John F. Seitz

CinematographerCrew Jun 23 (died age 86) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1916–1960 (44 year career)

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Biography

John Francis Seitz, A.S.C. (June 23, 1892 – February 27, 1979) was an American cinematographer and inventor. He was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Seitz's Hollywood career began in 1909 as a lab assistant with the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company in Chicago. He went to work as a lab technician for the American Film Manufacturing Company (known as "Flying A"), also in Chicago. In 1916, during the silent era, he established himself, achieving great successes with the Rudolph Valentino film…

Known For

Film

Sunset Boulevard

Director of Photography

Film

Double Indemnity

Director of Photography

Film

The Lost Weekend

Director of Photography

Film

Sullivan's Travels

Director of Photography

Film

The Big Clock

Director of Photography

Film

This Gun for Hire

Director of Photography

Film

Detective Story

Additional Photography

Film

Five Graves to Cairo

Director of Photography

Filmography

Crew (158)

Movies (158)

Guns of the Timberland

1960

Director of Photography

6.1

The Man in the Net

1959

Director of Photography

4.9

Island of Lost Women

1959

Director of Photography

4.1

The Badlanders

1958

Director of Photography

6.1

The Deep Six

1958

Director of Photography

5.5

The Big Land

1957

Director of Photography

6.4

Santiago

1956

Director of Photography

5.2

A Cry in the Night

1956

Director of Photography

5.2

The McConnell Story

1955

Director of Photography

6.3

Many Rivers to Cross

1955

Director of Photography

6.2

Hell on Frisco Bay

1955

Director of Photography

4.8

The Rocket Man

1954

Director of Photography

6.2

Saskatchewan

1954

Director of Photography

5.9

Rogue Cop

1954

Director of Photography

5.3

Invaders from Mars

1953

Director of Photography

5.9

Fort Algiers

1953

Director of Photography

6.0

Desert Legion

1953

Director of Photography

6.0

The San Francisco Story

1952

Director of Photography

4.6

The Savage

1952

Director of Photography

6.1

The Iron Mistress

1952

Director of Photography

5.0

Botany Bay

1952

Director of Photography

6.6

Detective Story

1951

Additional Photography

7.0

When Worlds Collide

1951

Director of Photography

6.4

Dear Brat

1951

Director of Photography

3.3

Sunset Boulevard

1950

Director of Photography

8.3

The Goldbergs

1950

Director of Photography

7.0

Appointment with Danger

1950

Director of Photography

5.5

Captain Carey, U.S.A.

