James Wong Howe
Wong Tung Jim, A.S.C. (Chinese: 黃宗霑; August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976), known professionally as James Wong Howe (Houghto), was a Chinese-born American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood due to his innovative filming techniques. Howe was known as a master of the use of shadow and one of the first to use deep-focus cinematography, in which both foreground and distant planes remain in focus. Born in Canton (Guangzhou), China, Howe immigrated to the United States at age five and grew up in Washington. He was a professional boxer during his teenage years, and later began his career in the film industry as an assistant to Cecil B. DeMille. Howe pioneered the use of wide-angle lenses and low-key lighting, as well as the use of the crab dolly. Despite the success of his professional life, Howe...
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Funny Lady
The Molly Maguires
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Hombre
Seconds
This Property Is Condemned
The Glory Guys
The Outrage
Hud
Tess of the Storm Country
The Story on Page One
The Last Angry Man
Bell, Book and Candle
The Old Man and the Sea
Sweet Smell of Success
Death of a Scoundrel
The Rose Tattoo
Picnic
Jennifer
Come Back, Little Sheba
The Lady Says No
Behave Yourself!
He Ran All the Way
The Baron of Arizona
The Time of Your Life
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Body and Soul
Pursued
Nora Prentiss
My Reputation
Danger Signal
Confidential Agent
Counter-Attack
Objective, Burma!
Passage to Marseille
The North Star
Hangmen Also Die!
Air Force
The Hard Way
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Kings Row
Out of the Fog
Shining Victory
The Strawberry Blonde
Fantasia
A Dispatch from Reuters
City for Conquest
Torrid Zone
Saturday's Children
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Dust Be My Destiny
Daughters Courageous
Comet Over Broadway
Farewell Again
Three Live Ghosts
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
The Flame Within
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Stamboul Quest
The Thin Man
The Show-Off
The Power and the Glory
Beauty for Sale
Hello, Sister!
Man About Town
Young America
Amateur Daddy
After Tomorrow
Dance Team
Chandu the Magician
Surrender
The Yellow Ticket
The Criminal Code
Desert Nights
The Perfect Crime
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Sorrell and Son
Padlocked
Mantrap
Peter Pan