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Ernest Haller is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 31 may 1896 at Los Angeles (USA)

Ernest Haller

Ernest Haller
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Nationality USA
Birth 31 may 1896 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 21 october 1970 (at 74 years) at Marina del Rey (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Ernest Haller, A.S.C. also credited as Ernie B. Haller, (May 31, 1896 - October 21, 1970), was an American cinematographer.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Haller joined Biograph Studios as an actor in 1914, then began to freelance as a cinematographer. By 1920, he was a full-fledged director of photography and worked on some 180 films.

Among his notable films, many of which starred Bette Davis, are Captain Blood (1935), Dangerous (1935), That Certain Woman (1937), Jezebel (1938), Dark Victory (1939), Gone with the Wind (1939), All This, and Heaven Too (1940), The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941), Mr. Skeffington (1944), Mildred Pierce (1945), Deception (1946), Humoresque (1946), Winter Meeting (1948), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Lilies of the Field (1963) and Dead Ringer (1964).

On the second pilot episode for the television series Star Trek (later known as Star Trek: The Original Series), "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966), Haller came out of semi-retirement to serve as director of photography. Director James Goldstone recommended Haller at the last minute, after attempts to locate a cameraman had proved problematic.

Haller was nominated for the Academy Award seven times and won the Oscar for Best Cinematography for Gone with the Wind.

He died in Marina del Rey, the victim of a car accident.

Best films

Gone with the Wind (1939)
(Director of Photography)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
(Director of Photography)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
(Director of Photography)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
(Director of Photography)
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
(Director of Photography)
Lilies of the Field (1963)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Orry-Kelly
Orry-Kelly
(29 films)
Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(26 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(26 films)
Max Steiner
Max Steiner
(20 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ernest Haller (129 films)

