Robert De Grasse
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Robert De Grasse was an American
cinematographer
.
where his family was working in the fledgling movie industry, he was the nephew of film actor Sam De Grasse
. Robert De Grasse began his career as an assistant cameraman then moved on to become a full time cinematographer by the time he was 21 years old.
He worked on over 100 movies including Vigil in the Night
(1940), The Leopard Man
(1943) and The Body Snatcher
(1945) as well as classic television shows such as I Love Lucy
and The Dick Van Dyke Show
.
In 1939, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography
for his work on the film Vivacious Lady
.
Robert De Grasse died in 1971 in Newport Beach, California
.
United States
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cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
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Career
Born in Maplewood, New JerseyMaplewood, New Jersey
Maplewood is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 23,867.-History:...
where his family was working in the fledgling movie industry, he was the nephew of film actor Sam De Grasse
Sam De Grasse
Samuel Alfred De Grasse was a Canadian actor. Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he trained to be a dentist....
. Robert De Grasse began his career as an assistant cameraman then moved on to become a full time cinematographer by the time he was 21 years old.
He worked on over 100 movies including Vigil in the Night
Vigil in the Night
Vigil in the Night is a 1940 film based on the 1939 serialized novel Vigil in the Night, by A. J. Cronin...
(1940), The Leopard Man
The Leopard Man
The Leopard Man is a horror movie directed by Jacques Tourneur based on the book Black Alibi by Cornell Woolrich. It is one of the first American films to attempt an even remotely realistic portrayal of a serial killer .-Plot summary:The story, set in New Mexico, begins as Jerry Manning hires a...
(1943) and The Body Snatcher
The Body Snatcher (film)
The Body Snatcher is a 1945 horror film directed by Robert Wise based on the short story The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film's producer Val Lewton helped adapt the story for the screen, writing under the pen name of "Carlos Keith". The film was marketed with the tagline The...
(1945) as well as classic television shows such as I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on the Columbia Broadcasting System...
and The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from October 3, 1961, until June 1, 1966. The show was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. It was produced by Reiner with Bill Persky and Sam Denoff....
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In 1939, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a cinematographer for work in one particular motion picture.-History:...
for his work on the film Vivacious Lady
Vivacious Lady
Vivacious Lady is a 1938 American black-and-white romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart, produced and directed by George Stevens, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The screenplay was written by P.J. Wolfson and Ernest Pagano and adapted from a short story by I. A. R. Wylie...
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Robert De Grasse died in 1971 in Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, south of downtown Santa Ana. The population was 85,186 at the 2010 census.The city's median family income and property values consistently place high in national rankings...
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Filmography
- The Desperate Trails (1921)
- The Kuick Back (1922)
- Good Men and True (1922)
- Thundergate (1923)
- Crashing' Thru (1923)
- Desert Driven (1923)
- The Canyonn of the Fools (1923)
- Three Palss (1926)
- The Swift Shadow (1927)
- Law of Fear (1928)
- Breed of the Sunsets (1928)
- Lightning Speed (1928)
- Fangs of the Wild (1928)
- Tracked (1928)
- Beyond London Lights (1928)
- Fury of the Wild (1929)
- The One Man Dog (1929)
- The Sign of Four (1932)
- Nine Till Six (1932)
- The Water Gypsies (1932)
- Freckles (1935)
- Alice AdamsAlice Adams (film)Alice Adams, also known as Booth Tarkington's Alice Adams, is a 1935 romantic film made by RKO. It was directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner adapted by Jane Murfin from the novel, Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington...
(1935) - Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
- Break of HeartsBreak of HeartsBreak of Hearts is a 1935 RKO film starring Katharine Hepburn and Charles Boyer. The screenplay was written by the team of Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman, with Anthony Veiller, from a story by Lester Cohen, specifically for Hepburn....
(1935) - Wanted Jane Turner (1936)
- A Woman RebelsA Woman RebelsA Woman Rebels is a 1936 RKO film adapted from the novel Portrait of a Rebel by Netta Syrett and starring Katharine Hepburn as Pamela Thistlewaite, who rebels against the social mores of Victorian England...
(1936) - Love on a Bet (1936)
- M'Liss (1936)
- The Witness Chair (1936)
- Chatterbox (1936)
- Stage Door (1937)
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
- Quality Street (1937)
- Having Wonderful Time (1938)
- Carefree (1938)
- Vivacious LadyVivacious LadyVivacious Lady is a 1938 American black-and-white romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart, produced and directed by George Stevens, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The screenplay was written by P.J. Wolfson and Ernest Pagano and adapted from a short story by I. A. R. Wylie...
(1938) - Career (1939)
- Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)
- Bachelor MotherBachelor MotherBachelor Mother is an American comedy film directed by Garson Kanin, and starring Ginger Rogers , David Niven, and Charles Coburn. The screenplay was written by Norman Krasna based on a Academy Award nominated story by Felix Jackson...
