Joseph August
Joseph H. August, A.S.C. (26 April 1890 – 25 September 1947) was an American cinematographer and co-founder of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Joseph H. August | |
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Born | |
Died | September 25, 1947 57) | (aged
Education | Colorado School of Mining |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 1913–1947 |
Known for | ASC Co-founder |
His films included Gunga Din (1939) for which he was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), and Portrait of Jennie (1948).[1]
He died in 1947 shortly after completing filming of Portrait of Jennie. He received his second Oscar nomination, posthumously, for this film.
Filmography
- Hell's Hinges (1916) (film debut)
- The Apostle of Vengeance (1916)
- The Aryan (1916)
- Truthful Tulliver (1917)
- The Gunfighter (1917)
- 'Blue Blazes' Rawden (1918)
- Selfish Yates (1918)
- Travelin' On (1922)
- St. Elmo (1923)
- Good-By Girls! (1923)
- The Vagabond Trail (1924)
- Tumbleweeds (1925)
- The Beloved Rogue (1927)
- Two Arabian Knights (1928)
- Up the River (1930)
- The Black Camel (1931)
- The Brat (1931)
- Seas Beneath (1931)
- Vanity Street (1932)
- The Circus Queen Murder (1933)
- Black Moon (1934)
- The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
- Twentieth Century (1934)
- The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
- The Informer (1935)
- Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
- Mary of Scotland (1936)
- The Plough and the Stars (1936)
- The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
- The Saint in New York (1938)
- Gunga Din (1939)
- Man of Conquest (1939)
- Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
- Primrose Path (1940)
- Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
- Melody Ranch (1940)
- The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
- They Were Expendable (1945)
- Portrait of Jennie (1948) (final film)
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References
- Higham, Charles; Greenberg, Joel (1968). Hollywood in the Forties. London: A. Zwemmer Limited. p. 57. ISBN 0-302-00477-7.
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