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Cameraman

Dead Ringer, 1h55
Directed by Paul Henreid
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about families
Actors Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford, Philip Carey, Jean Hagen, George Macready
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.645513.645513.645513.645513.64551
At the funeral of her husband Frank, wealthy widow Margaret DeLorca (Bette Davis), meets up with her twin sister, downcast Edith Phillips (also played by Davis), from whom she has been estranged for 18 years. The two return to DeLorca's opulent mansion, where the two argue about their falling out over Margaret's marriage to DeLorca, who originally courted Edith but had an affair with Margaret. Margaret had told Frank she was pregnant and forced him into marriage. However, Edith finds out from Margaret's chauffeur (George Chandler) that Margaret was never pregnant, and becomes resentful. While Margaret now enjoys a life of ease and wealth, Edith is struggling financially. Edith's business, a cocktail lounge, is losing money and she is threatened with eviction for not paying her bills.
Lilies of the Field, 1h34
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Dan Frazer, Jester Hairston, Stanley Adams, Bobby Driscoll
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74% 3.747253.747253.747253.747253.74725
Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) is an itinerant handyman/jack-of-all-trades who stops at a farm in the Arizona desert to obtain some water for his car. There he sees several women working on a fence, very ineptly. The women, who speak very little English, introduce themselves as German, Austrian and Hungarian nuns. The mother superior, the leader of the nuns, persuades him to do a small roofing repair. He stays overnight, assuming that he will be paid in the morning. Next day, Smith tries to persuade the mother superior to pay him by quoting Luke 10:7, "The laborer is worthy of his hire." Mother Maria Marthe (Lilia Skala, called "Mother Maria"), responds by asking him to read another Bible verse from the Sermon on the Mount: "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 2h8
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about films, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about television, Vieillesse, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Gina Gillespie, Wesley Addy, Maidie Norman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating79% 3.998913.998913.998913.998913.99891
In 1917, Baby Jane Hudson is a vaudevillian child star while her sister Blanche Hudson is not famous and overlooked by their father. By 1935, both sisters are movie actors, but Blanche has achieved stardom, while Jane’s films have flopped, leading Jane to drink heavily. One night, returning from a party, one of the sisters (implied to be Blanche) gets out of the car to open the garage door, while the driver (implied to be Jane) attempts to run her over, misses, and crashes into the garage. The accident leaves Blanche paralyzed.
Pressure Point, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Prison films, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid, Howard Caine, Richard Bakalyan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.5424553.5424553.5424553.5424553.542455
Poitier plays the unnamed chief psychiatrist at an institution in 1962. A doctor on his staff is frustrated with his patient and wants him assigned to another doctor. The psychiatrist then tells of having a similar experience 20 years earlier with a Nazi sympathizer. A flashback begins.
Armored Command, 1h39
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Howard Keel, Tina Louise, Burt Reynolds, Warner Anderson, Earl Holliman, Carleton Young
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52% 2.617562.617562.617562.617562.61756
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la jeune Alexandra Bastegar, blessée et épuisée, est recueillie par un groupe de soldats américains. Cette femme est en réalité une espionne nazie qui tente d'infiltrer la patrouille et de se procurer de précieuses informations pour ses supérieurs...
Three Blondes In His Life, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jock Mahoney, Greta Thyssen, Anthony Dexter, Jesse White, Phil Arnold
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51% 2.5816952.5816952.5816952.5816952.581695
Fear No More, 1h20
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Jacques Bergerac, Mala Powers, Robert Karnes, Peter Brocco
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.1448753.1448753.1448753.1448753.144875
Why Must I Die, 1h26
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Terry Moore, Debra Paget, Bert Freed, Sid Melton, Dorothy Lovett, Jackie Joseph
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.860592.860592.860592.860592.86059
Lois King keeps her troubled past from nightclub owner Kenny Randall, who hires her to sing at his club, The Cockatoo, and has fallen in love with her.
The 3rd Voice, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Laraine Day, Julie London, Olga San Juan, Tom Hernández, George Eldredge
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.3645653.3645653.3645653.3645653.364565
The Man (Edmond O'Brien) is the accomplice of Marian Forbes (Laraine Day), the spurned mistress of a tycoon. She coaches The Man in impersonating the voice and appearance and habits of the intended victim and when he has been taken care of The Man begins his masquerade in a Mexican resort. Here he meets Corey Scott (Julie London) and moves on to contemplating the murder of his tutor. But things begin to go awry.
The Boy and the Pirates, 1h22
Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Time travel films, Pirate films, Children's films
Actors Murvyn Vye, Charles Herbert, Susan Lynn Gordon, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961), Joe Turkel, Paul Guilfoyle
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52% 2.617142.617142.617142.617142.61714
A boy, Jimmy Warren, living along the coast in Massachusetts is upset with the unfairness of "modern" life in 1960 when his father scolds him about his school grades. He plays on a wrecked ship along the shore with Kathy. He picks up an odd jar, and wishes he were back in the olden days, on a pirate ship. When Jimmy utters "Where am I?", the magic jar pops open, and a strange little man pops out. He introduces himself as Abu the Genie, and states that he has granted Jimmy his fondest wish: to be on a real pirate ship. Jimmy scoffs at the notion, but Abu insists that they are at that very moment passengers on Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the notorious Blackbeard.
The Miracle, 2h1
Directed by Irving Rapper
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on plays, Films about virginity
Actors Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak, Vittorio Gassman, Katína Paxinoú, Gustavo Rojo
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.954732.954732.954732.954732.95473
Teresa (Carroll Baker), a postulant at the convent of Miraflores in Salamanca, Spain, is an orphan taken in by the sisters there. She enjoys the convent life, despite being a handful for her superiors. She sings worldly love songs to the other postulants and reads secular stories and plays such as Romeo and Juliet. Still, she has a lively devotion to Christ and to His Blessed Mother. A statue of the Madonna, in fact, is held in high regard by Teresa as she goes about her duties.
God's Little Acre, 1h58
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Jack Lord, Tina Louise, Buddy Hackett, Fay Spain
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.24653.24653.24653.24653.2465
Widower Ty Ty Walden (Robert Ryan) and his two daughters live in the backwoods of Georgia during the Great Depression (although the film appears to be set in the 1950s, since many of the cars are 1950s vintage). While Ty Ty searches for gold on his farm, his son-in-law Will (Aldo Ray) cheats on his wife Rosamund (Helen Westcott) with Griselda (Tina Louise). Ty Ty has been digging for gold on his land for 15 years. Pluto Swint (Buddy Hackett) arrives to announce he's running for sheriff. Swint is invited to come around back where Darlin' Jill (Fay Spain) is taking a bath in an outdoor bathtub positioned near a handpump and spigot. She asks him to pump some more water (the camera never dips lower than the top of the tub). He is asked to keep his eyes closed, but takes a pleasurable peek.
Man of the West, 1h40
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O'Connell, Jack Lord, John Dehner
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.495243.495243.495243.495243.49524
Link Jones (Gary Cooper) rides into Crosscut, Texas to have a bite to eat, then catch a train to Fort Worth, where he intends to use the savings of his community of Good Hope to hire a schoolteacher.
The Young Don't Cry, 1h29
Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, J. Carrol Naish, Gene Lyons, Paul Carr, Stefan Gierasch
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.0492953.0492953.0492953.0492953.049295
Un adolescent solitaire, pensionnaire d'un orphelinat, aide un prisonnier évadé condamné à tort à retrouver sa dignité.
Men in War
Men in War (1957)
, 1h42
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Nehemiah Persoff, Philip Pine, Vic Morrow
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.5447153.5447153.5447153.5447153.544715
On 6 September 1950, an isolated and exhausted platoon of the 24th Infantry Division is cut off. In addition to losing radio contact, the platoon is harassed by unseen North Korean infiltrators who silently kill the Americans and take their weapons. Platoon commander Lieutenant Benson (Robert Ryan) has only vague instructions to reach a certain hill to link up with American forces.