Charles Rosher

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Charles Rosher (born November 17, 1885 in London , England ; † January 15, 1974 in Lisbon , Portugal ) was a British cameraman whose career spanned from the early days of silent films to the mid-1950s.

Life

Charles Rosher moved to the United States in 1908 and worked as a cameraman in Hollywood since 1911 . During the early years of the film, Charles Rosher developed many novel techniques and helped streamline the shooting. The introduction of the stand in can be traced back to him , in which the lighting of the scenes and the preparation of complicated scenes are first rehearsed and refined with extras. Many innovations emerged during the longstanding collaboration with Mary Pickford . In the 1921 film Little Lord Fauntleroy , Rosher conceived a scene in which Pickford, who played both the little lord and the lord's mother, kissed himself.

In 1918 Charles Rosher was one of the founders and first vice president of the powerful American Society of Cinematographers , which represents cameramen in the American entertainment industry.

From the mid-1930s, Rosher worked mainly for MGM , where he was responsible for many of the studio's prestige productions. He won the Oscar for best cameraman twice : in 1929 for Sunrise - A Song of Two People and in 1946 for The Wilderness Calls . He was nominated for the award four more times.

In 1955, after more than 130 productions, Rosher retired.

His son Charles Rosher junior also worked as a cameraman, his daughter from previous marriage was the actress Joan Marsh .

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SURNAME Rosher, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England
DATE OF DEATH 15th January 1974
Place of death Lisbon , Portugal