(1939) - The Story of Vernon and Irene CastleThe Story of Vernon and Irene CastleThe Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is an American biographical musical comedy, released in 1939 and directed by H.C. Potter. The film stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, and Walter Brennan....
(1939) - Kitty FoyleKitty Foyle (film)Kitty Foyle, subtitled The Natural History of a Woman, is a 1940 film starring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Ernest Cossart and Gladys Cooper.-Plot:...
(1940) - Lucky Partners (1940)
- Vigil in the NightVigil in the NightVigil in the Night is a 1940 film based on the 1939 serialized novel Vigil in the Night, by A. J. Cronin...
(1940) - Unexpected Uncle (1941)
- Father Takes a Wife (1941)
- Footlight Fever (1941)
- A Date With the Falcon (1941)
- My Favorite Spy (1942)
- Seven Days Leave (1942)
- Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942)
- The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
- Highways by Night (1942)
- Pittsburgh (1942)
- Higher and Higher (1943)
- Lady of BurLleque (1943)
- Forever and a Day (1943)
- The Leopard ManThe Leopard ManThe Leopard Man is a horror movie directed by Jacques Tourneur based on the book Black Alibi by Cornell Woolrich. It is one of the first American films to attempt an even remotely realistic portrayal of a serial killer .-Plot summary:The story, set in New Mexico, begins as Jerry Manning hires a...
(1943) - The Iron Major (1943)
- Step Lively (1944)
- Show Business (1944)
- Tall in the SaddleTall in the SaddleTall in the Saddle is a 1944 western movie starring John Wayne as a cowboy and Ella Raines as his fierce bullwhip-brandishing love interest. The screenplay was co-written by actor Paul Fix and the film was directed by Edwin L...
(1944) - The Body Snatcher (1945)
- George White's Scandals (1945)
- Flame of Barbary CoastFlame of Barbary CoastFlame of Barbary Coast is a 1945 western film starring John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut, William Frawley, and Virginia Grey. The movie was scripted by Borden Chase and directed by Joseph Kane.-Plot:...
(1945) - The House I Live InThe House I Live InThe House I Live In is a ten-minute short film written by Albert Maltz, produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Frank Sinatra...
(1945) - Beware of Redheads (1945)
- Badman's Territory (1946)
- Riverboat Rhythm (1946)
- Genius at Work (1946)
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-SoxerThe Bachelor and the Bobby-SoxerThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is a 1947 American screwball comedy film directed by Irving Reis. The screenplay was written by Sidney Sheldon. The film stars Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple in a story about a teenager's crush on an older man. The film was a critical success...
(1946) - Crack-UpCrack-Up (1946 film)Crack-Up is a film noir directed by Irving Reis, remembered for directing many "Falcon" movies of the early 1940s including The Falcon Takes Over. The drama is based on "Madman's Holiday", a story written by mystery writer Fredric Brown...
(1946) - The Judge Steps Out (1947)
- Born to KillBorn to Kill (1947 film)Born to Kill is a 1947 film noir starring Lawrence Tierney and directed by Robert Wise. It was the first film noir to be directed by Wise, who later directed The Set-Up , The Captive City , and Odds Against Tomorrow...
(1947) - BodyguardBodyguard (1948 film)Bodyguard is an American semi-documentary crime film noir directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Fred Niblo Jr.and Harry Essex, based on a story written by George W. George and Robert Altman, who would on to direct MASH and other notable films...
(1948) - The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
- Make Mine Laughs (1949)
- Home of the BraveHome of the Brave (1949 film)Home of the Brave is a 1949 film based on a 1946 play by Arthur Laurents. It was directed by Mark Robson and stars Douglas Dick, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Frank Lovejoy, James Edwards, and Steve Brodie...
(1949) - A Dangerous ProfessionA Dangerous ProfessionA Dangerous Profession is a 1949 American film noir directed by Ted Tetzlaff and written by Warren Duff and Martin Rackin. The drama features George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien, among others.-Plot:...
(1949) - Follow Me QuietlyFollow Me QuietlyFollow Me Quietly is a semidocumentary film noir directed by Richard Fleischer, with support from Anthony Mann in an uncredited position. The drama features William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, and others.-Plot:...
(1949) - Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
- A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
- The Clay PigeonThe Clay PigeonThe Clay Pigeon is an American film noir directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Carl Foreman, based on a true story. The drama features Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, Richard Quine, and others.-Plot:...
(1949) - The Men (1950)
- Double Dynamite (1951)
- Chicago Calling (1951)
- The First Legion (1951)
- Marry Me Again (1953)
Awards
Nomination- Academy AwardsAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
: Oscar, Best Cinematography, for Vivacious Lady; 1939.