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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
- Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) 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
- Elmer Gantry (1960) Director of Photography
- The Big Combo (1955) Director of Photography
- Father's Little Dividend (1951) Director of Photography
- T-Men (1947) Director of Photography
- The Amazing Mr. X (1948) Director of Photography
- Count the Hours! (1953) Director of Photography
- The Crooked Way (1949) Director of Photography
- Reign of Terror (1949) Director of Photography
- Pearl of the South Pacific (1955) Director of Photography
- The Catered Affair (1956) Director of Photography
- Tea and Sympathy (1956) Director of Photography
- Mystery Street (1950) Director of Photography
- He Walked by Night (1949) Director of Photography
- Raw Deal (1948) Director of Photography
- Lonelyhearts (1959) Director of Photography
- The Brothers Karamazov (1958) Director of Photography
- Captain China (1950) Director of Photography
- Devil's Doorway (1950) Director of Photography
- Border Incident (1949) Director of Photography
- I, the Jury (1953) Director of Photography
- Hollow Triumph (1948) Director of Photography
- Silver Lode (1954) Director of Photography
- The Lady and the Monster (1944) Director of Photography
- Witness to Murder (1954) Director of Photography
- Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006) as Self
- The People Against O'Hara (1951) Director of Photography
- Slightly Scarlet (1956) Director of Photography
- Driftwood (1947) Director of Photography
- The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957) Director of Photography
- Three Faces West (1940) Director of Photography
- Canon City (1948) Director of Photography
- Designing Woman (1957) Director of Photography
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942) Director of Photography
- Apache War Smoke (1952) Director of Photography
- The Steel Cage (1954) Director of Photography
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Most-watched John Alton films currently: Cattle Queen of Montana (1954), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), An American in Paris (1951), Father of the Bride (1950), Elmer Gantry (1960).
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Selected TV credits: Mission: Impossible (1966).
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