Biography
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Arthur Edeson, A.S.C. (October 24, 1891 – February 14, 1970) was a film cinematographer, born in New York City.
He was nominated for three Academy Awards in his career in cinema.
Edeson began his career as a still photographer, but turned to movies in 1911 as a camera operator at the American Éclair Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.
When the Éclair Studio was reorganized as the World Film Company, he was promoted to chief cinematographer assigned to the star Clara Kimball Young. Throughout the twenties, Edeson photographed a number of important films, including Douglas Fairbanks' Robin Hood (1922) and The Thief of Bagdad (1924), and the ground breaking special effects film The Lost World (1925).
When sound came in, Edeson experimented with camouflaging the microphones in exterior shots. In Old Arizona (1929), the first sound film to be shot outside a studio, provided evidence to Hollywood executives that talking pictures need not be confined to the sound stage. The western was also the first film to be made in the 70mm widescreen process, known as "Fox Grandeur".
In the early thirties, perhaps his most memorable creative partnership was formed with director James Whale, for whom he photographed the first three of Whale's quartet of horror films: Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932), and The Invisible Man (1933).
His principal work was on the side of realism, which is considered by most film historians to represent the "zenith of Hollywood photography." Edeson built on the influence of German Expressionism, brought to the America cinema by German cinematographers during the 1920s.
In 1919, Edeson was one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Filmography
all 124
Movies 124
Director 25

Marco Borsato - Symphonica in Rosso (2006)

The Fighting O'Flynn (1949)

Two Guys from Texas (1948)

My Wild Irish Rose (1947)

Stallion Road (1947)

The Time, The Place and The Girl (1946)

Never Say Goodbye (1946)

Nobody Lives Forever (1946)

Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)

Three Strangers (1946)

The Conspirators (1944)

The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

Casablanca (1943)

Across the Pacific (1942)

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (1942)

The Male Animal (1942)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Sergeant York (1941)

Kisses for Breakfast (1941)

Lady with Red Hair (1940)

Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940)

They Drive by Night (1940)

Castle on the Hudson (1940)

Kid Nightingale (1939)

No Place to Go (1939)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Sweepstakes Winner (1939)

Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

Wings of the Navy (1939)

Mr. Chump (1938)

Racket Busters (1938)

Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)

The Kid Comes Back (1938)

Swing Your Lady (1938)

Submarine D-1 (1937)

The Footloose Heiress (1937)

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)

They Won't Forget (1937)

The Go-Getter (1937)

Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)

China Clipper (1936)

Satan Met a Lady (1936)

Hot Money (1936)

The Golden Arrow (1936)

Ceiling Zero (1936)

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Dinky (1935)

While the Patient Slept (1935)

Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)

Maybe It's Love (1935)

Here Comes the Navy (1934)

The Merry Frinks (1934)

Palooka (1934)

His Double Life (1933)

The Invisible Man (1933)

The Big Brain (1933)

The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)

A Study in Scarlet (1933)

The Constant Woman (1933)

Flesh (1932)

Red Dust (1932)

The Old Dark House (1932)

Those We Love (1932)

The Last Mile (1932)

Fast Companions (1932)

Strangers of the Evening (1932)

The Impatient Maiden (1932)

Frankenstein (1931)

Waterloo Bridge (1931)

Always Goodbye (1931)

The Big Trail (1931)

Doctors' Wives (1931)

The Man Who Came Back (1931)

The Big Trail (1930)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Romance of the Rio Grande (1929)

The Cock-Eyed World (1929)

In Old Arizona (1928)

Me, Gangster (1928)

The Gorilla (1927)

The Drop Kick (1927)

The Patent Leather Kid (1927)

McFadden's Flats (1927)

Just Another Blonde (1926)

Subway Sadie (1926)

Sweet Daddies (1926)

The Bat (1926)

Partners Again (1926)

Stella Dallas (1925)

Her Sister from Paris (1925)

The Talker (1925)

The End of the World (1925)

Waking Up the Town (1925)

The Lost World (1925)

Inez from Hollywood (1924)

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Robin Hood (1922)

The Worldly Madonna (1922)

The Three Musketeers (1921)

Hush (1921)

Mid-Channel (1920)

For the Soul of Rafael (1920)

The Forbidden Woman (1920)

Eyes of Youth (1919)

The Better Wife (1919)

The Hushed Hour (1919)

Cheating Cheaters (1919)

The Road Through the Dark (1918)

Jack Spurlock, Prodigal (1918)

Nearly Married (1917)

Baby Mine (1917)

The Price of Pride (1917)

The Stolen Paradise (1917)

In Again, Out Again (1917)

The Social Leper (1917)

A Square Deal (1917)

A Woman Alone (1917)

The Gilded Cage (1916)

Miss Petticoats (1916)

His Brother's Wife (1916)

The Devil's Toy (1916)

Hearts in Exile (1915)
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GenderMale
Birthday1891-10-24
Deathday1970-02-14 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
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