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Karl Struss
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Cinematographer Born: 1891 in New York City, NY Death: December 16, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:The son of a wire manufacturer, American cinematographer "Karl Struss" studied photography at Columbia University. His fellow film cameraman "Hal Mohr" has labelled Struss one of the greatest still photographers who ever lived; in this capacity, Struss maintained his own well-patronized Los Angeles portrait studio from 1914 through 1919. He was first hired for moving pictures in 1919 by "Cecil B. DeMille". Climbing to the top in relatively short order, Struss worked most often in collaboration with "Charles Rosher"; he and Rosher shared the first-ever Best Photography Academy Award for their eye-popping work on "F.W. Murnau"'s "Sunrise" (1927). Many of Struss' own innovations were often mistakenly credited by film historians to directors; for example, it was Struss and not director "Rouben Mamoulian" who hit upon using infrared filters for the transformation scenes in 1931's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.... Full Biography
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