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27 May 1898
31 Aug 1978 (80)
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Lee Garmes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lee Garmes, A.S.C. (May 27, 1898 – August 31, 1978) was an American cinematographer. During his career, he worked with directors Howard Hawks, Max Ophüls, Josef von Sternberg, Alfred Hitchcock, King Vidor, Nicholas Ray and Henry Hathaway, whom he had met as a young man when the two first came to Hollywood in the silent era. He also co-directed two films with legendary screenwriter Ben Hecht: Angels Over Broadway and Actor's and Sin. Born in Peoria, Illinois, Garmes first came to Hollywood in 1916. His first job was as an assistant in the paint department at Thomas H. Ince Studios, but he soon became a camera assistant before graduating to full-time cameraman. His earliest films were comedy shorts, and his career did not fully take off until the introduction of sound. Garmes was married to film actress Ruth Hall from 1933 until his death in 1978. He is interred in the Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Garmes was one of the earliest proponents of video technology, which he advocated as early as 1972. That year, he had been hired by Technicolor to photograph the short film Why, which was intended to test whether video was a viable technology for shooting feature films. According to American Cinematographer magazine, "Although officially unaccredited, Lee Garmes photographed a considerable portion of Gone with the Wind. Many consider the famous railroad yard sequence among his finest cinematic efforts." Garmes was one of many Hollywood veterans from the silent era interviewed by Kevin Brownlow for the television series Hollywood (1980).
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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1978 | Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys | Producer |
1973 | Why? | Cinematography |
1968 | How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life | Director of Photography |
1966 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Director of Photography |
1964 | Lady in a Cage | Director of Photography |
1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Director of Photography |
1961 | Misty | Director of Photography |
1959 | The Big Fisherman | Director of Photography |
1959 | Happy Anniversary | Director of Photography |
1958 | Never Love a Stranger | Director of Photography |
1957 | The Big Boodle | Director of Photography |
1956 | D-Day the Sixth of June | Director of Photography |
1956 | The Sharkfighters | Director of Photography |
1956 | The Bottom of the Bottle | Director of Photography |
1955 | The Desperate Hours | Director of Photography |
1955 | Land of the Pharaohs | Director of Photography |
1955 | Man with the Gun | Director of Photography |
1955 | Abdullah's Harem | Cinematography |
1953 | Hannah Lee: An American Primitive | Director |
1953 | Hannah Lee: An American Primitive | Director of Photography |
1953 | Hannah Lee: An American Primitive | Producer |
1952 | The Lusty Men | Director of Photography |
1952 | The Captive City | Director of Photography |
1952 | Thunder in the East | Director of Photography |
1952 | Actors and Sin | Co-Director |
1952 | Actors and Sin | Director of Photography |
1951 | Detective Story | Director of Photography |
1951 | That's My Boy | Director of Photography |
1951 | Saturday's Hero | Director of Photography |
1950 | The Furies | Director of Photography |
1950 | My Friend Irma Goes West | Director of Photography |
1950 | My Foolish Heart | Director of Photography |
1950 | Our Very Own | Director of Photography |
1949 | Caught | Director of Photography |
1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian | Director of Photography |
1949 | Roseanna McCoy | Director of Photography |
1947 | The Paradine Case | Director of Photography |
1947 | Nightmare Alley | Director of Photography |
1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Director of Photography |
1946 | Duel in the Sun | Director of Photography |
1946 | Specter of the Rose | Director of Photography |
1946 | Specter of the Rose | Co-Producer |
1946 | Specter of the Rose | Co-Director |
1946 | Young Widow | Director of Photography |
1946 | The Searching Wind | Director of Photography |
1945 | Love Letters | Director of Photography |
1945 | Paris Underground | Cinematography |
1944 | Since You Went Away | Director of Photography |
1944 | None Shall Escape | Director of Photography |
1944 | Guest in the House | Director of Photography |
1943 | Forever and a Day | Director of Photography |
1943 | Flight for Freedom | Director of Photography |
1942 | Jungle Book | Director of Photography |
1942 | China Girl | Director of Photography |
1942 | Footlight Serenade | Director of Photography |
1941 | Lydia | Director of Photography |
1941 | Lydia | Associate Producer |
1940 | Beyond Tomorrow | Producer |
1940 | Angels Over Broadway | Director of Photography |
1940 | Angels Over Broadway | Director |
1940 | Angels Over Broadway | Co-Director |
1936 | The Conquest of the Air | Cinematography |
1935 | The Scoundrel | Director of Photography |
1935 | Once in a Blue Moon | Cinematography |
1934 | Crime Without Passion | Director of Photography |
1934 | Crime Without Passion | Director |
1933 | Zoo in Budapest | Director of Photography |
1933 | I Am Suzanne! | Director of Photography |
1933 | Face in the Sky | Director of Photography |
1933 | Shanghai Madness | Director of Photography |
1933 | My Lips Betray | Director of Photography |
1932 | Scarface | Director of Photography |
1932 | Shanghai Express | Director of Photography |
1932 | Smilin' Through | Director of Photography |
1932 | Call Her Savage | Director of Photography |
1932 | Strange Interlude | Director of Photography |
1932 | Dreaming Lips | Producer |
1932 | Dreaming Lips | Technical Supervisor |
1931 | Dishonored | Director of Photography |
1931 | City Streets | Director of Photography |
1931 | An American Tragedy | Director of Photography |
1931 | Fighting Caravans | Director of Photography |
1931 | Kiss Me Again | Camera Operator |
1930 | Morocco | Director of Photography |
1930 | Whoopee! | Director of Photography |
1930 | Bright Lights | Director of Photography |
1930 | Lilies of the Field | Cinematography |
1930 | Spring Is Here | Director of Photography |
1930 | The Song of the Flame | Director of Photography |
1929 | Disraeli | Director of Photography |
1929 | The Great Divide | Cinematography |
1929 | Say It with Songs | Director of Photography |
1929 | His Captive Woman | Director of Photography |
1929 | Love and the Devil | Director of Photography |
1928 | The Yellow Lily | Director of Photography |
1928 | The Barker | Director of Photography |
1927 | Rose of the Golden West | Director of Photography |
1926 | The Show Off | Director of Photography |
1926 | The Popular Sin | Director of Photography |
1924 | The Lighthouse by the Sea | Director of Photography |
1924 | Find Your Man | Director of Photography |
1924 | Money to Burns | Cinematography |
1923 | Fighting Blood | Cinematography |
1923 | Fighting Blood | Cinematography |
1923 | Fighting Blood | Cinematography |