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John Alton
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American cinematographer of Austrian-Hungarian origin (1901-1996)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Book of the Great Border
- Autonomic Intelligence :
- Painting with light
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Film & TV
Sopron, Austria-Hungary
John Alton A.S.C. (October 5, 1901 – June 2, 1996), born Johann Altmann, in Sopron/Ödenburg, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, was an American cinematographer. Alton won an Academy Award for the cinematography of An American in Paris (1951), becoming the first Hungarian-born person to do so. He photographed some of the most famous film noirs of the classic period. He started out in Los…
Known for
- 'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris — Self (archival footage)2008
- Mystery Street: Murder at Harvard2007
- Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light — Self2006
- Glorious Technicolor — Self (archive footage)1998
- Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir — Self1995
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1938-09-01
- Active to
- 2008-10-10
pop reggaer&breggaerocksteadyska
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 11
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sopron
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- John Alton - Slightly Scarlet (1956).jpg
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- John Alton
- date of birth
- 1901-10-05
- date of death
- 1996-06-02
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