1950

Director of Photography

5.5

The Great Gatsby

1949

Director of Photography

5.4

Chicago Deadline

1949

Director of Photography

6.5

On Our Merry Way

1948

Director of Photography

5.6

Beyond Glory

1948

Director of Photography

7.3

The Big Clock

1948

Director of Photography

7.3

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

1948

Director of Photography

6.7

Saigon

1947

Director of Photography

5.8

Wild Harvest

1947

Director of Photography

Calcutta

1946

Director of Photography

6.3

Home Sweet Homicide

1946

Director of Photography

4.0

The Well Groomed Bride

1946

Director of Photography

4.0

The Imperfect Lady

1946

Director of Photography

The Lost Weekend

1945

Director of Photography

7.6

The Unseen

1945

Director of Photography

4.6

The Hour Before the Dawn

1944

Director of Photography

5.5

Double Indemnity

1944

Director of Photography

8.1

Casanova Brown

1944

Director of Photography

6.4

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944

Director of Photography

7.1

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944

Director of Photography

6.8

Five Graves to Cairo

1943

Director of Photography

6.9

This Gun for Hire

1942

Director of Photography

7.0

The Moon and Sixpence

1942

Director of Photography

Winning Your Wings

Cinematography

Lucky Jordan

Director of Photography

6.8

Fly By Night

1942

Director of Photography

6.4

Sullivan's Travels

1941

Director of Photography

7.4

A Little Bit of Heaven

1940

Director of Photography

1.0

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

1940

Director of Photography

6.0

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940

Director of Photography

4.6

Prophet Without Honor

1939

Director of Photography

5.9

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1939

Director of Photography

6.6

Bad Little Angel

1939

Director of Photography

4.9

6,000 Enemies

1939

Director of Photography

6.0

Thunder Afloat

1939

Director of Photography

5.9

Sergeant Madden

1939

Director of Photography

6.0

Culinary Carving

1939

Cinematography

Let's Talk Turkey

1939

Director of Photography

5.0

Love Is a Headache

1938

Director of Photography

5.7

The Crowd Roars

1938

Director of Photography

6.5

Stablemates

1938

Director of Photography

4.5

Young Dr. Kildare

1938

Director of Photography

6.5

Lord Jeff

1938

Director of Photography

6.9

Carnival in Paris

1937

Director of Photography

6.0

Madame X

1937

Director of Photography

5.8

Between Two Women

1937

Director of Photography

5.5

Navy Blue and Gold

1937

Director of Photography

5.2

Captain January

1936

Director of Photography

6.7

15 Maiden Lane

1936

Director of Photography

6.0

The Country Doctor

1936

Director of Photography

6.0

Poor Little Rich Girl

1936

Director of Photography

6.6

Curly Top

1935

Director of Photography

6.4

Helldorado

1935

Director of Photography

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1935

Director of Photography

6.1

The Littlest Rebel

1935

Director of Photography

6.2

Our Little Girl

1935

Director of Photography

4.3

One More Spring

1935

Director of Photography

5.8

Redheads on Parade

1935

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Navy Wife

1935

Director of Photography

5.0

Springtime for Henry

1934

Director of Photography

1.0

Marie Galante

1934

Director of Photography

4.6

Coming Out Party

1934

Director of Photography

5.0

All Men Are Enemies

1934

Director of Photography

Mr. Skitch

1933

Director of Photography

6.0

Adorable

1933

Director of Photography

3.2

Dangerously Yours

1933

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Ladies They Talk About

1933

Director of Photography

6.1

Paddy the Next Best Thing

1933

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3.0

6 Hours to Live

1932

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4.5

Careless Lady

1932

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5.3

She Wanted a Millionaire

1932

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The Woman in Room 13

1932

Director of Photography

A Passport to Hell

1932

Director of Photography

4.7

Men of the Sky

1931

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Over the Hill

1931

Director of Photography

8.2

Hush Money

1931

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Young Sinners

1931

Director of Photography

East Lynne

1931

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6.2

The Age for Love

1931

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Merely Mary Ann

1931

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Misbehaving Ladies

1931

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Sweethearts and Wives

1930

Director of Photography

The Right of Way

1930

Director of Photography

4.4

Kismet

1930

Director of Photography

2.7

Back Pay

1930

Director of Photography

4.0

In the Next Room

1930

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The Bad Man

1930

Director of Photography

Road to Paradise

1930

Director of Photography

6.2

Murder Will Out

1930

Director of Photography

Careers

1929

Director of Photography

Her Private Life

1929

Director of Photography

1.0

The Squall

1929

Director of Photography

3.0

Saturday's Children

1929

Director of Photography

Hard to Get

1929

Director of Photography

The Painted Angel

1929

Director of Photography

A Most Immoral Lady

1929

Director of Photography

1.0

The Divine Lady

1928

Director of Photography

5.2

Adoration

1928

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Outcast

1928

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The Patsy

1928

Director of Photography

6.6

The Trail of '98

1928

Director of Photography

5.9

Across to Singapore

1928

Director of Photography

6.8

The Fair Co-Ed

1927

Director of Photography

5.5

The Magician

1926

Director of Photography

6.1

Mare Nostrum

1926

Director of Photography

5.7

The Arab

1924

Director of Photography

5.0

Classmates

1924

Director of Photography

The Price of a Party

1924

Director of Photography

Scaramouche

1923

Director of Photography

7.2

Where the Pavement Ends

1923

Director of Photography

The Prisoner of Zenda

1922

Director of Photography

6.3

Turn to the Right

1922

Director of Photography

Trifling Women

1922

Director of Photography

1.0

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921

Director of Photography

6.6

The Conquering Power

1921

Director of Photography

5.8

Uncharted Seas

1921

Director of Photography

6.0

Shore Acres

1920

Director of Photography

5.0

Hearts Are Trumps

1920

Director of Photography

The Sagebrusher

1920

Director of Photography

The Westerners

1919

Director of Photography

Up Romance Road

1918

Director of Photography

Beauty and the Rogue

1918

Director of Photography

Powers That Prey

1918

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The Mate of the Sally Ann

1917

Director of Photography

The Bride's Silence

1917

Director of Photography

A Game of Wits

1917

Director of Photography

Whose Wife?

1917

Director of Photography

The Serpent's Tooth

1917

Director of Photography

1.0

Souls in Pawn

1917

Director of Photography

The Ranger of Lonesome Gulch

1916

Director of Photography

The Quagmire

1916

Director of Photography