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Russell Metty is a Director of Photography and Stunts American born on 20 september 1906 at Los Angeles (USA)
Russell Metty, A.S.C. (September 20, 1906 – April 28, 1978) was an American cinematographer who won the Academy Award Best Cinematography, Color, for the 1960 film Spartacus.
Parmi les réalisateurs avec lesquels il travaille, mentionnons John Huston (ex. : Les Désaxés en 1961, avec Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift), Stanley Kubrick (Spartacus en 1960, avec Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons), George Sherman (ex. : À l'abordage en 1952, avec Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara) et Orson Welles (ex. : Le Criminel en 1946, avec Loretta Young, Orson Welles), entre autres. Mais surtout, il collabore avec Douglas Sirk sur dix films, entre 1953 et 1959 (ex. : Le Secret magnifique en 1954, avec Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson).
Spartacus de Kubrick lui permet de gagner l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie (il aura une autre nomination) en 1961.
Également, Russell Metty est directeur de la photographie pour la télévision, sur des séries (en particulier, Columbo) et téléfilms, entre 1958 et 1977.
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Nationality USA
Birth 20 september 1906 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 28 april 1978 (at 71 years) at California (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Birth 20 september 1906 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 28 april 1978 (at 71 years) at California (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Biography
Russell Metty débute au cinéma en 1931 ; d'abord premier assistant opérateur, puis cadreur, il devient chef opérateur en 1934. Il contribue en tout à plus de 150 films américains, jusqu'en 1974.Parmi les réalisateurs avec lesquels il travaille, mentionnons John Huston (ex. : Les Désaxés en 1961, avec Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift), Stanley Kubrick (Spartacus en 1960, avec Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons), George Sherman (ex. : À l'abordage en 1952, avec Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara) et Orson Welles (ex. : Le Criminel en 1946, avec Loretta Young, Orson Welles), entre autres. Mais surtout, il collabore avec Douglas Sirk sur dix films, entre 1953 et 1959 (ex. : Le Secret magnifique en 1954, avec Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson).
Spartacus de Kubrick lui permet de gagner l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie (il aura une autre nomination) en 1961.
Également, Russell Metty est directeur de la photographie pour la télévision, sur des séries (en particulier, Columbo) et téléfilms, entre 1958 et 1977.
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Directed by Bill Bixby, Boris Sagal, David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, Susan Blakely, Edward Asnere, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Reed
Roles Director of Photography
Rating81%
Ben (1972)
, 1h34Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O'Connell, Meredith Baxter, Rosemary Murphy, Kaz Garas
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53%
A lonely boy named Danny Garrison befriends Ben, the rat leader of the swarm of rats trained by Willard Stiles. Ben becomes the boy's best friend, protecting him from bullying and keeping his spirits up in the face of a heart condition.
The Omega Man (1971)
, 1h38Directed by Boris Sagal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Paul Koslo, Rosalind Cash, Eric Laneuville, Brian Tochi
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
In 1975, biological warfare between China and Russia kills most of the world's population. U.S. Army Col. Robert Neville, M.D. is a scientist based in Los Angeles. As he begins to succumb to the plague himself, he injects himself with an experimental vaccine, rendering himself immune.
How Do I Love Thee? (1970)
, 1h50Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Jackie Gleason, Maureen O'Hara, Shelley Winters, Rosemary Forsyth, Rick Lenz, Don Beddoe
Roles Director of Photography
Rating50%
Tom Waltz, a college professor, finds out that Stanley, his father, is in Lourdes, France. He quickly catches a flight there over his wife Marion's objections.
Tribes (1970)
, 1h30Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Darren McGavin, Jan-Michael Vincent, Earl Holliman, Danny Goldman, Peter Hooten
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72%
Tribes tells the story of Private Adrian (Jan-Michael Vincent), a young United States Marine Corps Vietnam war era draftee who, despite being an anti-war hippie, reluctantly reports to boot camp to fulfill his duty as an American. Adrian naturally excels as a leader, though his pacifist ideology presents continuing conflicts between himself and his superiors. Adrian's drill instructor, Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Drake (Darren McGavin), quickly recognizes Adrian's leadership qualities, but is conflicted as he grows to respect Adrian while also realizing that he represents everything Adrian opposes. At one point, Adrian points out that his love of meditation is similar to Drake's drawing to relax, indicating a sketch of a flying bird. Both are ways of finding freedom. Drake responds angrily, denying that he had drawn the picture.
Change of Habit (1969)
, 1h33Directed by William A. Graham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Virginia Vincent, Edward Asnere, Barbara McNair, Timothy Carey
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Dr. John Carpenter is a physician in a ghetto clinic who falls for a co-worker, Michelle Gallagher, unaware that she is a nun.
