Russell Harlan

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Russell Harlan (born September 16, 1903 in Los Angeles , California , † February 28, 1974 in Newport Beach , California) was an American cameraman .

After working as a stuntman , Harlan switched to film technology and initially shot B-Pictures as a cameraman such as Paramount's Hopalong-Cassidy series, but in the 1940s he also shot more elaborate B-productions for producer Harry Sherman, among others .

In 1948 he began his long-term collaboration with director Howard Hawks : The Western Red River was the beginning of the rise to A cameraman. In terms of film history, a dynamic hand-held camera that was used for the first time with a conscious style in a Hollywood production (beatings at the cattle trough) is remarkable.

Harlan was considered an outdoor specialist, whose skills in this regard were particularly evident in the Hawks Western Red River and The Big Sky as well as in the Africa recordings by Hatari! , but also become clear in the desert images of Tobruk .

Harlan has been nominated for an Oscar several times without ever receiving it: for the best black and white camera in 1952 ( The Big Sky ) , 1955 ( The Seed of Violence ) and 1963 ( Who disturbs the nightingale ) , also in 1963 ( Hatari!) , 1966 ( The great race around the world ) and 1967 Hawaii for his color photography.

He ended his career in 1970 with the Blake Edwards film Darling Lilli .

Russell Harlan died in Newport Beach , California in 1974 and was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale , California.

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SURNAME Harlan, Russell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1974
Place of death Newport Beach , California, United States