# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-shamroy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:41:38.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-shamroy"
name: "Leon Shamroy"
slug: "leon-shamroy"
description: "Leon Shamroy, A.S.C. was an American film cinematographer known for his work in 20th Century Fox motion pictures shot in Technicolor. He and Charles Lang share the record for most Oscar nominations for Cinematography. During his half-century career, he gained 18 nominations with 4 wins, sharing the record for wins with Joseph Ruttenberg."
tagline: "American cinematographer (1901–1974)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1901-07-16"
deathDate: "1974-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.587982832618026
  historical:           15.32365466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005872/"
    handle:    "nm0005872"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump