Russell Harlan
Camera
🎂 1903-09-16
Born Russell September 16, 1903 in Los Angeles, California to Frank and Bertha Harlan, who hailed from Iowa and Missouri. Russell was raised in Los Angeles along with his younger brother Richard (b. 1911). His paternal grandmother Sarah J. Harlan also lived with the family. Harlan started in the film industry as an actor and stuntman, and by the early 1930s was working behind the camera as an assistant. His first work as lead cinematographer was in 1937, when he filmed four "Hopalong Cassidy" westerns for Harry Sherman Productions. Harlan had a career as a cinematographer that spanned some thirty-three years from 1937 to 1970. He was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, including two in 1962 for his work on Hatari! and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Camera (62)
Director of Photography
1948
Director of Photography
1962
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1945
Director of Photography
1959
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1942
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1957
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1939
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1965
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1962
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1939
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1960
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1952
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1958
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1956
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1950
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1951
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1966
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1967
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1950
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1950
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1964
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1955
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1958
Director of Photography
1970
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1952
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1940
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1963
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1957
Director of Photography
1948
Director of Photography
1950
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1965
Director of Photography
1957
Director of Photography
1943
Director of Photography
1938
Director of Photography
1942
Director of Photography
1950
Director of Photography
1943
Director of Photography
1960
Director of Photography
1947
Director of Photography
1943
Director of Photography
1962
Director of Photography
1952
Director of Photography
1943
Director of Photography
1940
Director of Photography
1940
Director of Photography
1943
Director of Photography
1938
Director of Photography
1949
Director of Photography
1939
Director of Photography
1940
Director of Photography
1941
Director of Photography
1937
Director of Photography
1939
Director of Photography
1938
Director of Photography
1937
Director of Photography
1938
Director of Photography
1965
Director of Photography
1950
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Cinematography
1943
Cinematography
1940
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1943
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1943
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1956
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1940
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1941
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1942
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1943
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1941
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1944
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1939
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1938
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1943
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1941
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1941
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1938
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1944
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1941
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1939
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1938
Cinematography
1938
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1942
Cinematography
1943
Cinematography
1941
Cinematography
1937
Cinematography
1944
Cinematography
1944
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1937
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1941
Cinematography
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