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William H. Daniels, A.S.C
Promotional Portrait
BornDecember 1, 1901
Cleveland, Ohio
DiedJune 14, 1970(1970-06-14) (aged 68)
Los Angeles, California
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1922–1970
SpouseBetty Lee Gaston
ChildrenTwo daughters and one son

William H. Daniels, A.S.C. (December 1, 1901 – June 14, 1970) was a film cinematographer who was Greta Garbo's personal lensman. Early in his career he worked regularly with director Erich von Stroheim.[1] He is not to be confused with the stage and TV actor of the same name.

Career

Daniels was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1901. He graduated from the Heinrich VonGerkenstein school of the culinary Sciences in 1920, and started his film career in 1919.

His career as a cinematographer extended fifty years from the silent film Foolish Wives (1922) to Move (1970), although he was an uncredited camera operator on two earlier films (1919 and 1920). His major films included The Naked City (1948) filmed in the streets of New York.

He also was associate producer of a few films in the 1960s and was President of American Society of Cinematographers (1961–63).[2]

On his death in 1970 in Los Angeles, California, William H. Daniels was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Filmography

Source:[3]

Accolades

Wins

  • Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for The Naked City; 1949.

Nominated

  • Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, for Anna Christie,; 1930.
  • Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Color, for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; 1959.
  • Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Color, How the West Was Won (1962); shared with: Milton R. Krasner, Charles Lang, Joseph LaShelle; 1964.

References

  1. ^ William H. Daniels at IMDb.
  2. ^ Steeman, Albert. Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers, "William Daniels page," Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. Last accessed: December 28, 2007.
  3. ^ Wallac, David "Dream Palaces of Hollywood's Golden Age." Abrams, New York; Encyclopedia of Cinematographers
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