Bert Glennon

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Bert Glennon (born November 19, 1893 in Anaconda , Montana , † June 29, 1967 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American cameraman .

Life

Bert Glennon began working at Keystone Studios even before studying at Stanford and, after a few years as camera assistant, was one of the chief cinematographers in charge of the monumental film The Ten Commandments in 1923 . In the following years he worked several times with the directors Josef von Sternberg and Ernst Lubitsch and proved to be particularly competent in the cinematic representation of faces. After the transition to the sound film, a long and successful collaboration with the director John Ford began . Glennon also demonstrated his versatility by creating images for several 3-D films .

At the Academy Awards in 1940 he was nominated twice in the Best Camera category: once together with Ray Rennahan for Drumming on the Mohawk in the color area, and for Ringo in the black and white area. He received another Oscar nomination in 1942 for his work on Dive Bomber .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 282.
personal data
SURNAME Glennon, Bert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Anaconda , Montana
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1967
Place of death Los Angeles , California