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Joseph MacDonald

Cinematographer / Photographer | * 12/15/1906 († 61, 05/26/1968) | Mexico City / Mexico D.F. (Mexico)
Joseph Patrick MacDonald, A.S.C. (December 15, 1906 - May 26, 1968) was a Mexico-born American cinematographer. An assistant cameraman from the early 1920s, he became a cinematographer in the 1940s and soon was working on Hollywood productions, mostly at 20th Century Fox. He was usually billed as Joe MacDonald. He was the first Mexico-born cinematographer, and only the second overall, after Leon Shamroy, to film a movie in CinemaScope (How to Marry a Millionaire), as well as the first Mexico-born cinematographer to film a movie in Deluxe Color. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical natur ...

The Sand Pebbles

PG-13

1966 | 3.6/5 | 3h 2min
Adventure, War
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The Young Lions follows the lives of three soldiers: one German and two Americans, paralleling their experiences in World War II until they meet up at the end for a confrontation. ...

The Young Lions

Certification unknown

1958 | 3.4/5 | 2h 47min
Action, Drama, War
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Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he cons ...

Pepe

Certification unknown

1960 | 3.2/5 | 2h 37min
Comedy, Music
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Wyatt Earp and his brothers Morgan and Virgil ride into Tombstone and leave brother James in charge of their cattle herd. On their return they find their cattle stolen and James dead. Wyatt takes on t ...

My Darling Clementine

Certification unknown

1946 | 3.7/5 | 1h 37min
Western, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Joseph MacDonald

Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White 2x Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color
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Movies with Joseph MacDonald as Actor(2)

as Carlos Hernandez1941 Romance of the Rio Grande
as Hap1940 Arizona

Movies with Joseph MacDonald as Crew(59)

Camera/Director of Photography1969 Mackenna's Gold
Camera/Director of Photography1967 A Guide for the Married Man
Camera/Director of Photography1966 Alvarez Kelly
Camera/Director of Photography1966 The Sand Pebbles
Camera/Director of Photography1966 Blindfold
Camera/Director of Photography1965 Mirage
Camera/Director of Photography1964 Where Love Has Gone
Camera/Director of Photography1964 The Carpetbaggers
Camera/Director of Photography1964 Invitation to a Gunfighter
Camera/Director of Photography1964 Flight from Ashiya
Camera/Director of Photography1964 Rio Conchos
Camera/Director of Photography1963 The List of Adrian Messenger
Camera/Director of Photography1963 Kings of the Sun
Camera/Director of Photography1962 Walk on the Wild Side
Camera/Director of Photography1962 Taras Bulba
Camera/Director of Photography1960 The Gallant Hours
Camera/Director of Photography1960 Pepe
Camera/Director of Photography1959 Warlock
Camera/Director of Photography1958 The Young Lions
Crew/Cinematography1957 The True Story of Jesse James
Camera/Director of Photography1957 A Hatful of Rain
Camera/Director of Photography1957 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Camera/Director of Photography1956 On the Threshold of Space
Camera/Director of Photography1956 Bigger Than Life
Camera/Director of Photography1956 Hilda Crane
Camera/Director of Photography1955 House of Bamboo
Camera/Director of Photography1955 The Racers
Camera/Director of Photography1954 Broken Lance
Crew/Cinematography1954 Woman's World
Camera/Director of Photography1954 Hell and High Water
Camera/Director of Photography1953 Niagara
Camera/Director of Photography1953 Pickup on South Street
Camera/Director of Photography1953 How to Marry a Millionaire
Camera/Director of Photography1953 Titanic
Camera/Director of Photography1952 Viva Zapata!
Crew/Cinematography1952 What Price Glory
Camera/Director of Photography1951 As Young as You Feel
Camera/Director of Photography1951 Fourteen Hours
Camera/Director of Photography1951 You're in the Navy Now
Camera/Director of Photography1950 Stella
Camera/Director of Photography1950 Panic in the Streets
Camera/Director of Photography1949 Pinky
Camera/Director of Photography1949 Down to the Sea in Ships
Camera/Director of Photography1949 It Happens Every Spring
Camera/Director of Photography1948 Yellow Sky
Camera/Director of Photography1948 Call Northside 777
Camera/Director of Photography1948 The Street with No Name
Camera/Director of Photography1947 Moss Rose
Camera/Director of Photography1946 My Darling Clementine
Camera/Director of Photography1946 Behind Green Lights
Camera/Director of Photography1946 The Dark Corner
Camera/Director of Photography1946 Shock
Camera/Director of Photography1945 Captain Eddie
Camera/Director of Photography1944 The Big Noise
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Quiet Please, Murder
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Wintertime
Camera/Director of Photography1942 The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Camera/Director of Photography1942 That Other Woman
Camera/Camera Operator1932 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Full Name: Joseph MacDonald
Born: Saturday, 12/15 1906 (December) in Mexico City / Mexico D.F. (Mexico)
Died: Sunday, 05/26 1968 (May) in Woodland Hills (aged: 61)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Southern California
Other names for Joseph MacDonald (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joe MacDonald"
Joseph MacDonald frequently works together with these people:
Lyle R. Wheeler (32x, Crew)
Ben Nye (26x, Crew)
Thomas Little (21x, Crew)
Charles LeMaire (19x, Crew)
Alfred Newman (14x, Crew)
Edward B. Powell (12x, Crew)
Walter M. Scott (12x, Crew)
Harry M. Leonard (11x, Crew)
Roger Heman Sr. (11x, Crew)
Richard Widmark (10x, Actor)
Stuart A. Reiss (10x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1336447, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 04/13/2024