Gregg Toland

Name: December 7th
Released: 1943

American cinematographer (1904-1948) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 44

Gregg Wesley Toland was an American cinematographer known for his innovative use of techniques such as deep focus, examples of which can be found in his work on Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941), William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath, and The Long Voyage Home.

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1948Died28 September 19481943

December 7thFilmMore about this, Director

Show-Business at WarFilmMore about this, 19431941

Citizen KaneFilmMore about this, Interviewer1940Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-WhiteAward1904Born29 May 1904

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Orson Welles and Gregg Toland at work on Citizen Kane (1941); the camera appears to be one of the very few brand-new Mitchell Camera Corp BNCs which were made before the World War II embargo on the manufacture of new production cameras (excepting those intended for the U.S. Army Signal Corps and U.S. allies).

Awards

Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White1940

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He is also known for his work as a director of photography for Wuthering Heights (1939), The Westerner (1940), Ball of Fire (1941), The Outlaw (1943), Song of the South (1946) and The Bishop's Wife (1947).

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