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Sam Leavitt

Cinematographer / Camera Operator | * 02/06/1904 († 80, 03/21/1984) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Samuel Leavitt, A.S.C. (February 6, 1904 – March 21, 1984), was an American cinematographer nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for The Defiant Ones (1958). Leavitt began his career as an assistant camera operator working on 1930s films. Leavitt was a camera operator on films including Rancho Notorious (1952) and on TV's I Love Lucy in the early 1950s before becoming a director of photography in films. Leavitt was nominated for Academy Awards for Exodus (Best Cinematography Color) (1960)and Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (Best Cinematography Black and White) in the two years following his Oscar win for The Defiant Ones. Leavitt was born in New York City and died in Woodland Hills, California. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler par ...

Anatomy of a Murder

NR

1959 | 3.9/5 | 2h 41min
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other. ...

The Defiant Ones

NR

1958 | 3.6/5 | 1h 36min
Crime, Drama
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Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violat ...

Cape Fear

PG

1962 | 3.7/5 | 1h 45min
Drama, Thriller
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A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black. ...

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

NR

1967 | 3.8/5 | 1h 48min
Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Sam Leavitt

Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White 2x Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color
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Movies with Sam Leavitt as Crew(46)

Camera/Director of Photography1975 The Man in the Glass Booth
Camera/Director of Photography1972 The Screaming Woman
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Evil Roy Slade
Camera/Director of Photography1972 The Longest Night
Camera/Director of Photography1971 Star Spangled Girl
Camera/Director of Photography1970 The Grasshopper
Camera/Director of Photography1969 The Desperados
Camera/Director of Photography1968 The Wrecking Crew
Camera/Director of Photography1968 Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Camera/Director of Photography1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Camera/Director of Photography1966 An American Dream
Camera/Director of Photography1966 Murderers' Row
Camera/Director of Photography1966 I Deal In Danger
Camera/Director of Photography1965 Major Dundee
Camera/Director of Photography1965 Two on a Guillotine
Camera/Director of Photography1965 Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Camera/Director of Photography1965 My Blood Runs Cold
Camera/Director of Photography1965 Brainstorm
Crew/Cinematography1964 Shock Treatment
Camera/Director of Photography1963 Johnny Cool
Camera/Director of Photography1962 Advise & Consent
Camera/Director of Photography1962 Cape Fear
Camera/Director of Photography1962 Diamond Head
Camera/Director of Photography1960 Seven Thieves
Camera/Director of Photography1960 Exodus
Camera/Director of Photography1959 Pork Chop Hill
Camera/Director of Photography1959 Anatomy of a Murder
Camera/Director of Photography1959 The Crimson Kimono
Camera/Director of Photography1958 The Defiant Ones
Camera/Director of Photography1958 The Fearmakers
Camera/Director of Photography1957 Time Limit
Camera/Director of Photography1957 Spanish Affair
Camera/Director of Photography1957 Sierra Stranger
Camera/Director of Photography1957 The Careless Years
Camera/Director of Photography1956 The Wild Party
Camera/Director of Photography1956 Crime in the Streets
Camera/Director of Photography1956 The Bold and the Brave
Camera/Director of Photography1955 The Man with the Golden Arm
Camera/Director of Photography1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Camera/Director of Photography1954 A Star Is Born
Camera/Director of Photography1954 Southwest Passage
Camera/Director of Photography1954 Carmen Jones
Camera/Director of Photography1952 The Thief
Camera/Camera Operator1949 In the Good Old Summertime
Camera/Camera Operator1944 Bathing Beauty
Camera/Director of Photography1934 Undercover Men

TV Shows/Series with Sam Leavitt as Crew(2)

Crew/Cinematography1972 Banacek
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Banacek

Full Name: Sam Leavitt
Born: Saturday, 02/06 1904 (February) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 03/21 1984 (March) in Woodland Hills (aged: 80)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Sam Leavitt (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Sammy Leavitt"
"Samuel Leavitt"
"Sam Levitt"
Sam Leavitt frequently works together with these people:
Otto Preminger (11x, Crew)
William Conrad (8x, Actor)
Jeffrey Sayre (8x, Actor)
James Almond (6x, Crew)
Leon Birnbaum (6x, Crew)
Ben Lane (6x, Crew)
Louis R. Loeffler (6x, Crew)
Max Slater (5x, Crew)
Jerry Belson (5x, Crew)
Herschel Burke Gilbert (5x, Crew)
Joe King (5x, Crew)
Robert Hitchcock (3x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:35466, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024