Ernest Laszlo
Ernest Laszlo | |
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László Ernő | |
Born | (1898-04-23)April 23, 1898 Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
Died | January 6, 1984(1984-01-06) (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 1928–1977 |
Title | A.S.C. |
Board member of | A.S.C. President (1973–1975) |
Spouse | Rosa Ellen Nelson (1 daughter) |
Children | Joan Petralia[1] |
Awards | Best Cinematography Ship of Fools 1966 |
Ernest Laszlo, A.S.C. (born László Ernő; April 23, 1898 – January 6, 1984)[2] was a Hungarian-American cinematographer for over 60 films, and was known for his frequent collaborations with directors Robert Aldrich and Stanley Kramer. He was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, and was its president from 1972 to 1974. He was an active member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.[3]
Life and career
Born in Budapest, he emigrated to the United States and began working as a camera operator on such silent films as Wings (1927). Between 1927 and 1977, he served as cinematographer on 69 films. Between 1961 and 1976, Laszlo was nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, and won the award in 1966 for Ship of Fools. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1984.
Selected filmography
- The White Outlaw (1929)
- Primrose Path (1931)
- Dear Ruth (1947)
- Road to Rio (1947)
- Lulu Belle (1948)
- Cover Up (1949)
- Impact (1949)
- The Big Wheel (1949)
- The Lucky Stiff (1949)
- Manhandled (1949)
- D.O.A. (1949)
- The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
- The Well (1951)
- The Star (1952)
- Houdini (1953)
- Stalag 17 (1953)
- Apache (1954)
- Vera Cruz (1954)
- The Naked Jungle (1954)
- The Big Knife (1955)
- Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
- While the City Sleeps (1956)
- Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
- Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
- Tormented (1960)
- Inherit the Wind (1960), Academy Award nomination
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Academy Award nomination
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Academy Award nomination
- Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
- Ship of Fools (1965), Academy Award winner
- Fantastic Voyage (1966), Academy Award nomination
- Star! (1968), Academy Award nomination
- Airport (1970), Academy Award nomination
- That's Entertainment! (1974)
- Logan's Run (1976), Academy Award nomination
- The Domino Principle (1977)
References
External links
- Ernest Laszlo at IMDb
- Ernest Laszlo papers at the American Heritage Center
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- Charles Rosher and Karl Struss (1928)
- Clyde De Vinna (1929)
- Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van der Veer (1930)
- Floyd Crosby (1931)
- Lee Garmes (1932)
- Charles Lang (1933)
- Victor Milner (1934)
- Hal Mohr (1935)
- Tony Gaudio (1936)
- Karl Freund (1937)
- Joseph Ruttenberg (1938)
- Gregg Toland / Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan (1939)
- George Barnes / George Perinal (1940)
- Arthur C. Miller / Ernest Palmer (1941)
- Joseph Ruttenberg / Leon Shamroy (1942)
- Arthur C. Miller / Hal Mohr (1943)
- Joseph LaShelle / Leon Shamroy (1944)
- Harry Stradling / Leon Shamroy (1945)
- Arthur C. Miller / Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, and Arthur Arling (1946)
- Guy Green / Jack Cardiff (1947)
- William Daniels / Joseph A. Valentine, William V. Skall, and Winton C. Hoch (1948)
- Paul C. Vogel / Winton C. Hoch (1949)
- Robert Krasker / Robert Surtees (1950)
- William C. Mellor / Alfred Gilks and John Alton (1951)
- Robert Surtees / Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout (1952)
- Burnett Guffey / Loyal Griggs (1953)
- Boris Kaufman / Milton R. Krasner (1954)
- James Wong Howe / Robert Burks (1955)
- Joseph Ruttenberg / Lionel Lindon (1956)
- Jack Hildyard (1957)
- Sam Leavitt / Joseph Ruttenberg (1958)
- William C. Mellor / Robert Surtees (1959)
- Freddie Francis / Russell Metty (1960)
- Eugen Schüfftan / Daniel L. Fapp (1961)
- Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz / Freddie Young (1962)
- James Wong Howe / Leon Shamroy (1963)
- Walter Lassally / Harry Stradling (1964)
- Ernest Laszlo / Freddie Young (1965)
- Haskell Wexler / Ted Moore (1966)
- Burnett Guffey (1967)
- Pasqualino De Santis (1968)
- Conrad L. Hall (1969)
- Freddie Young (1970)
- Oswald Morris (1971)
- Geoffrey Unsworth (1972)
- Sven Nykvist (1973)
- Fred J. Koenekamp and Joseph F. Biroc (1974)
- John Alcott (1975)
- Haskell Wexler (1976)
- Vilmos Zsigmond (1977)
- Néstor Almendros (1978)
- Vittorio Storaro (1979)
- Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet (1980)
- Vittorio Storaro (1981)
- Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor (1982)
- Sven Nykvist (1983)
- Chris Menges (1984)
- David Watkin (1985)
- Chris Menges (1986)
- Vittorio Storaro (1987)
- Peter Biziou (1988)
- Freddie Francis (1989)
- Dean Semler (1990)
- Robert Richardson (1991)
- Philippe Rousselot (1992)
- Janusz Kamiński (1993)
- John Toll (1994)
- John Toll (1995)
- John Seale (1996)
- Russell Carpenter (1997)
- Janusz Kamiński (1998)
- Conrad Hall (1999)
- Peter Pau (2000)
- Andrew Lesnie (2001)
- Conrad Hall (2002)
- Russell Boyd (2003)
- Robert Richardson (2004)
- Dion Beebe (2005)
- Guillermo Navarro (2006)
- Robert Elswit (2007)
- Anthony Dod Mantle (2008)
- Mauro Fiore (2009)
- Wally Pfister (2010)
- Robert Richardson (2011)
- Claudio Miranda (2012)
- Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
- Emmanuel Lubezki (2014)
- Emmanuel Lubezki (2015)
- Linus Sandgren (2016)
- Roger Deakins (2017)
- Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
- Roger Deakins (2019)
- Erik Messerschmidt (2020)
- Greig Fraser (2021)
- James Friend (2022)
- Hoyte van Hoytema (2023)