Sidney Wagner

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Sidney Chapman Wagner (born January 13, 1900 in Los Angeles , † July 7, 1947 in Orange County , California ) was an American cameraman .

Life

Sidney Wagner was already working as a cameraman in Hollywood in the 1920s , where he was initially under contract with the Fox Film Corporation . In 1934 he switched to MGM , where he was also used for the first time in larger film productions such as Teufelskerle ( Boys Town , 1938) and The Young Edison ( Young Tom Edison , 1940). In 1941 he received along with William V. Skall his first Oscar nomination in the category Best Cinematography for Northwest Passage ( Northwest Passage ). In 1945 he was nominated again for an Oscar for the film Drachensaat . Also Tay Garnett's film-noir -Klassiker The Postman Always Rings Twice ( The Postman Always Rings Twice , 1946) is one of his works as a cameraman. His last film in which he was involved would be the MGM film The Bride Goes Wild . Before the film could even be finished shooting, Wagner died of a stroke at the age of 47 . His grave is in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patricia King Hanson (Ed.), Amy Dunkleger (Ed.): Afi: American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. Feature Films, 1941-1950 . Volume 2, University of California Press, 1999, ISBN 0-520-21521-4 , p. 313.
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Sidney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wagner, Sidney Chapman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1947
Place of death Orange County , California