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John F. Seitz is a Actor, Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 23 june 1892 at Chicago (USA)

John F. Seitz

John F. Seitz
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Nationality USA
Birth 23 june 1892 at Chicago (USA)
Death 27 february 1979 (at 86 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

John Francis Seitz, A.S.C. (June 23, 1892 – February 27, 1979) was an American cinematographer and inventor.

He was nominated for seven Academy Awards.

Best films

Going My Way (1944)
(Director of Photography)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
(Director of Photography)
Cavalcade (1933)
(Cinematography)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
(Additional Photography)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
(Director of Photography)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd
(28 films)
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(26 films)
Edith Head
Edith Head
(24 films)
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram
(13 films)
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(19 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John F. Seitz (169 films)

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Actor

Chelsea Walls, 1h49
Directed by Ethan Hawke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about suicide, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Uma Thurman, Guillermo Díaz, Robert Sean Leonard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Natasha Richardson
Roles Dean
Rating48% 2.4055552.4055552.4055552.4055552.405555
The film tells five stories of a number of artists as they spend a single day in New York's famed bohemian home Chelsea Hotel, struggling with their arts and personal lives.
The Next Big Thing, 1h27
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Chris Eigeman, Jamie Harris, Connie Britton, Mike Starr, Farley Granger, Marin Hinkle
Roles Mr. Chesick
Rating58% 2.903982.903982.903982.903982.90398
Gus Bishop is a talented but failing New York painter who lacks the marketing savvy to make it in today's art world. After getting pick-pocketed in the subway, Gus' destiny is turned over into the hands of Deech—who promptly burglarizes his home and steals his paintings. To capitalize on his stolen goods, Deech generates interest in Gus' work by creating Geoffrey Boiardi, a fictional artist with a fascinating profile. Geoffrey becomes an overnight sensation while Gus is forced into the shadows of the ever-illusive rising star.
Blood and Wine, 1h41
Directed by Bob Rafelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jack Nicholson, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez, Judy Davis, Michael Caine, Harold Perrineau, Jr.
Roles Mr. Frank Reese
Rating59% 2.9980452.9980452.9980452.9980452.998045
Alex Gates is a wealthy wine merchant who has distanced himself from his alcoholic wife Suzanne with his philandering, and from his stepson Jason with his indifference. Alex is heavily in debt, and cases the house of his clients, the Reese family. After he steals a valuable diamond necklace with the help of his Cuban mistress Gabriela and his safe-cracker partner Victor, things start to fall apart fast.
The Hudsucker Proxy, 1h51
Directed by Frères Coen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman, Charles Durning, Jim True-Frost, Bill Cobbs
Roles Bennie
Rating71% 3.5992853.5992853.5992853.5992853.599285
In December 1958, Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins), a business college graduate from Muncie, Indiana, arrives in New York City looking for a job. He struggles due to lack of experience and becomes a mailroom clerk at Hudsucker Industries. Meanwhile, the company's founder and president, Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning), unexpectedly commits suicide during a business meeting by jumping out of a top-floor window. Afterwards, Sidney J. Mussburger (Paul Newman), a ruthless member of the board of directors, learns Hudsucker's stock shares will be soon sold to the public, he mounts a scheme to buy the controlling interest in the company by temporarily depressing the stock price from hiring an incompetent president to replace Hudsucker.
Talk Radio
Talk Radio (1988)
, 1h50
Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Radio, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley, Alec Baldwin, John Pankow
Rating71% 3.5980853.5980853.5980853.5980853.598085
Barry Champlain, a Jewish radio personality in Dallas, Texas, is a host with a caustic sense of humor and a knack for cutting people down with his controversial politically liberal views.
Hard Choices, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors John Sayles, John F. Seitz, J. T. Walsh, Martin Donovan, Spalding Gray
Rating62% 3.1376853.1376853.1376853.1376853.137685
The film's story revolves around a young adolescent Bobby (Gary McCleery) who decides to accompany his brother along for a drive in his vehicle. While on this venture, associates of his sibling steal from a shop and kill an employee who was working at the business. The suspects are apprehended, and the protagonist is found guilty of the crime and jailed for his actions. The local sheriff (John Seitz) empathizes with the boy's situation. A woman counselor Laura (Margaret Klenck) is given the young man's file and she is under the impression that he did not commit the crime. This counselor finds herself having feelings for the young man. She decides to attempt to assist him in convincing the legal system that he is not guilty. Her other option if this fails is to illegally ferret him out of the prison of her own accord. Laura requests a favor from her friend involved in substance abuse (John Sayles), and this friend provides her with a weapon. Laura, now armed, goes into the police department and gets Bobby out of prison. Laura's acquaintance involved with the substance abuse manages to successfully transport Bobby and Laura to Florida, where they may continue expressing their affectionate feelings towards one another while attempting to avoid the reach of law enforcement.

