Name Joseph Valentine Children Joseph F. Valentine | Years active 1924-1949 Role Cinematographer Ex-spouse Theresa Coords | |
Full Name Giuseppe Valentino Movies Rope, Shadow of a Doubt, Saboteur, The Wolf Man, Possessed Similar People Joan Chandler, Winton Hoch, Frank Skinner, Dick Hogan, Douglas Dick | ||
Joseph A. Valentine (July 24, 1900 in New York City, as Giuseppe Valentino – May 18, 1949 in (Cheviot Hills, California, USA) was an Italian-American cinematographer, five-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and co-winner once in 1949.
Trained in photography, he moved to working in films in the 1920s and from 1924 became a chief cinematographer. Working on several B-films, his final years were spent on the cinematography for three Alfred Hitchcock films.
Valentine was nominated for the Academy Award in 1937 for Wings Over Honolulu, in 1938 for Mad About Music, in 1939 for First Love, in 1940 for Spring Parade. In 1949, on his fifth nomination, he won for Joan of Arc.
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