Camera
Lee Garmes
EN, DE cinema · 100 credits
Born
27 May 1898
Died
31 August 1978 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Also known as Lee Dewey 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).
Known for
Filmography
Why?
Cinematography
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Director of Photography
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Director of Photography
Lady in a Cage
Director of Photography
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Director of Photography
Misty
Director of Photography
Happy Anniversary
Director of Photography
The Big Fisherman
Director of Photography
Never Love a Stranger
Director of Photography
The Big Boodle
Director of Photography
D-Day the Sixth of June
Director of Photography
The Bottom of the Bottle
Director of Photography
The Sharkfighters
Director of Photography
Man with the Gun
Director of Photography
Land of the Pharaohs
Director of Photography
The Desperate Hours
Director of Photography
Abdulla the Great
1955
Abdullah's Harem
Cinematography
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Director, Director of Photography, Producer
The Lusty Men
Director of Photography
The Captive City
Director of Photography
Thunder in the East
Director of Photography
Actors and Sin
Co-Director, Director of Photography
Detective Story
Director of Photography
That's My Boy
Director of Photography
Saturday's Hero
Director of Photography
My Foolish Heart
Director of Photography
Our Very Own
Director of Photography
The Furies
Director of Photography
My Friend Irma Goes West
Director of Photography
Caught
Director of Photography
Roseanna McCoy
Director of Photography
The Fighting Kentuckian
Director of Photography
The Paradine Case
Director of Photography
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Director of Photography
Nightmare Alley
Director of Photography
Specter of the Rose
Director of Photography, Co-Director, Co-Producer
Duel in the Sun
Director of Photography
The Searching Wind
Director of Photography
Young Widow
Director of Photography
Love Letters
Director of Photography
Paris Underground
Cinematography
Guest in the House
Director of Photography
None Shall Escape
Director of Photography
Since You Went Away
Director of Photography
Flight for Freedom
Director of Photography
Forever and a Day
Director of Photography
China Girl
Director of Photography
Footlight Serenade
Director of Photography
Jungle Book
Director of Photography
Lydia
Director of Photography, Associate Producer
Beyond Tomorrow
Producer
Angels Over Broadway
Director of Photography, Director, Co-Director
The Scoundrel
Director of Photography
Once in a Blue Moon
Cinematography
Crime Without Passion
Director of Photography, Director
I Am Suzanne!
Director of Photography
Shanghai Madness
Director of Photography
Zoo in Budapest
Director of Photography
Face in the Sky
Director of Photography
My Lips Betray
Director of Photography
Shanghai Express
Director of Photography
Scarface
Director of Photography
Smilin' Through
Director of Photography
Strange Interlude
Director of Photography
Dreaming Lips
Technical Supervisor, Producer
Call Her Savage
Director of Photography
City Streets
Director of Photography
The Conquest of the Air
Cinematography
An American Tragedy
Director of Photography
Kiss Me Again
Camera Operator
Dishonored
Director of Photography
Fighting Caravans
Director of Photography
Spring Is Here
Director of Photography
The Song of the Flame
Director of Photography
Whoopee!
Director of Photography
Morocco
Director of Photography
Bright Lights
Director of Photography
Lilies of the Field
Cinematography
The Other Tomorrow
Director of Photography
His Captive Woman
Director of Photography
Disraeli
Director of Photography, Cinematography
Say It with Songs
Director of Photography
The Great Divide
Cinematography
Love and the Devil
Director of Photography
Prisoners
Director of Photography
The Yellow Lily
Director of Photography
The Barker
Director of Photography
Waterfront
Director of Photography
Rose of the Golden West
Director of Photography
The Popular Sin
Director of Photography
The Show Off
Director of Photography
Crack O' Dawn
Cinematography
Find Your Man
Director of Photography
The Lighthouse by the Sea
Director of Photography
Money to Burns
1924
Money to Burns
Cinematography
Fighting Blood
1923
Fighting Blood
Cinematography
Fighting Blood
1923
Fighting Blood
Cinematography
Fighting Blood
1923
Fighting Blood
Cinematography
I'll Get Him Yet
Director of Photography