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James Wong Howe
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Chinese-American film director and cinematographer (1899–1976)
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It is catalogued under topics including 1899 births, 1976 deaths and American cinematographers.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Passage to Marseille
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Film & TV
Guangzhou, China
James Wong Howe, ASC (born Wong Tung Jim, Chinese: 黃宗霑; August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976) was a Chinese American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films. A master at the use of shadow, he was one of the first to use deep-focus cinematography, photography in which both foreground and distant planes remain in focus. During the 1930s and 1940s he was one of the most sought after cinematographers…
Known for
- Against All Odds: The Life of Cinematographer James Wong Howe — Self (archive footage)2024
- The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo — Self (archive footage)2007
- Visions of Light — Self (archive footage)1992
- James Wong Howe: Cinematographer — Self1973
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- The Oscars — Self1953
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Howe
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Qing dynasty
- Place of birth
- Taishan
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Spouse
- Sanora Babb
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- television
- Image
- James Wong Howe Best Cinematography (cropped).jpg
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- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- Commons category
- James Wong Howe
- date of birth
- 1899-08-28
- date of death
- 1976-07-12
- name in native language
- James Wong Howe
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- birth name
- 黃宗霑
- start of work period
- 1923-00-00
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