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Sam Leavitt is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 6 february 1904 at New York City (USA)
Samuel Leavitt, A.S.C. (February 6, 1904 - March 21, 1984) was an American cinematographer who was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for The Defiant Ones (1958).
Leavitt began his career as an assistant camera operator working on 1930s films. Leavitt was a camera operator on films including Rancho Notorious (1952) and on TV's "I Love Lucy" in the early '50s before becoming a director of photography in films.
Leavitt was nominated for Academy Awards for Exodus (Best Cinematography Color) (1960)and Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (Best Cinematography Black and White) in the two years following his Oscar win for The Defiant Ones.
Leavitt was born in New York City, New York and died in Woodland Hills, California.
Après une première expérience lui-même comme chef opérateur, sur trois films sortis en 1932, 1934 et 1935, il entame véritablement sa carrière à ce poste en 1952, contribuant alors à cinquante films, le dernier en 1975 (si l'on excepte une ultime contribution en 1978, mais seulement pour des prises de vues additionnelles). En particulier, il travaille à plusieurs reprises aux côtés d'Otto Preminger, notamment sur Exodus (1960, avec Paul Newman et Eva Marie Saint). Parmi les autres réalisateurs avec lesquels il collabore, citons George Cukor (pour la version de 1954 du film musical Une étoile est née, avec Judy Garland et James Mason) et Stanley Kramer (ex. : Devine qui vient dîner ? en 1967, avec Spencer Tracy — son dernier film —, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier et Katharine Houghton).
Sam Leavitt aborde également la télévision, d'abord comme cadreur sur une série en 1951, puis comme directeur de la photographie entre 1956 et 1977. Durant cette dernière période, il participe à dix séries (dont les dix-sept épisodes de Banacek, de 1972 à 1974) et à trois téléfilms.
En 1959, il gagne l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie, pour La Chaîne (1958, avec Tony Curtis et Sidney Poitier) de Stanley Kramer. Il aura encore deux autres nominations (voir la rubrique "Nominations et récompenses" ci-dessous).
(1967)
(Director of Photography)
(1960)
(Director of Photography)
(1944)
(Camera Operator)
(1948)
(Camera Operator)
(1958)
(Director of Photography)
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Birth name Samuel E. Leavitt
Nationality USA
Birth 6 february 1904 at New York City (USA)
Death 21 march 1984 (at 80 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Nationality USA
Birth 6 february 1904 at New York City (USA)
Death 21 march 1984 (at 80 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Leavitt began his career as an assistant camera operator working on 1930s films. Leavitt was a camera operator on films including Rancho Notorious (1952) and on TV's "I Love Lucy" in the early '50s before becoming a director of photography in films.
Leavitt was nominated for Academy Awards for Exodus (Best Cinematography Color) (1960)and Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (Best Cinematography Black and White) in the two years following his Oscar win for The Defiant Ones.
Leavitt was born in New York City, New York and died in Woodland Hills, California.
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De 1934 à 1952, Sam Leavitt est cadreur de dix-sept films américains, dont les films musicaux Escale à Hollywood (1945, avec Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly et Frank Sinatra) de George Sidney et Le Pirate (1948, avec Judy Garland et Gene Kelly) de Vincente Minnelli. Sur plusieurs d'entre eux, il assiste le chef opérateur Harry Stradling Sr.Après une première expérience lui-même comme chef opérateur, sur trois films sortis en 1932, 1934 et 1935, il entame véritablement sa carrière à ce poste en 1952, contribuant alors à cinquante films, le dernier en 1975 (si l'on excepte une ultime contribution en 1978, mais seulement pour des prises de vues additionnelles). En particulier, il travaille à plusieurs reprises aux côtés d'Otto Preminger, notamment sur Exodus (1960, avec Paul Newman et Eva Marie Saint). Parmi les autres réalisateurs avec lesquels il collabore, citons George Cukor (pour la version de 1954 du film musical Une étoile est née, avec Judy Garland et James Mason) et Stanley Kramer (ex. : Devine qui vient dîner ? en 1967, avec Spencer Tracy — son dernier film —, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier et Katharine Houghton).
