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Joseph Ruttenberg

Joseph Ruttenberg

Cinematographer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. (July 4, 1889 - May 1, 1983) was a Russian-born American photojournalist and cinematographer. Ruttenberg was accomplished at winning accolades. At MGM, Ruttenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography ten times, winning four. In addition, he won the 1954 Golden Globe Award for his camera work on the film Brigadoon. Born into a Jewish family in Berdychiv Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine , Joseph Ruttenberg emigrated to the United States, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 January 1895. As a young man he went to work at the Boston Globe newspaper as a photojournalist but left in 1915 to accept a job with the Fox Film Corporation in New York City to train as a cinematographer. Two years later he was behind the camera for his first silent film, The Painted Madonna (1917), which marked the start of a remarkably successful career In the late 1920s Ruttenberg went to work for Paramount Pictures in New York. His first talkie assignment was The Struggle (1931), D.W. Griffith's final film. Then in 1934 Ruttenberg signed on with MGM, moving to Hollywood where he was invited to join the American Society of Cinematographers. Joseph Ruttenberg retired from MGM in 1968 and died in Los Angeles on May 1, 1983.

Born: July 4, 1889 in Berdychiv, Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine

Died: May 1, 1983 (Age 93)

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Joseph Ruttenberg  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1937
Movie
5.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1964
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1961
Movie
5.9
CrewCinematography1945
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1948
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1960
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1961
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography1939
Movie
5.7
DirectingCamera Operator, Director of Photography1952
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1937
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1954
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1940
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1951
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1940
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1942
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1947
Movie
7.1
CameraStill Photographer1937
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1941
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography1938
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1936
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1944
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1958
Movie
5.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1959
Movie
5.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1965
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1954
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1955
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1956
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1963
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1948
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1953
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1947
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1951
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1955
Movie
5.7
CrewCinematography1937
Movie
5
DirectingDirector of Photography1965
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1936
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1943
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1957
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1942
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1944
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1939
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1936
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1943
Movie
7.8
CrewCinematography1942
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1950
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1953
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1956
Movie
5.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1968
Movie
7.3
CameraAdditional Photography1950
Movie
6.5
CrewCinematography1965
Movie
6.3
CrewCinematography1939
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1949
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1949
Movie
6.1
CameraSecond Assistant Camera1931
Movie
6.7
CameraCamera Operator1929
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography1938
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1951
Movie
5.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1954
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1938
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1963
Movie
5
DirectingDirector of Photography1939
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1954
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1950
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1950
Movie
5
DirectingDirector of Photography1966
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1940
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1952
Movie
5
DirectingDirector of Photography1955
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1958
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1938
Movie
5.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1931
Movie
4.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1960
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1956
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1945
Movie
7.6
DirectingCinematography, Director of Photography1939
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1959
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1938
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1936
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1951
Movie
4.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1961
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography1941
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1957
Movie
7.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1940
Movie
5.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1963
Movie
5.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1962
Movie
5.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1934
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1942
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1952
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1941
Movie
5.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1936
Movie
5.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1935
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1935
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1922
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1919
Movie
CrewCinematography1923
Movie
6.2
CrewCinematography1925
Short Film
5.2
CrewCinematography1942
Short Film
5.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1953
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography1920
Short Film
5.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1934
Short Film
CrewCinematography1934
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