John Alton
Известен как: Camera
Дата рождения: 5 октября 1901 г. — Дата смерти: 2 июня 1996 г.
Место рождения: Sopron, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Starting out in 1924 as a lab technician at MGM, John Alton left there for Paramount to become a cameraman. He traveled to France and then to South America, where he wrote, photographed and directed several Spanish-language films. Returning to Hollywood in 1937, he soon achieved a reputation as one of the industry's most accomplished cinematographers. In 1951, he and Alfred Gilks won an Academy Award for color photography for An American in Paris (1951).
