Gregg Toland
Camera
Awards
Won 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 won · 4 nominated
- 1942 Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Nominated Citizen Kane
- 1941 Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Nominated The Long Voyage Home
- 1940 Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Won Wuthering Heights
- 1938 Best Cinematography Nominated Dead End
- 1936 Best Cinematography Nominated Les Misérables
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Gregg Toland, A.S.C. (May 29, 1904 – September 28, 1948) was an American cinematographer noted for his innovative use of lighting and techniques such as deep focus, an example of which can be found in his work on Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.
Toland was born in Charleston, Illinois on May 29, 1904. During the 1930s, Toland became the youngest cameraman in Hollywood but soon one of its most sought-after cinematographers. Over a seven-year span (1936–1942), he was nominated five times for the "Best Cinematography" Oscar, including a win in 1940 for his work on Wuthering Heights. He worked with many of the top directors of his era, including John Ford, Howard Hawks, Erich von Stroheim, King Vidor, Orson Welles, and William Wyler.
Toland was the subject of an "Annals of Hollywood" article in The New Yorker, "The Cameraman," by Hilton Als (June 19, 2006, p. 46). Just before his death, he was concentrating on the "ultimate focus" lens, which makes both near and far objects equally distinct. He died in Los Angeles, California on September 26, 1948 of coronary thrombosis at age 44. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
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Other credits
57 credits
Citizen Kane
Wuthering Heights
The Grapes of Wrath
The Best Years of Our Lives
Ball of Fire
Song of the South
The Outlaw
The Bishop's Wife
The Long Voyage Home
The Little Foxes
The Westerner
Dead End
Les Misérables
The Kid from Brooklyn
Come and Get It
A Song Is Born
Mad Love
The Cowboy and the Lady
These Three
The Wedding Night
Roman Scandals
The Dark Angel
History Is Made at Night
Enchantment
Intermezzo: A Love Story
Palmy Days
The Washington Masquerade
Forsaking All Others
The Winning of Barbara Worth
The Road to Glory
Man Wanted
Beloved Enemy
The Devil to Pay!
Bulldog Drummond
Street Scene
We Live Again
December 7th
Public Hero Number 1
They Shall Have Music
Condemned!
Whoopee!
The Trespasser
Raffles
Tonight or Never
One Heavenly Night
The Nuisance
The Fighting Generation
Raffles
Splendor
Nana
Woman Chases Man
The Kid from Spain
The Goldwyn Follies
The Masquerader
The Tenderfoot
The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra
This Is Heaven
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