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Stanley Cortez

Camera

Born November 4, 1908 · New York, New York, USA

Died December 23, 1997

Biography

American cinematographer. He worked on over seventy films, including Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter (1955), Nunnally Johnson's The Three Faces of Eve (1957), and Samuel Fuller's Shock Corridor (1963) and The Naked Kiss (1964).

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1945 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1943 · nominated

Filmography32 titles

Chinatown

1974Additional Photography

The Night of the Hunter

1955Director of Photography

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942Director of Photography

The Three Faces of Eve

1957Director of Photography

The Naked Kiss

1964Director of Photography

Shock Corridor

1963Director of Photography

The Bridge at Remagen

1969Director of Photography

Man from Del Rio

1956Director of Photography

Fort Defiance

1951Director of Photography

Secret Beyond the Door...

1947Director of Photography

The Black Cat

1941Director of Photography

Damien: Omen II

1978Camera Operator

Another Man, Another Chance

1977Director of Photography

The Admiral Was a Lady

1950Director of Photography

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

1947Director of Photography

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935Camera Operator

Vice Raid

1959Director of Photography

Black Tuesday

1954Director of Photography

Apache

1954Director of Photography

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

1952Director of Photography

Riders to the Stars

1954Director of Photography

Blue

1968Director of Photography

Dinosaurus!

1960Director of Photography

Back Street

1961Director of Photography

The Angry Red Planet

1959Director of Photography

Thunder in the Sun

1959Director of Photography

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949Director of Photography

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini

1966Director of Photography

Top Secret Affair

1957Director of Photography

The Navy vs. the Night Monsters

1966Director of Photography

The Neanderthal Man

1953Director of Photography

Doomsday Machine

1976Director of Photography