Russell Harlan
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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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movieDarling Lili
1970
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movieTobruk
1967
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movieHawaii
1966
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movieThe Great Race
1965
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movieDear Heart
1965
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movieQuick, Before It Melts
1965
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movieMan's Favorite Sport?
1964
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movieA Gathering of Eagles
1963
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movieTo Kill a Mockingbird
1962
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movieThe Spiral Road
1962
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movieHatari!
1962
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movieSunrise at Campobello
1960
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moviePollyanna
1960
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movieOperation Petticoat
1959
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movieDay of the Outlaw
1959
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movieRio Bravo
1959
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movieKing Creole
1958
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movieRun Silent, Run Deep
1958
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movieWitness for the Prosecution
1957
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movieThis Could Be the Night
1957
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movieSomething of Value
1957
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movieLust for Life
1956
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movieThe Last Hunt
1956
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movieLand of the Pharaohs
1955
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movieBlackboard Jungle
1955
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movieRiot in Cell Block 11
1954
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movieRuby Gentry
1952
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movieThe Ring
1952
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movieThe Big Sky
1952
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movieThe Thing from Another World
1951
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movieThe Man Who Cheated Himself
1950
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movieSouthside 1-1000
1950
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movieThe Kangaroo Kid
1950
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movieTarzan and the Slave Girl
1950
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movieGuilty Bystander
1950
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movieGun Crazy
1950
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movieBad Men of Tombstone
1949
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movieRed River
1948
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movieFour Faces West
1948
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movieRamrod
1947
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movieA Walk in the Sun
1945
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movieThe Woman of the Town
1943
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movieTarzan's Desert Mystery
1943
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movieFalse Colors
1943
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movieThe Kansan
1943
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movieBuckskin Frontier
1943
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movieAmerican Empire
1942
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movieTombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
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movieIn Old Colorado
1941
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movieStagecoach War
1940
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movieThe Light of Western Stars
1940
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movieThe Showdown
1940
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movieSanta Fe Marshal
1940
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movieLaw of the Pampas
1939
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movieRenegade Trail
1939
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movieHeritage of the Desert
1939
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movieSilver on the Sage
1939
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movieThe Mysterious Rider
1938
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movieIn Old Mexico
1938
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movieCassidy of Bar 20
1938
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moviePartners of the Plains
1938
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movieHopalong Rides Again
1937
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movieNorth of the Rio Grande
1937
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movieForty Thieves
1944
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movieMystery Man
1944
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movieLumberjack
1944
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movieTexas Masquerade
1944
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movieRiders of the Deadline
1943
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movieBar 20
1943
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movieColt Comrades
1943
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movieLeather Burners
1943
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movieBorder Patrol
1943
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movieHoppy Serves a Writ
1943
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movieLost Canyon
1942
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movieUndercover Man
1942
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movieSecret of the Wastelands
1941
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movieTwilight on the Trail
1941
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movieRiders of the Timberline
1941
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movieStick to Your Guns
1941
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movieWide Open Town
1941
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moviePirates on Horseback
1941
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movieBorder Vigilantes
1941
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movieDoomed Caravan
1941
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movieThree Men from Texas
1940
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movieHidden Gold
1940
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movieRange War
1939
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movieSunset Trail
1939
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movieThe Frontiersmen
1938
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moviePride of the West
1938
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movieBar 20 Justice
1938
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movieHeart of Arizona
1938
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movieTexas Trail
1937
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movieRustlers' Valley
1937
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movieThe Llano Kid
1939
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