1998) as Self (archive footage)
- Remedy for Riches (1940) Director of Photography
- Girls of the Big House (1945) Director of Photography
- The Pretender (1947) Director of Photography
- Affairs of Geraldine (1946) Director of Photography
- Canon City (1948) Director of Photography
- 12 to the Moon (1960) Director of Photography
- Hit Parade of 1947 (1947) Cinematography
- Power Dive (1941) Director of Photography
- Red Stallion In The Rockies (1949) Director of Photography
- The Ghost Goes Wild (1947) Director of Photography
- Honeysuckle (1938) Director of Photography
- Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945) Director of Photography
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Most-watched John Alton films currently: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), An American in Paris (1951), Father of the Bride (1950), Battle Circus (1953), Elmer Gantry (1960).
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