# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-h-daniels
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:02:12.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-h-daniels"
name: "William H. Daniels"
slug: "william-h-daniels"
description: "William H. Daniels ASC was a film cinematographer who was best-known as actress Greta Garbo's personal lensman.\nDaniels served as the cinematographer on all but three of Garbo's films during her tenure at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including Torrent (1926), The Mysterious Lady (1928), The Kiss (1929), Anna Christie (1930), Grand Hotel (1932), Queen Christina (1933), Anna Karenina (1935), Camille (1936) and Ninotchka (1939).\nEarly in his career, Daniels worked regularly with director Erich von Stroheim, providing cinematography for such films as The Devil's Pass Key (1920) and Greed (1924). Daniels went on to win an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on The Naked City (1948)."
tagline: "American cinematographer (1901-1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/For_the_Love_of_Mary_(1948)_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1901-12-01"
deathDate: "1970-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump