Salvatore "Sol" Polito, A.S.C. (November 12, 1892 — May 23, 1960) was an Academy Award nominated cinematographer.

Born in Palermo, Sicily, Polito immigrated to the United States at an early age. Polito married his wife, Frances. Their son, Gene Polito

Gene Polito

Eugene "Gene" Emmanuel Polito was an American cinematographer, mechanical engineer and academic. His numerous of film and television credits included Futureworld, Up in Smoke and Lost in Space....

, also became a cinematographer.

Polito moved from Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 in 1919 to continue his cinematography career at Warner Brothers Studios. He worked on over 160 films including Sergeant York

Sergeant York

Sergeant York is a 1941 biographical film about the life of Alvin York, the most-decorated American soldier of World War I. It was directed by Howard Hawks and was the highest-grossing film of the year....

, The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)

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and Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1948 American suspense film noir directed by Anatole Litvak. It tells the story of a woman who overhears a plot for murder. It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Ed Begley, Leif Erickson and William Conrad.The film was adapted by Lucille...

. He was nominated for an Oscar for his work on Sergeant York.

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