James Wong Howe
Known for: Camera
Born: August 27, 1899
Died: July 12, 1976
Place of birth: Guangzhou, China
James Wong Howe, ASC (born Wong Tung Jim, Chinese: 黃宗霑; August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976) was a Chinese 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.
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Filmography
134 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
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Against All Odds: The Life of Cinematographer James Wong Howe
2024
6.0
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
2007
7.0
Visions of Light
1992
NR
The Rickshaw Boy
1981
5.3
Funny Lady
1975
NR
James Wong Howe: Cinematographer
1973
6.3
The Horsemen
1971
6.4
The Molly Maguires
1970
4.6
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970
7.5
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
7.1
Hombre
1967
7.4
Seconds
1966
6.4
This Property Is Condemned
1966
6.5
The Glory Guys
1965
5.8
The Outrage
1964
7.3
Hud
1963
NR
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
1963
7.8
87th Precinct
1961
10.0
Tess of the Storm Country
1960
4.8
Checkmate
1960
4.8
Song Without End
1960
5.1
The Story on Page One
1959
6.9
The Last Angry Man
1959
6.6
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
5.3
The Invisible Avenger
1958
6.5
The Old Man and the Sea
1958
7.6
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
5.6
Drango
1957
6.2
Armored Attack!
1957
6.0
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
6.9
The Rose Tattoo
1955
6.4
Picnic
1955
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Autumn in Rome
1954
5.4
Go Man Go
1954
6.0
Jennifer
1953
7.3
Main Street to Broadway
1953
5.9
Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.3
Come Back, Little Sheba
1953
9.0
The World of Dong Kingman
1953
4.6
The Lady Says No
1952
6.2
Behave Yourself!
1951
7.2
He Ran All the Way
1951
6.2
The Brave Bulls
1951
5.9
The Eagle and the Hawk
1950
6.7
The Baron of Arizona
1950
6.1
The Time of Your Life
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
6.7
Body and Soul
1947
6.5
Pursued
1947
6.2
Nora Prentiss
1947
7.3
My Reputation
1946
6.0
Danger Signal
1945
5.5
Confidential Agent
1945
6.4
Counter-Attack
1945
6.9
Objective, Burma!
1945
6.6
Passage to Marseille
1944
6.0
The North Star
1943
6.9
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
6.5
Air Force
1943
6.5
The Hard Way
1943
7.0
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
7.3
Kings Row
1942
4.8
Navy Blues
1941
6.3
Out of the Fog
1941
6.1
Shining Victory
1941
7.0
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
7.3
Fantasia
1940
6.3
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
6.9
City for Conquest
1940
7.0
Torrid Zone
1940
6.9
Saturday's Children
1940
6.5
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
6.9
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
6.3
Daughters Courageous
1939
6.0
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
6.3
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
5.7
Comet Over Broadway
1938
6.6
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938
6.4
Algiers
1938
7.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
6.8
Under the Red Robe
1937
6.2
Fire Over England
1937
6.5
Farewell Again
1937
6.0
Three Live Ghosts
1936
6.4
Whipsaw
1935
4.9
Rendezvous
1935
6.2
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
5.0
The Flame Within
1935
6.2
Mark of the Vampire
1935
6.0
The Night Is Young
1935
6.8
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
7.3
Have a Heart
1934
5.2
Stamboul Quest
1934
7.5
The Thin Man
1934
5.6
Hollywood Party
1934
7.0
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
6.2
Viva Villa!
1934
6.3
The Show-Off
1934
5.9
The Power and the Glory
1933
7.2
Beauty for Sale
1933
6.0
Hello, Sister!
1933
6.3
Chandu the Magician
1932
7.0
Man About Town
1932
5.5
Young America
1932
10.0
Amateur Daddy
1932
6.2
After Tomorrow
1932
7.0
Shanghai Express
1932
10.0
Dance Team
1932
5.5
Surrender
1931
5.1
The Yellow Ticket
1931
7.0
The Spider
1931
5.8
Transatlantic
1931
6.1
The Criminal Code
1931
3.3
Today
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The Inevitable Urge
1930
5.4
Desert Nights
1929
9.0
The Perfect Crime
1928
7.4
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928
6.0
Sorrell and Son
1927
7.0
The Rough Riders
1927
7.0
Padlocked
1926
6.2
Mantrap
1926
8.0
Not So Long Ago
1925
7.0
The Charmer
1925
6.9
Peter Pan
1924
8.0
The Side Show of Life
1924
NR
The Breaking Point
1924
7.0
The Call of the Canyon
1923
5.0
The Spanish Dancer
1923
9.0
To the Last Man
1923
NR
Drums of Fate
1923
8.0
The Siren Call
1922
8.0
The Woman Who Walked Alone
1922
7.0
Told in the Hills
1919
7.0
Puppy Love
1919