Charles Rosher

Charles Rosher ( born November 17 1885 in London, England; † January 15, 1974 in Lisbon, Portugal ) was a British cinematographer whose career stretched from the early days of silent film to the middle of 1950.

Life

Charles Rosher moved in 1908 to the United States and since 1911 had worked as a cameraman in Hollywood. During the early years of the film Charles Rosher developed many new techniques and helped to rationalize the shooting. To him, the introduction of the stand in back is first rehearsed and polished at the illumination of the scene and the preparation of complex scenes with extras. Many innovations occurred during the long-standing collaboration with Mary Pickford. In the strip Little Lord Fauntleroy 1921 designed Rosher a scene in which Pickford, who both played the role of young Lord and the Mother of the Lord, himself gave a kiss.

Charles Rosher 1918 was one of the founders and first vice president of the powerful union American Society of Cinematographers, the camera crew of the American entertainment industry represents.

Since the mid- 1930s Rosher worked mainly for MGM, where he was responsible for many prestige productions of the studio. He twice won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography: 1929 to Sunrise - A Song of Two People and 1946 calls for the wilderness.

Filmography (selection)