Ernest Miller (cinematographer)
Ernest Miller | |
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Victor McLaglen and Lois Wilson in Laughing at Life (1933) | |
Born |
Pasadena, California, USA | March 7, 1885
Died |
April 23, 1957 72) Los Angeles, California, USA | (aged
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 1921–1956 |
Ernest Miller (March 7, 1885 – April 23, 1957) was an American cinematographer who was nominated for an Academy Award at the 1939 Oscars for Best Cinematography for the film Army Girl, sharing the nomination with Harry J. Wild.[1][2] He had nearly 350 film and television credits to his name, mostly Westerns, including some of the early episodes of Gunsmoke.[3] Location work on Army Girl was done primarily at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif., where Miller cut his teeth in B-Westerns and became one of the most prolific -- and one of the best -- of the site's shooters during the course of his career. His camera work at Iverson became identifiable for Miller's trademark use of the site's charismatic sandstone rock features as framing devices, as he incorporated the giant boulders into the artistry of the outdoor action shots in ways that few cinematographers could match.[4]
Selected filmography
- The Coast Patrol (1925)
- On to Reno (1928)
- The Night Flyer (1928)
- The Grain of Dust (1928)
- The Whispering Shadow (1933)
- Laughing at Life (1933)
- In Old Santa Fe (1934)
- Behind the Green Lights (1935)
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935)
- Hearts in Bondage (1936)
- Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937)
- The Wrong Road (1937)
- Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
- Romance on the Run (1938)
- The Old Barn Dance (1938)
- Call of the Yukon (1938)
- Billy the Kid Returns (1938)
- Gangs of New York (1938)
- Joan of Ozark (1942)
- The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
- Thumbs Up (1943)
- The Purple V (1943)
- Black Hills Express (1943)
- The Tiger Woman (1944)
- Bells of Rosarita (1945)
- I Shot Jesse James (1949)
- The Steel Helmet (1951)
References
- ↑ "The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ↑ "11th Academy Awards Winners | Oscar Legacy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- ↑ "Ernest William Miller (1885 - 1957) - Find A Grave Memorial". findagrave.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- ↑ "Iverson Movie Ranch: The great Iverson cinematographers: Ernest Miller". iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
External links
- Miller, Ernest at the Internet Movie Database
- Ernest Miller at Find a Grave
- Ernest Miller at the Iverson Movie Ranch