Joseph Ruttenberg
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- July 4, 1889
- Died
- May 1, 1983 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Berdychiv, Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Tiger's Cub
Movie · Camera Operator
Speedway
Movie · Director of Photography
The Oscar
Movie · Director of Photography
Love Has Many Faces
Movie · Director of Photography
Harlow
Movie · Director of Photography
Sylvia
Movie · Director of Photography
A Global Affair
Movie · Director of Photography
It Happened at the World's Fair
Movie · Director of Photography
The Hook
Movie · Director of Photography
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Movie · Director of Photography
Who's Got the Action?
Movie · Director of Photography
Bachelor in Paradise
Movie · Director of Photography
Two Loves
Movie · Director of Photography
Ada
Movie · Director of Photography
The Subterraneans
Movie · Director of Photography
BUtterfield 8
Movie · Director of Photography
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Movie · Director of Photography
Green Mansions
Movie · Director of Photography
Gigi
Movie · Director of Photography
The Reluctant Debutante
Movie · Director of Photography
Man on Fire
Movie · Director of Photography
Until They Sail
Movie · Director of Photography
The Swan
Movie · Director of Photography
Invitation to the Dance
Movie · Director of Photography
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Movie · Director of Photography
Kismet
Movie · Director of Photography
The Prodigal
Movie · Director of Photography
Interrupted Melody
Movie · Director of Photography
Brigadoon
Movie · Director of Photography
The Great Diamond Robbery
Movie · Director of Photography
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Movie · Director of Photography
Her Twelve Men
Movie · Director of Photography
Julius Caesar
Movie · Director of Photography
Small Town Girl
Movie · Director of Photography
Let's Ask Nostradamus
Movie · Director of Photography
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · Director of Photography
Because You're Mine
Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Young Man with Ideas
Movie · Director of Photography
Cause for Alarm!
Movie · Director of Photography
Kind Lady
Movie · Director of Photography
The Great Caruso
Movie · Director of Photography
Too Young to Kiss
Movie · Director of Photography
The Miniver Story
Movie · Director of Photography
Side Street
Movie · Director of Photography
Summer Stock
Movie · Additional Photography
The Magnificent Yankee
Movie · Director of Photography
The Bribe
Movie · Director of Photography
That Forsyte Woman
Movie · Director of Photography
Julia Misbehaves
Movie · Director of Photography
B.F.'s Daughter
Movie · Director of Photography
Killer McCoy
Movie · Director of Photography
Desire Me
Movie · Director of Photography
The Valley of Decision
Movie · Director of Photography
Gaslight
Movie · Director of Photography
Mrs. Parkington
Movie · Director of Photography
Presenting Lily Mars
Movie · Director of Photography
Madame Curie
Movie · Director of Photography
Crossroads
Movie · Director of Photography
Woman of the Year
Movie · Director of Photography
Mrs. Miniver
Movie · Director of Photography
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · Director of Photography
Two-Faced Woman
Movie · Director of Photography
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie · Director of Photography
The Philadelphia Story
Movie · Director of Photography
Comrade X
Movie · Director of Photography
Waterloo Bridge
Movie · Director of Photography
Broadway Melody of 1940
Movie · Director of Photography
Balalaika
Movie · Director of Photography
The Women
Movie · Director of Photography
The Ice Follies of 1939
Movie · Director of Photography
On Borrowed Time
Movie · Director of Photography
Everybody Sing
Movie · Director of Photography
The Great Waltz
Movie · Director of Photography
The Shopworn Angel
Movie · Director of Photography
Three Comrades
Movie · Director of Photography
The First Hundred Years
Movie · Director of Photography
A Day at the Races
Movie · Director of Photography
Double Wedding
Movie · Still Photographer
Big City
Movie · Director of Photography
Fury
Movie · Director of Photography
Three Godfathers
Movie · Director of Photography
Man Hunt
Movie · Director of Photography
Piccadilly Jim
Movie · Director of Photography
Mad Holiday
Movie · Director of Photography
The People's Enemy
Movie · Director of Photography
Men Without Names
Movie · Director of Photography
Bubbling Over
Movie · Director of Photography
Woman in the Dark
Movie · Director of Photography
The Struggle
Movie · Director of Photography
The Cocoanuts
Movie · Camera Operator
Does It Pay?
Movie · Director of Photography
My Friend the Devil
Movie · Director of Photography
Who Are My Parents?
Movie · Director of Photography
Know Your Men
Movie · Director of Photography
Beyond Price
Movie · Director of Photography
The Thief
Movie · Director of Photography
From Now On
Movie · Director of Photography
The Shark
Movie · Director of Photography
A Fallen Idol
Movie · Director of Photography
My Little Sister
Movie · Camera Operator
The Painted Madonna
Movie · Camera Operator
Thou Shalt Not Steal
Movie · Director of Photography