Stanley Cortez (1908–1997)

Cinematographer | Camera Department | Visual Effects

Stanley Cortez was born Samuel Krantz in New York City, New York, the son of Sarah (Lefkowitz) and ...

Born: November 4, 1908
Died: December 23, 1997 (age 89)

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Filmography

Known For

The Night of the Hunter Cinematographer (1955)
The Magnificent Ambersons Cinematographer (1942)
Damien: Omen II Camera and Electrical Department (1978)
Known For

Since You Went Away Cinematographer (1944)
Cinematographer

Let There Be Light (1980)
Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
Chinatown (1974)
Doomsday Machine (1972)
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971)
Scream, Evelyn, Scream! (1970)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
They Saved Hitler's Brain (1968)
Blue (1968)
Sedgewick Hawk-Styles: Prince of Danger (1966)
Family Affair (1966)
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
Young Dillinger (1965)
Nightmare in the Sun (1965)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965)
The Candidate (1964)
The Naked Kiss (1964)
The Madmen of Mandoras (1963)
Shock Corridor (1963)
Back Street (1961)
Dinosaurus! (1960)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960)
Vice Raid (1959)
The Angry Red Planet (1959)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959)
Thunder in the Sun (1959)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
Top Secret Affair (1957)
Man from Del Rio (1956)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Black Tuesday (1954)
Medic (1954)
Apache (1954)
Dragon's Gold (1954)
Riders to the Stars (1954)
Yesterday and Today (1953)
The Diamond Queen (1953)
Shark River (1953)
The Neanderthal Man (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Models Inc. (1952)
Furia roja (1951)
Stronghold (1951)
Fort Defiance (1951)
The Basketball Fix (1951)
The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
The Underworld Story (1950)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
Smart Woman (1948)
Secret Beyond the Door... (1947)
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)
Since You Went Away (1944)
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
The Powers Girl (1943)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Eagle Squadron (1942)
Bombay Clipper (1942)
Sealed Lips (1942)
Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
A Dangerous Game (1941)
San Antonio Rose (1941)
The Black Cat (1941)
Meet the Wildcat (1940)
Margie (1940)
The Leather Pushers (1940)
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
Alias the Deacon (1940)
Laugh It Off (1939)
Hawaiian Nights (1939)
The Forgotten Woman (1939)
They Asked for It (1939)
For Love or Money (1939)
Risky Business (1939)
Exposed (1938)
The Last Express (1938)
Personal Secretary (1938)
Danger on the Air (1938)
The Lady in the Morgue (1938)
The Black Doll (1938)
Hollywood Screen Test (1937)
I Cover the War! (1937)
The Wildcatter (1937)
Cinematographer

Armored Car (1937)
Four Days Wonder (1936)
Camera and Electrical Department

Damien: Omen II (1978)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)
South Pacific (1958)
It's a Date (1940)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
My Lips Betray (1933)
Lady with a Past (1932)
Panama Flo (1932)
Devotion (1931)
Camera and Electrical Department

The Bat Whispers (1930)
Broadway (1929)
The Green Archer (1925)
Archive footage

American Masters (2008)
The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998)
Visual Effects

When Time Ran Out... (1980)
Damien: Omen II (1978)

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

President American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) 1985-1986.

To hell with all this caution! To hell with this academic approach! You must distort color, play around with it, make it work for you, intentionally throw it off balance. You can mirror emotions in color. There are times when nature is dull; change ...