Joseph Ruttenberg Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Joseph Ruttenberg

Joseph Ruttenberg

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Biography

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 Movies

Production

The Philadelphia Story movie poster
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The Philadelphia Story

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The Philadelphia Story
Director of Photography
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde movie poster
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Director of Photography
The Swan movie poster
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The Swan

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The Swan
Director of Photography
Kismet movie poster
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Kismet

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Kismet
Director of Photography
Love Has Many Faces movie poster
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Love Has Many Faces

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Love Has Many Faces
Director of Photography
Man on Fire movie poster
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Man on Fire

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Man on Fire
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Harlow movie poster
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Harlow

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Harlow
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A Day at the Races movie poster
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A Day at the Races

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A Day at the Races
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It Happened at the World's Fair movie poster
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It Happened at the World's Fair

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It Happened at the World's Fair
Director of Photography
Brigadoon movie poster
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Brigadoon

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Brigadoon
Director of Photography

Gallery

Joseph Ruttenberg portrait