Sam Leavitt

Sam Leavitt
Born	(1904-02-06)6 February 1904
Died	21 March 1984(1984-03-21) (aged 80)
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1932 - 1978

Samuel Leavitt, A.S.C. (February 6, 1904 - March 21, 1984) was an American cinematographer who was 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.^[3]

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

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External links

Sam Leavitt at the Internet Movie Database

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

1928–1940	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)

1941–1960	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 Hoch (1948) Paul C. Vogel / Winton Hoch (1949) Robert Krasker / Robert Surtees (1950) William C. Mellor / Alfred Gilks and John Alton (1951) Robert Surtees / Winton 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)

1961–1980	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 Koenekamp and Joseph F. Biroc (1974) John Alcott (1975) Haskell Wexler (1976) Vilmos Zsigmond (1977) Néstor Almendros (1978) Vittorio Storaro (1979) Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet (1980)

1981–2000	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 L. Hall (1999) Peter Pau (2000)

2001–present	Andrew Lesnie (2001) Conrad L. 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)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 34260519 LCCN: no2008037200 ISNI: 0000 0001 1024 5050 GND: 138212546 SUDOC: 061028592 BNE: XX1168016

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