Joseph H. August

Joseph H. August
Born	April 26, 1890 Idaho Springs, Colorado
Died	September 25, 1947 (aged 57)
Education	Colorado School of Mining
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1913–1947
Known for	ASC Co-founder

Joseph H. August, A.S.C. (26 April 1890 – 25 September 1947) was an American cinematographer and co-founder of the American Society of Cinematographers.

His films included Gunga Din (1939) for which he was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), and Portrait of Jennie (1948).^[1]

He died in 1947 shortly after completing filming of Portrait of Jennie. He received his second Oscar nomination, posthumously, for this film.

Selected filmography

• The Aryan (1916)
• Selfish Yates (1918)
• St. Elmo (1923)
• The Vagabond Trail (1924)
• Tumbleweeds (1925)
• The Beloved Rogue (1927)
• Two Arabian Knights (1928)
• Up the River (1930)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

References

1. Higham, Charles; Greenberg, Joel (1968). Hollywood in the Forties. London: A. Zwemmer Limited. p. 57. ISBN 0-302-00477-7.

External links

• Joseph H. August at the Internet Movie Database
• Joseph H. August at AllMovie