Karl Struss

Karl Struss

Carlo Struss

Birth Date

11/30/1886 (Age 95)

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Death Date

12/16/1981

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karl Struss, A.S.C. (November 30, 1886 – December 15, 1981) was an American photographer and a cinematographer of the 1900s through the 1950s. He was also one of the earliest pioneers of 3-D films. While he mostly worked on films, such as F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator and Limelight, he was also one of the cinematographers for the television series Broken Arrow and photographed 19 episodes of My Friend Flicka. In 1919, after his discharge from WWI, he moved to Los Angeles and signed on with Cecil B. DeMille as a cameraman, initially for the film For Better, For Worse starring Gloria Swanson, followed by another Swanson film Male and Female and lea...

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Gender

Male

Total Credits

12

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Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

8 films together

Kurt Neumann

Kurt Neumann

2 films together

Fredric March

Fredric March

2 films together

Waldemar Young

Waldemar Young

2 films together

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

2 films together

George O'Brien

George O'Brien

1 film together

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