Russell Harlan

Known For: Camera
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 16, 1903
Day of Death: February 28, 1974 (71 years old)
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Born Russell September 16, 1903 in Los Angeles, California to Frank and Bertha Harlan, who hailed from Iowa and Missouri. Russell was raised in Los Angeles along with his younger brother Richard (b. 1911). His paternal grandmother Sarah J. Harlan also lived with the family. Harlan started in the film industry as an actor and stuntman, and by the early 1930s was working behind the camera as an assistant. His first work as lead cinematographer was in 1937, when he filmed four "Hopalong Cassidy" westerns for Harry Sherman Productions. Harlan had a career as a cinematographer that spanned some thirty-three years from 1937 to 1970. He was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, including two in 1962 for his work on Hatari! and To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Cinematography
Hoppy Serves a Writ

Cinematography
Border Patrol

Cinematography
Leather Burners

Cinematography
Colt Comrades

Cinematography
Bar 20

Cinematography
Riders of the Deadline

Director of Photography
Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Director of Photography
False Colors

Director of Photography
Buckskin Frontier

Director of Photography
The Woman of the Town

Director of Photography
The Kansan
1942
1941

Cinematography
Doomed Caravan

Cinematography
Border Vigilantes

Cinematography
Pirates on Horseback

Cinematography
Wide Open Town

Cinematography
Riders of the Timberline

Cinematography
Stick to Your Guns

Cinematography
Twilight on the Trail

Cinematography
Secret of the Wastelands

Director of Photography
In Old Colorado