Ray Rennahan

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Ray Rennahan (born May 1, 1896 in Las Vegas , Nevada , † May 19, 1980 in Tarzana , Los Angeles , California ) was an American cameraman .

Life

His first film as cinematographer was the Western Blood Test from the year 1923. Together with cinematographer Ernest Haller he won for Gone with the Wind the Oscar . He received the award for his color photographs, which he took in his role as associate photographer . In the same year he was nominated for an Oscar together with Bert Glennon for his work on drums on the Mohawk . He and his colleague Ernest Palmer received his second Oscar for the film King of the Toreros from 1941 . In 1955 , the short film Strauss Fantasy , in which Rennahan was at the camera, was also nominated for an Oscar.

From the mid-1950s, Rennahan worked primarily for television. He was involved in several television series, including from 1959 to 1963 in the western series At the foot of the blue mountains . His last camera work was in 1973. In total, he was involved in more than 130 productions.

Well-known directors with whom he has worked more than once are Cecil B. DeMille and Michael Curtiz .

From 1950 to 1951 and in 1965 and 1966 he was President of the American Society of Cinematographers .

A star with Rennahan's name has been on the Walk of Fame since 1978 .

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SURNAME Rennahan, Ray
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Las Vegas , Nevada , United States
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1980
Place of death Tarzana , California , United States