Joseph Ruttenberg
Camera
1889-07-04 · Berdychiv, Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. (July 4, 1889 - May 1, 1983) was a Russian-born American photojournalist and cinematographer. Ruttenberg was accomplished at winning accolades. At MGM, Ruttenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography ten times, winning four. In addition, he won the 1954 Golden Globe Award for his camera work on the film Brigadoon. Born into a Jewish family in Berdychiv Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine , Joseph Ruttenberg emigrated to the United States, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 January 1895. As a young man he went to work at the Boston Globe newspaper as a photojournalist but left in 1915 to accept a job with the Fox Film Corporation in New York City to train as a cinematographer. Two years later he was behind the camera for his first silent film, The Painted Madonna (1917), which marked the start of a remarkably successful career In the late 1920s Ruttenberg went to work for Paramount Pictures in New York. His first talkie assignment was The Struggle (1931), D.W. Griffith's final film. Then in 1934 Ruttenberg signed on with MGM, moving to Hollywood where he was invited to join the American Society of Cinematographers. Joseph Ruttenberg retired from MGM in 1968 and died in Los Angeles on May 1, 1983.
Filmography
Speedway
1968 · Movie
The Oscar
1966 · Movie
Harlow
1965 · Movie
Love Has Many Faces
1965 · Movie
Sylvia
1965 · Movie
A Global Affair
1964 · Movie
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963 · Movie
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963 · Movie
The Hook
1963 · Movie
Who's Got the Action?
1962 · Movie
Bachelor in Paradise
1961 · Movie
Ada
1961 · Movie
Two Loves
1961 · Movie
BUtterfield 8
1960 · Movie
The Subterraneans
1960 · Movie
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959 · Movie
Green Mansions
1959 · Movie
The Reluctant Debutante
1958 · Movie
Gigi
1958 · Movie
Until They Sail
1957 · Movie
Man on Fire
1957 · Movie
The Vintage
1957 · Movie
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956 · Movie
Invitation to the Dance
1956 · Movie
The Swan
1956 · Movie
Kismet
1955 · Movie
Miss Universe
1955 · Series
The Prodigal
1955 · Movie
Interrupted Melody
1955 · Movie
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954 · Movie
Brigadoon
1954 · Movie
Her Twelve Men
1954 · Movie
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954 · Movie
Nostradamus and the Queen
1953 · Movie
Let's Ask Nostradamus
1953 · Movie
Julius Caesar
1953 · Movie
Small Town Girl
1953 · Movie
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952 · Movie
Because You're Mine
1952 · Movie
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Movie
Too Young to Kiss
1951 · Movie
Kind Lady
1951 · Movie
The Great Caruso
1951 · Movie
Cause for Alarm!
1951 · Movie
The Magnificent Yankee
1950 · Movie
The Miniver Story
1950 · Movie
Summer Stock
1950 · Movie
Side Street
1950 · Movie
That Forsyte Woman
1949 · Movie
The Bribe
1949 · Movie
Julia Misbehaves
1948 · Movie
B.F.'s Daughter
1948 · Movie
Killer McCoy
1947 · Movie
Desire Me
1947 · Movie
Adventure
1945 · Movie
The Valley of Decision
1945 · Movie
Mrs. Parkington
1944 · Movie
Gaslight
1944 · Movie
Madame Curie
1943 · Movie
Presenting Lily Mars
1943 · Movie
Random Harvest
1942 · Movie
Crossroads
1942 · Movie
Mrs. Miniver
1942 · Movie
Woman of the Year
1942 · Movie
Two-Faced Woman
1941 · Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941 · Movie
You Can't Fool a Camera
1941 · Movie
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 · Movie
Comrade X
1940 · Movie
The Philadelphia Story
1940 · Movie
Waterloo Bridge
1940 · Movie
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940 · Movie
Balalaika
1939 · Movie
The Women
1939 · Movie
On Borrowed Time
1939 · Movie
Tell No Tales
1939 · Movie
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939 · Movie
The Great Waltz
1938 · Movie
The Shopworn Angel
1938 · Movie
Three Comrades
1938 · Movie
The First Hundred Years
1938 · Movie
Everybody Sing
1938 · Movie
Live, Love and Learn
1937 · Movie
Double Wedding
1937 · Movie
Big City
1937 · Movie
A Day at the Races
1937 · Movie
Mad Holiday
1936 · Movie
Piccadilly Jim
1936 · Movie
Fury
1936 · Movie
Three Godfathers
1936 · Movie
Man Hunt
1936 · Movie
Men Without Names
1935 · Movie
The People's Enemy
1935 · Movie
Woman in the Dark
1934 · Movie
Bubbling Over
1934 · Movie
Everybody Likes Music
1934 · Movie
The Struggle
1931 · Movie
The Cocoanuts
1929 · Movie
The Fool
1925 · Movie
School for Wives
1925 · Movie
Does It Pay?
1923 · Movie
If Winter Comes
1923 · Movie
Who Are My Parents?
1922 · Movie
My Friend the Devil
1922 · Movie
The Town That Forgot God
1922 · Movie
A Virgin Paradise
1921 · Movie
Beyond Price
1921 · Movie
Know Your Men
1921 · Movie
The Mountain Woman
1921 · Movie
The Thief
1920 · Movie
From Now On
1920 · Movie
The Shark
1920 · Movie
My Little Sister
1919 · Movie
A Fallen Idol
1919 · Movie
The Painted Madonna
1917 · Movie
Thou Shalt Not Steal
1917 · Movie
The Tiger's Cub
Movie