John Alton

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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…

  • Camera
  • Born 5 October 1901
  • Died 2 June 1996 (age 94)
  • Sopron, Austria-Hungary
  • 104 credits

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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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Selected TV credits: Mission: Impossible (1966).

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