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Article: Shamroy, Leon
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SHAMROY, Leon
Cinematographer.
Nationality:
American.
Born:
New York City, 16 July 1901.
Education:
Attended Cooper Union, New York; City College of New York; Columbia University, New York.
Family:
Married the actress Mary Anderson.
Career:
Mechanical engineer: assistant to Nicholas J. Shamroy, and developed the Lawrence motor; work as laboratory technician and photographer on experimental films attracted producers' attention: 1927
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first film as cinematographer; then worked at 20th Century-Fox for 30 years.
Awards:
Academy Award for
The Black Swan
, 1942;
Wilson
, 1944;
Leave Her to Heaven
, 1945;
Cleopatra
, 1963.
Died:
July 1974.
Films as Cinematographer:
- ...
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