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    James Wong Howe

    Chinese-American film director and cinematographer

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  2. James Wong Howe. Wong Tung Jim, A.S.C. (Chinese: 黃宗霑; August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976), known professionally as James Wong Howe (Houghto), was a Chinese-born American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood due to his innovative filming ...

  3. James Wong Howe. Cinematographer: The Thin Man. Master cinematographer James Wong Howe, whose career stretched from silent pictures through the mid-'70s, was born Wong Tung Jim in Canton (now Guangzhou), China, on August 28, 1899, the son of Wong How.

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    • July 12, 1976
  4. May 20, 2024 · James Wong Howe (born August 28, 1899, Canton, China—died July 12, 1976, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was one of the greatest cinematographers of the American film industry, known for his innovative techniques.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. May 27, 2022 · The Chinese American cinematographer James Wong Howe was an industrious, peripatetic youngster. In modern parlance, he was a hustler, but so was everyone in the early, exploratory years...

    • Beatrice Loayza
  6. Apr 27, 2022 · The cinematographers of Golden Age Hollywood are often less familiar to us than the images they created, and James Wong Howe is a legend hiding in plain sight.

  7. A pioneer, an innovator, a creator, James Wong Howe is one of the world’s greatest ever cinematographers. He worked on over 120 films between 1922 and 1974, directed two features, and won two...

  8. May 19, 2020 · James Wong Howe was one of America’s greatest cinematographers, with a career stretching from the golden age of silent cinema to the early 1970s. Nominated for ten Academy Awards, Howe won the golden statue twice, for 1955’s The Rose Tattoo, and 1963’s Hud.

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