Russell Harlan
Russell Harlan ( born September 16, 1903 in Los Angeles, California, † February 28, 1974 in Newport Beach ) was an American cinematographer.
After working as a stuntman Harlan moved on to film technology and turned as a cameraman first B -pictures as Paramount's Hopalong Cassidy series, in the 1940s, but also more complex B- productions, among others, for the producer Harry Sherman.
1948 began his long association with director Howard Hawks: The Western Red River was the beginning of the ascent to the A cameraman. Movie Historically noteworthy here is a stylistically conscious application for the first time dynamic hand-held camera in a Hollywood production ( fight scene at the cattle trough ).
Harlan was considered outdoor specialist whose skills in this regard, especially in the Hawks Western Red River and The Big Sky - are clearly the wide sky and in the Africa - recordings of Hatari, but also in the Desert pictures of Tobruk! .
Harlan was nominated several times for an Oscar without ever having to get it: for the best black and white camera, 1952 ( The Big Sky - The wide sky ), 1955 ( The Blackboard Jungle ) and 1963 ( To Kill a Mockingbird ), also 1963 ( Hatari! ), 1966 ( the Great Race around the world) and 1967 Hawaii for his color photography.
His career ended in 1970 with the Blake Edwards film Darling Lilli.