Name Ernest Palmer | Role Cinematographer | |
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Full Name Ernest George Palmer Born December 6, 1885 ( 1885-12-06 ) Kansas City, Missouri Occupation Hollywood cinematographer Died February 22, 1978, Pacific Palisades, California, United States Known for Academy Award for Best Cinematography Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominations Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Movies Broken Arrow, Street Angel, 7th Heaven, Blood and Sand, 4 Devils Similar People Ray Rennahan, Elliott Arnold, Albert Maltz, Frank Lloyd, Harry Oliver | ||
Ernest George Palmer (December 6, 1885 - February 22, 1978) was a Hollywood cinematographer for more than 160 films. His earliest known credit was for a 1912 adaptation of Ivanhoe.
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Biography
Palmer was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
In 1941, Palmer won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography (in collaboration with Ray Rennahan) for Blood and Sand. Palmer was nominated on several other occasions—in 1928 for Four Devils, in 1929 for Street Angel, and in 1950 for Broken Arrow. He is sometimes confused with a British cinematographer of the same name (1901-1964) who worked on various UK films and television programmes until the early 1960s.
Palmer died in Pacific Palisades, California.
Selected filmography
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