Russell Harlan
Born Russell September 16, 1903 in Los Angeles, California to Frank and Bertha Harlan, who hailed from Iowa and Missouri. Russell was raised in Los Angeles along with his younger brother Richard (b. 1911). His paternal grandmother Sarah J. Harlan also lived with the family.
Harlan started in the film industry as an actor and stuntman, and by the early 1930s was working behind the camera as an assistant. His first work as lead cinematographer was in 1937, when he filmed four "Hopalong Cassidy" westerns for Harry Sherman Productions. Harlan had a career as a cinematographer that spanned some thirty-three years from 1937 to 1970. He was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, including two in 1962 for his work on Hatari! and To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Movies (94)
Darling Lili
1970 · Director of Photography
Tobruk
1967 · Director of Photography
Hawaii
1966 · Director of Photography
The Great Race
1965 · Director of Photography
Dear Heart
1965 · Director of Photography
Quick, Before It Melts
1965 · Director of Photography
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964 · Director of Photography
A Gathering of Eagles
1963 · Director of Photography
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · Director of Photography
The Spiral Road
1962 · Director of Photography
Hatari!
1962 · Director of Photography
Sunrise at Campobello
1960 · Director of Photography
Pollyanna
1960 · Director of Photography
Operation Petticoat
1959 · Director of Photography
Day of the Outlaw
1959 · Director of Photography
Rio Bravo
1959 · Director of Photography
King Creole
1958 · Director of Photography
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958 · Director of Photography
Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · Director of Photography
This Could Be the Night
1957 · Director of Photography
Something of Value
1957 · Director of Photography
Lust for Life
1956 · Director of Photography
The Last Hunt
1956 · Director of Photography
Land of the Pharaohs
1955 · Director of Photography
Blackboard Jungle
1955 · Director of Photography
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954 · Director of Photography
Ruby Gentry
1952 · Director of Photography
The Ring
1952 · Director of Photography
The Big Sky
1952 · Director of Photography
The Thing from Another World
1951 · Director of Photography
The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950 · Director of Photography
Southside 1-1000
1950 · Director of Photography
The Kangaroo Kid
1950 · Director of Photography
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950 · Director of Photography
Guilty Bystander
1950 · Director of Photography
Gun Crazy
1950 · Director of Photography
Bad Men of Tombstone
1949 · Director of Photography
Red River
1948 · Director of Photography
Four Faces West
1948 · Director of Photography
Ramrod
1947 · Director of Photography
A Walk in the Sun
1945 · Director of Photography
Forty Thieves
1944 · Cinematography
Mystery Man
1944 · Cinematography
Lumberjack
1944 · Cinematography
Texas Masquerade
1944 · Cinematography
The Woman of the Town
1943 · Director of Photography
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943 · Director of Photography
Riders of the Deadline
1943 · Cinematography
False Colors
1943 · Director of Photography
Bar 20
1943 · Cinematography
The Kansan
1943 · Director of Photography
Colt Comrades
1943 · Cinematography
Leather Burners
1943 · Cinematography
Buckskin Frontier
1943 · Director of Photography
Border Patrol
1943 · Cinematography
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943 · Cinematography
Lost Canyon
1942 · Cinematography
American Empire
1942 · Director of Photography
Undercover Man
1942 · Cinematography
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942 · Director of Photography
Secret of the Wastelands
1941 · Cinematography
Twilight on the Trail
1941 · Cinematography
Stick to Your Guns
1941 · Cinematography
Riders of the Timberline
1941 · Cinematography
Wide Open Town
1941 · Cinematography
Pirates on Horseback
1941 · Cinematography
Border Vigilantes
1941 · Cinematography
In Old Colorado
1941 · Director of Photography
Doomed Caravan
1941 · Cinematography
Three Men from Texas
1940 · Cinematography
Stagecoach War
1940 · Director of Photography
Hidden Gold
1940 · Cinematography
The Light of Western Stars
1940 · Director of Photography
The Showdown
1940 · Director of Photography
Santa Fe Marshal
1940 · Director of Photography
The Llano Kid
1939 · Director
Law of the Pampas
1939 · Director of Photography
Range War
1939 · Cinematography
Renegade Trail
1939 · Director of Photography
Heritage of the Desert
1939 · Director of Photography
Silver on the Sage
1939 · Director of Photography
Sunset Trail
1939 · Cinematography
The Frontiersmen
1938 · Cinematography
The Mysterious Rider
1938 · Director of Photography
In Old Mexico
1938 · Director of Photography
Pride of the West
1938 · Cinematography
Bar 20 Justice
1938 · Cinematography
Heart of Arizona
1938 · Cinematography
Cassidy of Bar 20
1938 · Director of Photography
Partners of the Plains
1938 · Director of Photography
Texas Trail
1937 · Cinematography
Hopalong Rides Again
1937 · Director of Photography
Rustlers' Valley
1937 · Cinematography
North of the Rio Grande
1937 · Director of Photography
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