Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C.
Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. | |
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Born | Berdychiv, Zhytomyr oblast, Russian Empire | July 4, 1889
Died | May 1, 1983 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 93)
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Spouse | Rose Ruttenberg |
Children | Virginia Ruttenberg |
Ruttenberg was accomplished at winning accolades. At MGM, Ruttenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography 10 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 BerdychivZhytomyr 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 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 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 assignment for a sound film was The Struggle (1931), D.W. Griffith's final film. In 1934, Ruttenberg signed 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.
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