- Ernest Haller
Ernest Haller, A.S.C. also credited as Ernie B. Haller, (
31 May 1896 -21 October 1970 ), was an Americancinematographer .Born in
Los Angeles, California , Haller joinedBiograph Studios as an actor in 1914, then began to freelance as a cinematographer. By 1920, he was a fully-fledged director of photography and worked on some 180 films.Among his notable films, many of which starred
Bette Davis , are "Captain Blood" (1935), "Dangerous" (1935), "That Certain Woman " (1937), "Jezebel" (1938), "Dark Victory " (1939), "Gone with the Wind" (1939), "All This, and Heaven Too " (1940), "The Bride Came C.O.D. " (1941), "Mr. Skeffington " (1944), "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Deception" (1946), "Humoresque" (1946), "Winter Meeting " (1948), "Rebel Without a Cause " (1955), "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962), "Lilies of the Field " (1963), and "Dead Ringer" (1964).On the second pilot episode for the telivision series (later known as Star Trek: The Original Series), "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966), Haller came out of semi-retirement to serve as director of photography. Director James Goldstone recommended Haller at the last minute, after attempts to locate a cameraman had proved problematic.
Haller was nominated for the
Academy Award seven times and won the Oscar for Best Cinematography for "Gone with the Wind".He died in
Marina del Rey , the victim of a car accident.External links
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