Cameraman

Guns of the Timberland, 1h31
Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland, Frankie Avalon, Lyle Bettger, Noah Beery, Jr
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.761342.761342.761342.761342.76134
Logger Jim Hadley (Alan Ladd) and his lumberjack crew are looking for new forest to cut. They locate a prime prospect outside the town of Deep Wells. The residents of Deep Wells led by Laura Riley (Jeanne Crain) are opposed to the felling of the trees, believing that losing them would cause mudslides during the heavy rains. Conflict between the town's residents and the loggers is inevitable.
The Man in the Net, 1h38
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, John Rollin Lupton, Diane Brewster, Charles McGraw, Tom Helmore
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.04453.04453.04453.04453.0445
Commercial artist John Hamilton (Alan Ladd) and wife Linda (Carolyn Jones) leave New York and move to Stoneville, Connecticut, in the New England countryside, to escape the bustle of the city and because of John's growing concern about Linda's alcoholism.
The Badlanders
Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance, Western
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly, Nehemiah Persoff
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.1964353.1964353.1964353.1964353.196435
In 1898, two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison. One, mining engineer and geologist Peter Van Hoek (Ladd), the "Dutchman," tells the warden he was framed for the robbery of a gold shipment from the Lisbon Mine. The other, John McBain (Borgnine), killed Bascomb, the man who cheated him out of his land.
The Deep Six, 1h48
Directed by John Waters, Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Political films
Actors Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Efrem Zimbalist II
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.9978752.9978752.9978752.9978752.997875
In September 1942, during World War II, Susan Cahill (Dianne Foster), art director for an ad agency on Madison Avenue run by her fiance, is jealous of his business flirtation with a client's daughter to secure a deal. She accepts an invitation to dinner on Long Island from agency artist Alexander "Alec" Austen (Alan Ladd). Susan is disturbed by Alec's obvious feelings for her, but accepts a lunch date the next day anyway. After she leaves, Alec receives a telegram to report for active duty in the U.S. Navy but decides not to tell Susan as their relationship grows. Just before reporting for duty, Alec takes Susan home to meet his mother, a Quaker, revealing to them his hope to marry Susan—and his call up. His mother is hurt that Alec did not disclose his military obligation and saddened that he has disregarded the pacifist tenets of his upbringing. Susan admits she loves Alec, but will not break her engagement.
The Big Land, 1h32
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Anthony Caruso, Julie Bishop, John Qualen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.146583.146583.146583.146583.14658
Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) leads a cattle drive to Missouri, assuring fellow ranchers that their stock will bring $20 a head at auction. Instead, ruthless cattle baron Brog (Anthony Caruso) has scared off all competition and offers much less.
A Cry in the Night, 1h15
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood, Raymond Burr, Richard Anderson, Irene Hervey
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.9955652.9955652.9955652.9955652.995565
Eighteen-year-old Liz Taggart has gone to a lovers' lane with her boyfriend, Owen Clark, who has not yet been introduced to her parents. Unbeknownst to them, a psychopath named Harold Loftus has been watching them. Loftus knocks Owen unconscious and overpowers Liz, taking her to a shack.
Hell on Frisco Bay, 1h38
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Joanne Dru, William Demarest, Jayne Mansfield, Paul Stewart
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.190783.190783.190783.190783.19078
After five years in San Quentin prison, former policeman Steve Rollins is released. Unjustly convicted of manslaughter in an arrested man's death, Steve is met by a friend from the force, Dan Bianco, and by wife Marcia, whom he shuns because she has been unfaithful to him.