Eye of the Cat (1969)
, 1h42Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Eleanor Parker, Laurence Naismith, Jennifer Leak, Truman Linden Chiles
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Tante Danny (Eleanor Parker) vît avec son neveu Luke (Tim Henry) et ses nombreux chats. À son décès, elle a décidé de léguer sa fortune à ses animaux de compagnie. Quand Wylie (Michael Sarrazin), le frère de Luke, revient vivre à la maison accompagné de sa nouvelle compagne, Kassia (Gayle Hunnicutt), celle-ci change d'avis et en fait son héritier. Ce qui arrange bien Wylie qui a pour projet d'éliminer sa tante une fois le testament signé et de partir avec son héritage ...
Madigan (1968)
, 1h41Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino, Inger Stevens, James Whitmore, Susan Clark
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
In New York City's Spanish Harlem, police detectives Dan Madigan and Rocco Bonaro break into a sleazy apartment and arrest Barney Benesch, a hoodlum wanted for questioning by a Brooklyn precinct. Momentarily distracted by the suspect's nude girl friend, the two detectives are outwitted by Benesch, who escapes with their guns.
, 1h46Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Prison films, Political films
Actors Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Andrew Duggan, Tom Bosley, John Williams, Charles Gray
Roles Camera Operator
Rating62%
Several brigadier generals (American, British, and French) are unexpectedly taken prisoner by the Italians while arguing military tactics in a sauna - which is a public relations disaster. They are held in an Italian villa run as a top level prison camp by benevolent Italian Colonel Ferrucci. Being all of the same rank, none is in command and they are forced to plan escapes by committee, with predictably ineffective results.
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
, 2h18Directed by George Roy Hill
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, John Gavin, Carol Channing, Beatrice Lillie
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
In New York City in 1922, flapper Millie Dillmount (Julie Andrews) is determined to find work as a stenographer to a wealthy businessman and then marry him – a "thoroughly modern" goal. Millie befriends the sweet yet naive Miss Dorothy Brown (Mary Tyler Moore) as the latter checks into the Priscilla Hotel. When house mother Mrs. Meers (Beatrice Lillie) learns Miss Dorothy is an orphan, she remarks, "Sad to be all alone in the world." Unbeknown to Millie, the woman is selling her tenants into white slavery, and those without family or close friends are her primary targets.
Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
, 1h44Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Dean Martin, George Peppard, Jean Simmons, John McIntire, Slim Pickens, Dean Paul Martin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
A stagecoach bound for the town of Jericho is ambushed by Alex Flood, a lawman gone bad. Sharpshooting from a safe distance, Flood wounds the coach's driver, Ben Hickman, who is brought to town by the only passenger, a gambler named Dolan.
Counterpoint (1967)
, 1h44Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Political films
Actors Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen, Kathryn Hays, Anton Diffring, Ralph Nelson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Lionel Evans (Charlton Heston) is the director of a well-respected symphony orchestra touring European concert halls around 1944 in WW2. In the midst of one concert, the city where they are playing is attacked by German troops, and when Evans and his musicians try to escape, they are captured by Nazi soldiers led by Col. Arndt (Anton Diffring). Evans and the orchestra are taken to a castle where they are to bide their time before being executed; but it turns out that Arndt's superior, Gen. Schiller (Maximilian Schell), is a big classical music fan. Schiller commands Evans and his symphony to prepare a special concert for the Nazis, but Evans realizes that the moment the concert is over, he and his musicians will be killed.
Madame X (1966)
, 1h40Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Melodrama
Actors Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalbán, Constance Bennett, Cristina Montt, John van Dreelen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
A lower class woman, Holly Parker (Turner), marries into the rich Anderson family. Her husband's mother (Constance Bennett) looks down on her and keeps a watchful eye on her activities. Due to her husband's frequent and long trips abroad, Holly forms a relationship with a well-known playboy (Ricardo Montalbán). When her lover accidentally dies, and only her mother-in-law knows she is innocent, the latter blackmails her into disappearing into the night during a planned boat trip, leaving her husband (John Forsythe) and young son (Teddy Quinn) thinking she has died.
The Appaloosa (1966)
, 1h38Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon, Emilio Fernández, Míriam Colón, Frank Silvera
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
Based on the 1963 book by Robert MacLeod, the title character is a beautiful horse (a breed, the Appaloosa) belonging to Matt Fletcher (Marlon Brando), a Mexican-American buffalo hunter who returns home only to have his beloved horse stolen by a powerful bandit, Chuy Medina (John Saxon) with the help of the bandit's girlfriend, Trini (Anjanette Comer) in the border town of Ojo Prieto. Trini was sold to Chuy at the age of 15, but has been brutalized and effectively discarded.
Texas Across the River (1966)
, 1h41Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Alain Delon, Rosemary Forsyth, Peter Graves, Michael Ansara
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Phoebe Ann Naylor (Rosemary Forsyth) is about to be wed to Don Andrea Baldazar, El Duce de la Casala (Alain Delon) in 1845 Louisiana. The festivities are broken up with the arrival of Yancey Cottle (Stuart Anderson) and his relatives, who form a U.S. Dragoons troop under the command of Cottle's cousin, Captain Rodney Stimpson (Peter Graves).