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Sep 4, 2024 · David Lean holds the record for the director with the most films that won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the Oscars with five wins out of six nominations for Great Expectations, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and Ryan's Daughter. The first nominees shot primarily on digital video were The Curious ...
4 days ago · Emmy, the nationally famous award statuette of the Academy, has a history all its own. It was designed by artist Louis McManus, and named by Harry R. Lubcke, the Academy’s president in 1949. The name was derived from the word “Immy,” an engineering term relating to the Image Orthicon camera.
3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture. From 1939 to 1967, there were separate awards for color and for black-and-white cinematography. Since then, the only black-and-white film to win is Schindler's List (1993).
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3 days ago · Again filmed on location in Monument Valley, it was widely acclaimed for its stunning Technicolor cinematography (including the famous cavalry scene filmed in front of an oncoming storm); it won Winton Hoch the 1950 Academy Award for Best Color Cinematography and it did big business on its first release, grossing more than $5 million worldwide ...
Sep 3, 2024 · John Ford with portrait and Academy Award, circa 1946. John Ford (1894–1973) was an American film director whose career spanned from 1913 to 1971. [1] During this time he directed more than 130 films; however, nearly all of his silent films are lost. Born in Maine, Ford entered the filmmaking industry shortly after graduating from high school ...
Aug 20, 2024 · The first color film is generally believed to be made by Thomas Edison in 1903. It was called The Great Train Robbery, but only a few scenes actually contained color images. The first movie ever made in color was the famous French short film called A Trip to the Moon from 1902. It was directed by Georges Méliès, got a full-color update, and ...
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5 days ago · Lee Pfeiffer. How the West Was Won, American western film, released in 1962, that was a sprawling epic about the transformation of the American West in the 19th century. The story is told in five parts—“The Rivers,” “The Plains,” “The Civil War,” “The Railroad,” and “The Outlaws”—that follow several generations.
