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| Books LLC : Best Cinematographer Academy Award Winners: Conrad Hall, James Wong Howe, Gregg Toland, Joseph Ruttenberg, Sven Nykvist, Freddie Francis | |
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Best Cinematographer Academy Award Winners: Conrad Hall, James Wong Howe, Gregg Toland, Joseph Ruttenberg, Sven Nykvist, Freddie Francis |
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English |
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Paperback |
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204 |
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2010-09-15 |
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1157229956 |
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Books LLC |
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0.71 pounds |
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5.91 x 8.9 x 0.55 inches |
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Chapters: Conrad Hall, James Wong Howe, Gregg Toland, Joseph Ruttenberg, Sven Nykvist, Freddie Francis, John Alton, Robert Richardson, David Watkin, Milton R. Krasner, Lee Garmes, Russell Metty, Haskell Wexler, Jack Cardiff, Joseph Lashelle, Burnett Guffey, Geoffrey Unsworth, Harry Stradling, Janusz Kamiński, Vilmos Zsigmond, Boris Kaufman, Chris Menges, Winton Hoch, Cleopatra, Freddie Young, Arthur Charles Miller, Russell Boyd, Guy Green, Charles Rosher, Robert Elswit, Vittorio Storaro, Charles Lang, Eugen Schüfftan, Andrew Lesnie, Pasqualino de Santis, Karl Struss, Dion Beebe, Anthony Dod Mantle, Guillermo Navarro, Ted Moore, John Seale, Floyd Crosby, Jack Hildyard, Nicola Pecorini, Robert L. Surtees, Peter Biziou, John Toll, Robert Krasker, Loyal Griggs, George Barnes, Peter Pau, Mauro Fiore. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 202. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: James Wong Howe, A.S.C. (Chinese ; pinyin: Huáng Zngzhn) (August 28, 1899 - July 12, 1976) was an American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films. A master at the use of shadow, he was one of the first to use deep-focus cinematography, photography in which both foreground and distant planes remain in focus. During the 1930s and 1940s he was one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood. He was nominated for ten Academy Awards for cinematography, winning twice. Howe was judged to be one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild. Howe was born Wong Tung Jim in Taishan, Canton Province (now Guangdong), China in 1899. His father Wong Howe moved to America that year to work on the Northern Pacific Railway and in 1904 sent for his family. The Howes settled in Pasco, Washington, where they owned a general store. A childhood Brown...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2076936
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