Joseph Ruttenberg
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-07-04
Day of Death
1983-05-01 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Berdychiv, Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine
Joseph Ruttenberg
Biography
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.
Acting
(1941)
You Can't Fool a Camera
as Himself
Crew
The Tiger's Cub
Camera Operator
(1968)
Speedway
Director of Photography
(1966)
The Oscar
Director of Photography
(1965)
Love Has Many Faces
Director of Photography
(1965)
Harlow
Director of Photography
(1965)
Sylvia
Cinematography
(1964)
A Global Affair
Director of Photography
(1963)
It Happened at the World's Fair
Director of Photography
(1963)
The Hook
Director of Photography
(1963)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Director of Photography
(1962)
Who's Got the Action?
Director of Photography
(1961)
Bachelor in Paradise
Director of Photography
(1961)
Two Loves
Director of Photography
(1961)
Ada
Director of Photography
(1960)
The Subterraneans
Director of Photography
(1960)
BUtterfield 8
Director of Photography
(1959)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Director of Photography
(1959)
Green Mansions
Director of Photography
(1958)
Gigi
Director of Photography
(1958)
The Reluctant Debutante
Director of Photography
(1957)
Man on Fire
Director of Photography
(1957)
Until They Sail
Director of Photography
(1956)
The Swan
Director of Photography
(1956)
Invitation to the Dance
Director of Photography
(1956)
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Director of Photography
(1955)
Kismet
Director of Photography
(1955)
The Prodigal
Director of Photography
(1955)
Interrupted Melody
Director of Photography
(1954)
Brigadoon
Director of Photography
(1954)
The Great Diamond Robbery
Director of Photography
(1954)
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Director of Photography
(1954)
Her Twelve Men
Director of Photography
(1953)
Julius Caesar
Director of Photography
(1953)
Small Town Girl
Director of Photography
(1953)
Nostradamus and the Queen
Cinematography
(1953)
Let's Ask Nostradamus
Director of Photography
(1952)
The Prisoner of Zenda
Director of Photography
(1952)
Because You're Mine
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
(1952)
Young Man with Ideas
Director of Photography
(1951)
Cause for Alarm!
Director of Photography
(1951)
Kind Lady
Director of Photography
(1951)
The Great Caruso
Director of Photography
(1951)
Too Young to Kiss
Director of Photography
(1950)
The Miniver Story
Director of Photography
(1950)
Side Street
Director of Photography
(1950)
Summer Stock
Additional Photography
(1950)
The Magnificent Yankee
Director of Photography
(1949)
The Bribe
Director of Photography
(1949)
That Forsyte Woman
Director of Photography
(1948)
Julia Misbehaves
Director of Photography
(1948)
B.F.'s Daughter
Director of Photography
(1947)
Killer McCoy
Director of Photography
(1947)
Desire Me
Director of Photography
(1945)
The Valley of Decision
Director of Photography
(1945)
Adventure
Cinematography
(1944)
Gaslight
Director of Photography
(1944)
Mrs. Parkington
Director of Photography
(1943)
Presenting Lily Mars
Director of Photography
(1943)
Madame Curie
Director of Photography
(1942)
Crossroads
Director of Photography
(1942)
Woman of the Year
Director of Photography
(1942)
Mrs. Miniver
Director of Photography
(1942)
Random Harvest
Cinematography
(1941)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Director of Photography
(1941)
Two-Faced Woman
Director of Photography
(1941)
Ziegfeld Girl
Director of Photography
(1940)
The Philadelphia Story
Director of Photography
(1940)
Comrade X
Director of Photography
(1940)
Waterloo Bridge
Director of Photography
(1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940
Director of Photography
(1939)
Tell No Tales
Cinematography
(1939)
Balalaika
Director of Photography
(1939)
The Women
Director of Photography
(1939)
The Ice Follies of 1939
Director of Photography
(1939)
On Borrowed Time
Director of Photography
(1938)
Everybody Sing
Director of Photography
(1938)
The Great Waltz
Director of Photography
(1938)
The Shopworn Angel
Director of Photography
(1938)
Three Comrades
Director of Photography
(1938)
The First Hundred Years
Director of Photography
(1937)
A Day at the Races
Director of Photography
(1937)
Live, Love and Learn
Cinematography
(1937)
Double Wedding
Still Photographer
(1937)
Big City
Director of Photography
(1936)
Fury
Director of Photography
(1936)
Three Godfathers
Director of Photography
(1936)
Man Hunt
Director of Photography
(1936)
Piccadilly Jim
Director of Photography
(1936)
Mad Holiday
Director of Photography
(1935)
The People's Enemy
Director of Photography
(1935)
Men Without Names
Director of Photography
(1934)
Everybody Likes Music
Cinematography
(1934)
Bubbling Over
Director of Photography
(1934)
Woman in the Dark
Director of Photography
(1931)
The Struggle
Director of Photography
(1929)
The Cocoanuts
Camera Operator
(1925)
School for Wives
Cinematography
(1923)
If Winter Comes
Cinematography
(1923)
Does It Pay?
Director of Photography
(1922)
My Friend the Devil
Director of Photography
(1922)
Who Are My Parents?
Director of Photography
(1921)
Know Your Men
Director of Photography
(1920)
The Thief
Director of Photography
(1919)
A Fallen Idol
Director of Photography
(1919)
My Little Sister
Camera Operator
(1917)
The Painted Madonna
Camera Operator