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American cinematographer (1906–1978)
Loyal Allen Griggs
Born (1906-08-15 ) August 15, 1906Died May 6, 1978(1978-05-06) (aged 71)U.S.
Occupation
Cinematographer
Loyal Griggs ,
A.S.C. (August 15, 1906 – May 6, 1978) was an American cinematographer.
Griggs joined the staff of
Paramount Pictures in 1924 after graduating from school and initially worked at the studio's process department. He was promoted from assistant photographer to second unit photographer to camera process photographer, before becoming director of photography for three 1951 releases:
Crosswinds ,
Passage West and
The Last Outpost .
Griggs won the
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the 1953 Western
Shane .
[1]
He was part of the production team that received an
Academy Honorary Award at the
11th Academy Awards for their efforts on the Paramount film
Spawn of the North .
[2]
Griggs' other Paramount films as cinematographer included the 1954 musical
White Christmas , the 1956
Cecil B. DeMille epic
The Ten Commandments , and the
Jerry Lewis comedies
The Sad Sack (1957) and
Visit to a Small Planet (1960). He was also the cinematographer on
George Stevens ' 1965
United Artists release
The Greatest Story Ever Told as well as
Otto Preminger 's World War II drama of that same year,
In Harm's Way . His final film was the 1971
American International Pictures comedy
Bunny O'Hare starring
Bette Davis and
Ernest Borgnine .
[3]
Selected filmography
References
External links
Awards for Loyal Griggs
1928–1950 1951–1975 1976–2000 2001–present
1928–1950
Warner Bros. /
Charlie Chaplin (1928)
Walt Disney (1932)
Shirley Temple (1934)
D. W. Griffith (1935)
The March of Time /
W. Howard Greene and
Harold Rosson (1936)
Edgar Bergen /
W. Howard Greene /
Museum of Modern Art Film Library /
Mack Sennett (1937)
J. Arthur Ball /
Walt Disney /
Deanna Durbin and
Mickey Rooney /
Gordon Jennings ,
Jan Domela , Devereaux Jennings, Irmin Roberts, Art Smith,
Farciot Edouart ,
Loyal Griggs ,
Loren L. Ryder , Harry D. Mills,
Louis Mesenkop , Walter Oberst /
Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey /
Harry Warner (1938)
Douglas Fairbanks /
Judy Garland /
William Cameron Menzies /
Motion Picture Relief Fund (
Jean Hersholt ,
Ralph Morgan ,
Ralph Block ,
Conrad Nagel )/
Technicolor Company (1939)
Bob Hope /
Nathan Levinson (1940)
Walt Disney ,
William Garity , John N. A. Hawkins, and the
RCA Manufacturing Company /
Leopold Stokowski and his associates / Rey Scott /
British Ministry of Information (1941)
Charles Boyer /
Noël Coward /
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1942)
George Pal (1943)
Bob Hope /
Margaret O'Brien (1944)
Republic Studio,
Daniel J. Bloomberg , and the Republic Studio Sound Department /
Walter Wanger /
The House I Live In /
Peggy Ann Garner (1945)
Harold Russell /
Laurence Olivier /
Ernst Lubitsch /
Claude Jarman Jr. (1946)
James Baskett /
Thomas Armat ,
William Nicholas Selig ,
Albert E. Smith , and
George Kirke Spoor /
Bill and Coo /
Shoeshine (1947)
Walter Wanger /
Monsieur Vincent /
Sid Grauman /
Adolph Zukor (1948)
Jean Hersholt /
Fred Astaire /
Cecil B. DeMille /
The Bicycle Thief (1949)
Louis B. Mayer /
George Murphy /
The Walls of Malapaga (1950)
1951–1975 1976–2000 2001–present
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