Charles Rosher
English cinematographer (1885–1974) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles G. Rosher, A.S.C. (17 November 1885 – 15 January 1974) was an English-born cinematographer who worked from the early days of silent films through the 1950s.
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Born | (1885-11-17)17 November 1885 London, England |
Died | 15 January 1974(1974-01-15) (aged 88) Lisbon, Portugal |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 1912–1955 |
Title | A.S.C. Founding Member |
Awards | Best Cinematography 1928 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (co-winner Karl Struss) 1946 The Yearling |
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He was Mary Pickford's favourite cinematographer and a personal friend, shooting all of the films in which she starred from 1918 to 1927, before they had a falling out during production of Coquette (1929).[1][2] He was the first cinematographer to receive an Academy Award, along with Karl Struss, for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and won again for The Yearling (1946), with Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling. He was also nominated four times.