Leon Shamroy  

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Leon Shamroy, A.S.C. (July 16, 1901 – July 7, 1974) was an American film cinematographer known for his work in 20th Century Fox motion pictures shot in Technicolor. He and Charles Lang share the record for most Oscar nominations for Cinematography. During his half-century career, he gained 18 nominations with 4 wins, sharing the record for wins with Joseph Ruttenberg.

Academy Awards

Additional films

• Pirates of the Sky (1926)
• The Trunk Mystery (1926)
• Tongues of Scandal (1927)
• Hidden Aces (1927)
• Bitter Sweets (1928)
• The Tell-Tale Heart (1928)

• Out with the Tide (1928)
• Alma de Gaucho (1930)
• Stowaway (1932)
• Her Bodyguard (1933)
• Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
• Good Dame (1934)
• Thirty-Day Princess (1934)
• Kiss and Make-Up (1934)
• She Married Her Boss (1935)
• Accent on Youth (1935)
• Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
• Soak the Rich (1936)
• You Only Live Once (1937)
• Made for Each Other (1939)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
• The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
• Little Old New York (1940)
• Lillian Russell (1940)
• Four Sons (1940)
• Tin Pan Alley (1940)
• The Great American Broadcast (1941)
• That Night in Rio (1941)
• Moon Over Miami (1941)
• Roxie Hart (1942)
• Crash Dive (1943)
• Stormy Weather (1943)
• Claudia (1943)
• Buffalo Bill (1944)
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
• The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
• That Lady in Ermine (1948)
• Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
• King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
• Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
• The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
• Desk Set (1957)
• John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965)
• Do Not Disturb (1965)
• Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
• Caprice (also appeared in)(1967)
• Planet of the Apes (1968)