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Joseph Ruttenberg
EN cinema · 116 credits
Born
4 July 1889
Died
1 May 1983 (aged 93)
Birthplace
Berdychiv, Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine
Also known as Joe Ruttenberg
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.
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Filmography
The Tiger's Cub
Camera Operator
Speedway
Director of Photography
The Oscar
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Love Has Many Faces
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Harlow
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Sylvia
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A Global Affair
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It Happened at the World's Fair
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The Hook
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Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
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Who's Got the Action?
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Bachelor in Paradise
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Two Loves
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Ada
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The Subterraneans
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BUtterfield 8
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The Wreck of the Mary Deare
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Green Mansions
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Gigi
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The Reluctant Debutante
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Man on Fire
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Until They Sail
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The Vintage
Cinematography
The Swan
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Invitation to the Dance
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
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Kismet
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The Prodigal
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Interrupted Melody
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Brigadoon
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The Great Diamond Robbery
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The Last Time I Saw Paris
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Her Twelve Men
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Julius Caesar
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Small Town Girl
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Nostradamus and the Queen
Cinematography
Let's Ask Nostradamus
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The Prisoner of Zenda
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Because You're Mine
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Young Man with Ideas
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Cause for Alarm!
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Kind Lady
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The Great Caruso
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Too Young to Kiss
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The Miniver Story
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Side Street
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Summer Stock
Additional Photography
The Magnificent Yankee
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The Bribe
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That Forsyte Woman
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Julia Misbehaves
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B.F.'s Daughter
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Killer McCoy
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Desire Me
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The Valley of Decision
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Adventure
Cinematography
Gaslight
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Mrs. Parkington
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Presenting Lily Mars
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Madame Curie
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Crossroads
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Woman of the Year
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Mrs. Miniver
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Random Harvest
Cinematography
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Two-Faced Woman
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Ziegfeld Girl
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The Philadelphia Story
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Waterloo Bridge
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Comrade X
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Broadway Melody of 1940
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Tell No Tales
Cinematography
Balalaika
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The Women
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The Ice Follies of 1939
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On Borrowed Time
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Everybody Sing
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The Great Waltz
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The Shopworn Angel
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Three Comrades
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The First Hundred Years
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A Day at the Races
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Live, Love and Learn
Cinematography
Double Wedding
Still Photographer
Big City
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Fury
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Three Godfathers
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Man Hunt
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Piccadilly Jim
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Mad Holiday
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The People's Enemy
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Men Without Names
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Everybody Likes Music
Cinematography
Bubbling Over
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Woman in the Dark
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The Struggle
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The Cocoanuts
Camera Operator
School for Wives
Cinematography
The Fool
Cinematography
If Winter Comes
Cinematography
Does It Pay?
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My Friend the Devil
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Who Are My Parents?
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The Town That Forgot God
Cinematography
Know Your Men
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A Virgin Paradise
Cinematography
The Mountain Woman
Cinematography
Beyond Price
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The Thief
1920
The Thief
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From Now On
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The Shark
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A Fallen Idol
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My Little Sister
Camera Operator
The Painted Madonna
Camera Operator
Thou Shalt Not Steal
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