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Lee Garmes was an American cinematographer who was born on 27 May, 1898 in Peoria, IL. He was best known for his work on films such as Scarface (1932), Shanghai Express (1932), and The Big Sleep (1946).
Garmes began his career in the film industry in 1919, working as a camera assistant for the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. He quickly rose through the ranks and became a cinematographer in 1923. He worked on over 100 films throughout his career, including classics such as The Big Sleep (1946), The Letter (1940), and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).
Garmes was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Shanghai Express (1932). He was also the recipient of the American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award in 1975.
Garmes passed away on August 31, 1978 in Los Angeles, California. He was 80 years old.
| Popular As |
Lee Dewey Garmes |
| Occupation |
cinematographer,director,producer |
| Age |
80 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
27 May, 1898 |
| Birthday |
27 May |
| Birthplace |
Peoria, Illinois |
| Date of death |
August 31, 1978 |
| Died Place |
Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Lee Garmes Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Lee Garmes's Wife?
His wife is Ruth Hall (1933–his death)
| Family |
| Parents |
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| Wife |
Ruth Hall (1933–his death) |
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| Children |
2 daughters, Pamela and Carol |
Lee Garmes Net Worth
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Lee Garmes's net worth
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| Gone with the Wind (1939) | $750 /week |
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He became one of few cinematographers to be given additional responsibilities in directing and production and in 1972 became one of the first advocates for the use of videotape in filmmaking. Garmes was twice recipient of the Eastman Kodak Award.
President American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) 1960-1961.
Lee Garmes imbued many more seminal films of the 1940's and 50's with his own particular style, creating the romantic moods of Lydia (1941), the exotic splendour of Alexander Korda's technicolor The Jungle Book (1942) and the semi-documentary realism of William Wyler's Detective Story (1951).
Selznick months into shooting Gone with the Wind (1939) (Selznick objected to the Garmes technique of soft lighting, preferring the harsher 'picture postcard' colours). Though the first hour of GWTW was almost entirely shot by Garmes (most of it directed by George Cukor, who was also fired), he was not credited for his efforts.
Said to have been influenced by the paintings of Rembrandt, Garmes showed a great flair in the use of chiaroscuro, light and shade, which enhanced the expressionistic European look of darkly exotic ventures like Morocco (1930) and Shanghai Express (1932). Both pictures were directed by Josef von Sternberg and starred one of Paramount's most bankable assets, Marlene Dietrich, flatteringly photographed by Garmes with subdued lighting amid swirling, misty backgrounds. "Shanghai Express" led to an Academy Award and established Garmes as one of the top cinematographers in the business. His career suffered a setback, however, when he was replaced by David O.
He perfected his craft at First National and Warner Brothers (1927-1930), before returning to Paramount and making a significant contribution to some of the most outstanding black-and-white films made by the studio during the early and mid-1930's. His most recognizable trademark was to naturally light his sets from a northward orientation.
One of the most innovative of pioneer cameramen, Lee Garmes started his career on the East Coast with the New York Motion Picture Company, but was soon persuaded by the director Thomas H. Ince to join him in Hollywood. Garmes quickly climbed his way up the ladder, from painter's assistant to prop boy (future director Henry Hathaway shared the same duties at 'Inceville'), to camera assistant. He struck up a singularly fruitful collaboration with director Malcolm St. Clair, with whom he worked on one- and two-reel shorts. Many of these early comedies were shot on a shoe-string budget and necessitated clever improvisation, especially in the usage of lead-sheet reflectors (re-directing sunlight) which substituted for proper lighting. Garmes also introduced incandescent tungsten filament Mazda lights as a significant cost-saving venture. In 1925, now as a fully-fledged director of photography, Garmes went over to Paramount, first under contract from 1925 to 1926.
