John Alton

Personal Info

Birthday: 1901-10-05

Age: 123

Place of Birth: Sopron, Austria-Hungary

Known For: Camera

Biography

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 ...

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Awards

Academy Award (2020) - Best Actor
Golden Globe (2019) - Best Performance

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Filmography

Glorious Technicolor

Self (archive footage)

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

Self

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light