Sam Leavitt aborde également la télévision, d'abord comme cadreur sur une série en 1951, puis comme directeur de la photographie entre 1956 et 1977. Durant cette dernière période, il participe à dix séries (dont les dix-sept épisodes de Banacek, de 1972 à 1974) et à trois téléfilms.
En 1959, il gagne l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie, pour La Chaîne (1958, avec Tony Curtis et Sidney Poitier) de Stanley Kramer. Il aura encore deux autres nominations (voir la rubrique "Nominations et récompenses" ci-dessous).
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(1960)(Director of Photography)
(1944)(Camera Operator)
(1948)(Camera Operator)
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The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
, 1h57Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays
Actors Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman, Luther Adler, Robert H. Harris, Lloyd Bochner
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
Arthur Goldman is Jewish and a Nazi death camp survivor. Now a rich industrialist, he lives in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverence about aspects of Jewish life. One day, Israeli secret agents kidnap Goldman and take him to Israel for trial on charges of being a Nazi war criminal. Goldman's trial forces his accusers to face not only his presumed guilt, but their own as well.
The Longest Night (1972)
, 1h14Directed by Jack Smight
Genres Drama
Actors Mike Farrell, James Farentino, David Janssen, Phyllis Thaxter, Joel Fabiani, Richard Anderson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Evil Roy Slade (1972)
, 1h37Directed by Jerry Paris
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors John Astin, Milton Berle, Pamela Austin, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Henry Gibson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70%
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the West", so he's thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolteacher Betsy Potter (Pamela Austin). Nelson L. Stool (Mickey Rooney), a railroad tycoon, along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford (Henry Gibson), attempts to get revenge on Evil Roy Slade for repeatedly robbing him, and sets out to hire legendary retired singing-sheriff Marshal Bing Bell (Dick Shawn) to bring Slade to justice.
The Screaming Woman (1972)
, 1h13Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Ed Nelson, Joseph Cotten, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Robinson, Charles Knox Robinson III
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
De Havilland plays Laura Wynant, a wealthy former mental patient who has travelled to her country estate to recuperate. While there, she discovers that a woman has been buried alive on her property. Wynant tries to inform others of what she has found but nobody believes her, and her family begins to suspect a relapse in her mental condition. Because her hands are nearly crippled by arthritis, she is not able to dig the woman up herself. She tries to trick a local boy into assisting her by telling him she is digging for a lost bracelet but is forced to tell him the truth, resulting in a confrontation with his angry father. While going door-to-door to seek help, she encounters the buried woman's husband, who had in fact buried her after striking her on the head with a shovel and thinking her dead. Wynant is confined to home under doctor's orders and, in a fit of anger, experiences a spontaneous recovery from the arthritis in her hands. She begins to dig up the buried woman, who is still alive, but the murderous husband finds her. The authorities arrive in time and Wynant and the buried woman are rescued.
Star Spangled Girl (1971)
, 1h33Directed by Jerry Paris
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Tony Roberts, Todd Susman, Sandy Duncan, Helen Kleeb, Elizabeth Allen, Harry Northup
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53%
In 1960s San Francisco, Andy Hobart (Tony Roberts) does everything he can to keep his struggling, two-man, radical underground newspaper, the Nitty Gritty, going; he steals food from the supermarket and other people's laundry from the dry cleaners, and holds off his creditors, especially the landlord, Mrs. MacKaninee (Elizabeth Allen), and his printer, Mr. Karlson (Artie Lewis). To appease Mrs. MacKaninee, he accompanies her motorcycling, waterskiing, and surfing. He lives with talented, but nerdy Norman Cornell (Todd Susman), who writes the entire newspaper.
The Grasshopper (1970)
, 1h38Directed by Jerry Paris
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jacqueline Bisset, Joseph Cotten, Ed Flanders, Christopher Stone, Ramon Bieri, Indira Stefanianna
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57%
Christine Adams (Jacqueline Bisset), a cheerful 19-year-old from British Columbia, Canada, travels to Los Angeles to be with her fiance, who works there in a bank. When the relationship doesn't work out, she moves to Las Vegas.
