Sam Leavitt

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American cinematographer

Sam Leavitt

On the set of An American Dream
Eleanor Parker and Stuart Whitman (actors), Robert Gist (director, behind them) and Sam Leavitt in white hat (publicity still).

Born| (1904-02-06)February 6, 1904

New York City

Died| March 21, 1984(1984-03-21) (aged 80)

Woodland Hills, California

Occupation| Cinematographer
Years active| 1932 \- 1978

Samuel Leavitt, A.S.C. (February 6, 1904 – March 21, 1984), was an American cinematographer nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for The Defiant Ones (1958).

Leavitt began his career as an assistant camera operator working on 1930s films.[1] Leavitt was a camera operator on films including Rancho Notorious (1952) and on TV's I Love Lucy in the early 1950s[2] before becoming a director of photography in films.

Leavitt was nominated for Academy Awards for Exodus (Best Cinematography Color) (1960)and Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (Best Cinematography Black and White) in the two years following his Oscar win for The Defiant Ones.

Leavitt was born in New York City and died in Woodland Hills, California.

## Filmography

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Feature films

* The Thief (1952)
* China Venture (1953)
* Mission Over Korea (1953)
* A Star Is Born (1954)
* Carmen Jones (1954)
* Southwest Passage (1954)
* An Annapolis Story (1955)
* The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
* The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
* The Bold and the Brave (1956)
* Crime in the Streets (1956)
* Hot Rod Girl (1956)
* The Wild Party (1956)
* The Careless Years (1957)
* Eighteen and Anxious (1957)
* Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
* Time Limit (1957)
* The Defiant Ones (1958)
* The Fearmakers (1958)
* Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
* The Crimson Kimono (1959)
* Five Gates to Hell (1959)
* Pork Chop Hill (1959)
* Exodus (1960)
* Seven Thieves (1960)
* The Right Approach (1961)
* Advise & Consent (1962)
* Cape Fear (1962)
* Diamond Head (1963)
* Shock Treatment (1964)
* Brainstorm (1965)
* Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
* Major Dundee (1965)
* My Blood Runs Cold (1965)
* Two on a Guillotine (1965)
* An American Dream (1966)
* I Deal in Danger (1966)
* Murderers' Row (1966)
* Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
* Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968)
* The Wrecking Crew (1968)
* The Desperados (1969)
* The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)

Short films

* Goof on the Roof (1953)

Television films

* Evil Roy Slade (1972)
* The Longest Night (1972)
* The Screaming Woman (1972)

## References

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1. ^ All Movie biography
2. ^ TCM Biography[dead link]

## External links

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* Sam Leavitt at IMDb

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Academy Award for Best Cinematography

1928–1950|

* Charles Rosher and Karl Struss (1928)
* Clyde De Vinna (1929)
* Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van der Veer (1930)
* Floyd Crosby (1931)
* Lee Garmes (1932)
* Charles Lang (1933)
* Victor Milner (1934)
* Hal Mohr (1935)
* Tony Gaudio (1936)
* Karl Freund (1937)
* Joseph Ruttenberg (1938)
* Gregg Toland / Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan (1939)
* George Barnes / George Perinal (1940)
* Arthur C. Miller / Ernest Palmer (1941)
* Joseph Ruttenberg / Leon Shamroy (1942)
* Arthur C. Miller / Hal Mohr (1943)
* Joseph LaShelle / Leon Shamroy (1944)
* Harry Stradling / Leon Shamroy (1945)
* Arthur C. Miller / Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, and Arthur Arling (1946)
* Guy Green / Jack Cardiff (1947)
* William Daniels / Joseph A. Valentine, William V. Skall, and Winton C. Hoch (1948)
* Paul C. Vogel / Winton C. Hoch (1949)
* Robert Krasker / Robert Surtees (1950)

1951–1975|

* William C. Mellor / Alfred Gilks and John Alton (1951)
* Robert Surtees / Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout (1952)
* Burnett Guffey / Loyal Griggs (1953)
* Boris Kaufman / Milton R. Krasner (1954)
* James Wong Howe / Robert Burks (1955)
* Joseph Ruttenberg / Lionel Lindon (1956)
* Jack Hildyard (1957)
* Sam Leavitt / Joseph Ruttenberg (1958)
* William C. Mellor / Robert Surtees (1959)
* Freddie Francis / Russell Metty (1960)
* Eugen Schüfftan / Daniel L. Fapp (1961)
* Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz / Freddie Young (1962)
* James Wong Howe / Leon Shamroy (1963)
* Walter Lassally / Harry Stradling (1964)
* Ernest Laszlo / Freddie Young (1965)
* Haskell Wexler / Ted Moore (1966)
* Burnett Guffey (1967)
* Pasqualino De Santis (1968)
* Conrad L. Hall (1969)
* Freddie Young (1970)
* Oswald Morris (1971)
* Geoffrey Unsworth (1972)
* Sven Nykvist (1973)
* Fred J. Koenekamp and Joseph F. Biroc (1974)
* John Alcott (1975)

1976–2000|

* Haskell Wexler (1976)
* Vilmos Zsigmond (1977)
* Néstor Almendros (1978)
* Vittorio Storaro (1979)
* Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet (1980)
* Vittorio Storaro (1981)
* Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor (1982)
* Sven Nykvist (1983)
* Chris Menges (1984)
* David Watkin (1985)
* Chris Menges (1986)
* Vittorio Storaro (1987)
* Peter Biziou (1988)
* Freddie Francis (1989)
* Dean Semler (1990)
* Robert Richardson (1991)
* Philippe Rousselot (1992)
* Janusz Kamiński (1993)
* John Toll (1994)
* John Toll (1995)
* John Seale (1996)
* Russell Carpenter (1997)
* Janusz Kamiński (1998)
* Conrad Hall (1999)
* Peter Pau (2000)

2001–present|

* Andrew Lesnie (2001)
* Conrad Hall (2002)
* Russell Boyd (2003)
* Robert Richardson (2004)
* Dion Beebe (2005)
* Guillermo Navarro (2006)
* Robert Elswit (2007)
* Anthony Dod Mantle (2008)
* Mauro Fiore (2009)
* Wally Pfister (2010)
* Robert Richardson (2011)
* Claudio Miranda (2012)
* Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
* Emmanuel Lubezki (2014)
* Emmanuel Lubezki (2015)
* Linus Sandgren (2016)
* Roger Deakins (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Roger Deakins (2019)
* Erik Messerschmidt (2020)
* Greig Fraser (2021)
* James Friend (2022)
* Hoyte van Hoytema (2023)
* Lol Crawley (2024)

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