Occupation cinematographer Name Ray Rennahan | Role Cinematographer Ex-spouse Lillian Hunt | |
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Born May 1, 1896 ( 1896-05-01 ) Las Vegas, Nevada Board member of A.S.C. President (1950-1951), (1965-1966) Died May 19, 1980, Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States Titles American Society of Cinematographers Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography Movies For Whom the Bell Tolls, Drums Along the Mohawk, Duel in the Sun, Blood and Sand, Mystery of the Wax Museum Similar People Ernest Haller, Sidney Howard, Lee Garmes, Lyle R Wheeler, Harold Rosson | ||
Ray Rennahan, A.S.C. (May 1, 1896 – May 19, 1980) was a movie cinematographer.
Biography
For his work in movies, he became one of the only six cinematographers to have a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The other five are: Haskell Wexler, Conrad L. Hall, J. Peverell Marley, Leon Shamroy and Hal Mohr.
He won two Academy Awards for Color Cinematography, for Gone with the Wind in 1940, and Blood and Sand in 1942. He was also nominated in that category for Drums Along the Mohawk in 1940, Down Argentine Way and The Blue Bird in 1941, Louisiana Purchase in 1942, For Whom the Bell Tolls in 1944, and Lady in the Dark in 1945.
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