The Desperados (1969)
, 1h31Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Jack Palance, Vince Edwards, Neville Brand, George Maharis, Sylvia Syms, Sheila Burrell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating47%
A ruthless preacher, Parson Josiah Galt, leads a band of Southern marauders during the Civil War that includes his sons, David, Adam and Jacob. The parson has turned vengeful and sadistic since the death of his wife.
The Wrecking Crew (1968)
, 1h45Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Dean Martin, Elke Sommer, Sharon Tate, Nigel Green, Nancy Kwan, Chuck Norris
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54%
Matt Helm is assigned by his secret agency, ICE, to bring down an evil count named Contini who is trying to collapse the world economy by stealing a billion dollars in gold.
, 1h33Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Binnie Barnes, Mary Wickes, Dolores Sutton, Milton Berle
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
The story depicts the rivalry between the conservative Mother Superior (Russell) and the glamorous, progressive young Sister George (Stevens) as they shepherd a busload of Catholic high school girls across America to an interfaith youth rally being held in Santa Barbara, California. As they debate expressions of faith and role of the Church in the tumultuous America of the sixties, they must also contend with the antics of two rebellious, trouble-prone students, Rosabelle (Susan Saint James) and Marvel Anne (Barbara Hunter).
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
, 1h48Directed by Stanley Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about racism
Actors Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77%
Joanna Drayton's unannounced early return from a Hawaii holiday causes a stir when she brings to her childhood upper-class home her new fiancé, John: a widowed, black physician. Joanna's parents - newspaper publisher Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife, art gallery owner Christina Drayton (Katharine Hepburn) – are liberals who have instilled in her the idea of racial equality. But to her surprise, Joanna's parents are deeply upset that she is planning to marry a black man. The Draytons' black maid, Tille (Isabel Sanford), is just as horrified, suspecting that John is trying to "get above himself" by marrying a white woman. What was intended to be a sit-down steak dinner for two turns into a meet-the-in-laws dinner party, and during the pre-dinner period, John, Joanna and her parents have to work through their differences.
An American Dream (1966)
, 1h43Directed by Robert Gist
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Parker, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Murray Hamilton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating48%
Stephen Rojack, a war hero, returns home to become a tough-talking television commentator who strongly criticizes the police's inability to put an end to the criminal activities of an organized-crime figure, Ganucci.
Murderers' Row (1966)
, 1h45Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Comic science fiction
Themes Spy films, Comedy science fiction films
Actors Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Camilla Sparv, James Gregory, Beverly Adams
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
The film begins with a shot of the United States Capitol being destroyed. It is actually a scale model being used in the demonstration of a heliobeam weapon in the headquarters of the Bureau of International Government and Order ("BIG O"). BIG O is a secret organisation with the goal of world domination that previously appeared in The Silencers.
Murderers' Row (1966)
, 1h45Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Dean Martin, Karl Malden, Ann-Margret, Camilla Sparv, James Gregory, Camilla Sparv
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
L'agent secret et séducteur Matt Helm simule sa mort afin de tromper la vigilance du Docteur Solaris, un savant dont l'invention pourrait détruire le monde. Ce dernier a été enlevé par une organisatioh criminelle. Son enquête conduit Helm sur la Côté D'Azur...
I Deal In Danger (1966)
Directed by Walter Grauman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Robert Goulet, Christine Carrère, Horst Frank, Donald Harron, Christiane Schmidtmer, Werner Peters
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
In Nazi Germany during World War II, David March (Goulet) is an American traitor who has been given wide access to travel as he wishes within Germany. Unbeknownst to the Germans, March is actually an American spy, the last remaining from a spy ring, known as Blue Light. As time goes on, he has been able to work his way higher and higher within the Nazi intelligence apparatus, however he is suspected by a Nazi Gestapo officer, Captain Elm (Werner Peters). Along the way, he meets Susanne Duchard (Carère), a French agent, who he has a romantic interlude with, and persuades her to help him.
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
Directed by William Conrad
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films
Actors Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero, Parley Baer, Virginia Gregg, John Hoyt
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
A prologue introduces the audience to John Harley Duquesne, a psychotic magician who accidentally beheads his wife Melinda with a guillotine during a performance. Twenty years later he dies, and his will requires his daughter Cassie (the mirror image of her mother) to spend seven nights in his apparently haunted mansion in order to inherit his estate.