Joseph Ruttenberg
Known for: Camera
Born: July 4, 1889
Died: May 1, 1983
Place of birth: Berdychiv, Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. (July 4, 1889 - May 1, 1983) was a Russian-born American photojournalist and cinematographer. Ruttenberg was accomplished at winning accolades. At MGM, Ruttenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography ten times, winning four. In addition, he won the 1954 Golden Globe Award for his camera work on the film Brigadoon. Born into a Jewish family in Berdychiv Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine , Joseph Ruttenberg emigrated to the United States, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 January 1895. As a young man he went to work at the Boston Globe newspaper as a photojournalist but left in 1915 to accept a job with the Fox Film Corporation in New York City to train as a cinematographer. Two years later he was behind the camera for his first silent film, The Painted Madonna (1917), which marked the start of a remarkably successful career In the late 1920s Ruttenberg went to work for Paramount Pictures in New York. His first talkie assignment was The Struggle (1931), D.W. Griffith's final film. Then in 1934 Ruttenberg signed on with MGM, moving to Hollywood where he was invited to join the American Society of Cinematographers. Joseph Ruttenberg retired from MGM in 1968 and died in Los Angeles on May 1, 1983.
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Filmography
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5.9
Speedway
1968
5.1
The Oscar
1966
5.6
Harlow
1965
5.2
Love Has Many Faces
1965
6.3
Sylvia
1965
5.3
A Global Affair
1964
6.1
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
5.8
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963
6.2
The Hook
1963
5.2
Who's Got the Action?
1962
6.3
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
6.5
Ada
1961
5.4
Two Loves
1961
6.3
BUtterfield 8
1960
5.1
The Subterraneans
1960
6.3
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
5.7
Green Mansions
1959
6.7
The Reluctant Debutante
1958
6.2
Gigi
1958
6.3
Until They Sail
1957
6.0
Man on Fire
1957
6.0
The Vintage
1957
7.2
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956
6.0
Invitation to the Dance
1956
6.9
The Swan
1956
5.6
Kismet
1955
4.6
The Prodigal
1955
5.8
Interrupted Melody
1955
6.1
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
6.5
Brigadoon
1954
5.9
Her Twelve Men
1954
10.0
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
6.8
Nostradamus and the Queen
1953
6.0
Let's Ask Nostradamus
1953
7.1
Julius Caesar
1953
5.6
Small Town Girl
1953
6.9
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
6.8
Because You're Mine
1952
5.2
Young Man with Ideas
1952
5.1
Too Young to Kiss
1951
7.0
Kind Lady
1951
5.9
The Great Caruso
1951
5.9
Cause for Alarm!
1951
5.9
The Magnificent Yankee
1950
6.2
The Miniver Story
1950
6.7
Summer Stock
1950
6.5
Side Street
1950
6.0
That Forsyte Woman
1949
6.3
The Bribe
1949
6.7
Julia Misbehaves
1948
6.3
B.F.'s Daughter
1948
6.3
Killer McCoy
1947
6.5
Desire Me
1947
6.4
Adventure
1945
7.2
The Valley of Decision
1945
6.0
Mrs. Parkington
1944
7.5
Gaslight
1944
7.2
Madame Curie
1943
6.5
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
7.3
Random Harvest
1942
5.9
Crossroads
1942
7.1
Mrs. Miniver
1942
7.0
Woman of the Year
1942
6.4
Two-Faced Woman
1941
6.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
19416.0
You Can't Fool a Camera
1941
6.7
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
6.1
Comrade X
1940
7.5
The Philadelphia Story
1940
7.5
Waterloo Bridge
1940
6.8
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
5.3
Balalaika
1939
7.2
The Women
1939
7.6
On Borrowed Time
1939
5.4
Tell No Tales
1939
5.6
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
5.9
The Great Waltz
1938
6.8
The Shopworn Angel
1938
7.3
Three Comrades
1938
7.3
The First Hundred Years
1938
5.0
Everybody Sing
1938
5.6
Live, Love and Learn
1937
6.4
Double Wedding
1937
7.7
Big City
1937
7.1
A Day at the Races
1937
6.4
Mad Holiday
1936
6.8
Piccadilly Jim
1936
7.5
Fury
1936
6.9
Three Godfathers
1936
10.0
Man Hunt
1936
6.3
Men Without Names
1935
7.0
The People's Enemy
1935
6.1
Woman in the Dark
1934
5.0
Bubbling Over
1934
NR
Everybody Likes Music
1934
6.7
The Struggle
1931
6.5
The Cocoanuts
1929
8.0
The Fool
1925
8.0
School for Wives
1925
9.0
Does It Pay?
1923
10.0
If Winter Comes
1923
7.0
Who Are My Parents?
1922
9.0
My Friend the Devil
1922
8.0
The Town That Forgot God
1922
10.0
A Virgin Paradise
1921
7.0
Beyond Price
1921
7.0
Know Your Men
1921
10.0
The Mountain Woman
19213.0
The Thief
1920
10.0
From Now On
1920
9.0
The Shark
1920
4.0
My Little Sister
1919
8.0
A Fallen Idol
1919
NR
The Painted Madonna
1917
NR
Thou Shalt Not Steal
1917
10.0
The Tiger's Cub
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