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
Leather Burners
Cinematography
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Cinematography
Border Patrol
Cinematography
Riders of the Deadline
Cinematography
Colt Comrades
Cinematography
Bar 20
Director of Photography
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Director of Photography
Buckskin Frontier
Director of Photography
False Colors
Director of Photography
The Woman of the Town
Director of Photography
The Kansan
1942
1941
Cinematography
Border Vigilantes
Cinematography
Pirates on Horseback
Cinematography
Doomed Caravan
Cinematography
Wide Open Town
Cinematography
Twilight on the Trail
Cinematography
Stick to Your Guns
Cinematography
Riders of the Timberline
Cinematography
Secret of the Wastelands
Director of Photography
In Old Colorado