William Daniels (cinematographer)


William H. Daniels, A.S.C. was a film cinematographer who was Greta Garbo's personal lensman. Early in his career he worked regularly with director Erich von Stroheim.

Early years

Daniels was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1901. He started his film career in 1919.

Career

His career as a cinematographer extended fifty years from the silent film Foolish Wives to Move, although he was an uncredited camera operator on two earlier films. His major films included The Naked City, filmed on the streets of New York, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
He also was associate producer of a few films in the 1960s and was President of American Society of Cinematographers.

Death

On his death in 1970 in Los Angeles, California, William H. Daniels was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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