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Karl Struss

Karl Struss is a cinematographer born on November 30, 1886 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on December 16, 1981, aged 95. He is known for The Great Dictator, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and The Fly. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Camera
Born
November 30, 1886
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Died
December 16, 1981
Also known as
Carlo Struss · Karl O. Struss

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karl Struss, A.S.C. (November 30, 1886 – December 15, 1981) was an American photographer and a cinematographer of the 1900s through the 1950s. He was also one of the earliest pioneers of 3-D films. While he mostly worked on films, such as F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator and Limelight, he was also one of the cinematographers for the television series Broken Arrow and photographed 19 episodes of My Friend Flicka. In 1919, after his discharge from WWI, he moved to Los Angeles and signed on with Cecil B. DeMille as a cameraman, initially for the film For Better, For Worse starring Gloria Swanson, followed by another Swanson film Male and Female and leading to a two-year contract with the studio In early 1921, he married Ethel Wall, who helped to support him in his photographic work independent of the film studios, which included pictorial views set in California In the 1920s, Struss worked on such films as Ben-Hur and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. In 1927, he contracted with United Artists, where he worked with D. W. Griffith on such films as Drums of Love and also filmed Mary Pickford's first talking film Coquette. He continued his experimental work with camera technology, developing the "Lupe Light" and a new bracket system for the Bell & Howell camera. From 1931 through 1945, Struss worked as a cameraman for Paramount, where he worked on a variety of material including films featuring Mae West, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour Struss also aimed to shape the field through publishing; for example, in 1934 he authored "Photographic Modernism and the Cinematographer" for American Cinematographer. Struss was later admitted to the American Society of Cinematographers, and was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts. In 1949, while working as a freelancer, he began his work in "stereo cinematography", becoming one of the first proponents of that art form. Unfortunately, he did most of his 3D film work in Italy and none of his films were subsequently released in 3D in the United States. Struss's photographic archive of exhibition prints, film stills, negatives and papers (3 linear feet of materials) is available at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art located in Fort Worth, Texas.

Filmography

  1. 1959CounterplotCinematography
  2. 1959The Alligator PeopleCinematography
  3. 1958The FlyCinematography
  4. 1957The DeerslayerCinematography
  5. 1957She DevilCinematography
  6. 1957KronosCinematography
  7. 1956MohawkCinematography
  8. 1954Poverty and NobilityCinematography
  9. 1954Two Nights with CleopatraCinematography
  10. 1953Funniest Show on EarthCinematography
  11. 1953Neapolitan TurkCinematography
  12. 1952LimelightCinematography
  13. 1952Tarzan's Savage FuryCinematography
  14. 1952Rose of CimarronCinematography
  15. 1951Tarzan's PerilCinematography
  16. 1950It's a Small WorldCinematography
  17. 1950Rocketship X-MCinematography
  18. 1949Tarzan's Magic FountainCinematography
  19. 1949Siren of AtlantisCinematography
  20. 1949Hello Out ThereCinematography
  21. 1948The Dude Goes WestCinematography
  22. 1947The Macomber AffairCinematography
  23. 1946SuspenseCinematography
  24. 1946Tarzan and the Leopard WomanCinematography
  25. 1945Bring on the GirlsCinematography
  26. 1944And the Angels SingCinematography
  27. 1943Journey into FearCinematography
  28. 1941Caught in the DraftCinematography
  29. 1940The Great DictatorCinematography
  30. 1939Island of Lost MenCinematography
  31. 1939ZenobiaCinematography
  32. 1938Thanks for the MemoryCinematography
  33. 1937Every Day's a HolidayCinematography
  34. 1937Waikiki WeddingCinematography
  35. 1936Go West Young ManCinematography
  36. 1936The Preview Murder MysteryCinematography
  37. 1936Anything GoesCinematography
  38. 1935Goin' to TownCinematography
  39. 1935MississippiCinematography
  40. 1934Here Is My HeartCinematography
  41. 1934Four Frightened PeopleCinematography
  42. 1933Torch SingerCinematography
  43. 1933The Story of Temple DrakeCinematography
  44. 1933The Woman AccusedCinematography
  45. 1932Island of Lost SoulsCinematography
  46. 1932The Sign of the CrossCinematography
  47. 1932Dancers in the DarkCinematography
  48. 1931Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeCinematography
  49. 1931Up Pops the DevilCinematography
  50. 1931SkippyCinematography
  51. 1931Danger LightsCinematography
  52. 1930Abraham LincolnCinematography
  53. 1930Be Yourself!Cinematography
  54. 1929The Taming of the ShrewCinematography
  55. 1929CoquetteCinematography
  56. 1928The Battle of the SexesCinematography
  57. 1927Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansCinematography
  58. 1926SparrowsCinematography
  59. 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristCinematography
  60. 1920Something to Think AboutCinematography