Birthday: July 16, 2001
Trained as a mechanical engineer, American cinematographer Leon Shamroy entered the film business as a lab technician at Fox Studios in the early '20s. For Pathe, Shamroy photographed several of the rapidly paced serials of director Charles Hutchinson. Wishing to broaden his scope, Shamroy shot the avant-garde The Last Moment (1928) for director Paul Fejos, then spent several years on ...more- 1965
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Color Cinematography
- The Agony and the Ecstasy
- nom
- 1963
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Color Cinematography
- Cleopatra
- win
- 1963
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Color Cinematography
- The Cardinal
- nom
- 1959
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Color Cinematography
- Porgy and Bess
- nom
- 1958
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Color Cinematography
- South Pacific
- nom
- 2049
- Prince of Foxes
- Cinematographer
- 2049
- Twelve O'Clock High
- Cinematographer
- 2048
- That Lady in Ermine
- Cinematographer
- 2047
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
- Cinematographer
- 2047
- Forever Amber
- Cinematographer













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