Elwood Bredell

Elwood Bredell

Known for: Camera
Biography: 1902-12-24
Deathday: 1969-02-26 (66 years old)

Biography

Elwood Bailey Bredell (24 December 1902 – 26 February 1969) was an American cinematographer and child silent screen actor. He is sometimes credited as Woody Bredell or Elwood Dell. Although he worked in many genres, mostly at Universal, Bredell is best known for his film noir cinematography on such movies as Phantom Lady (1944), Lady on a Train (1945) The Killers (1946), and The Unsuspected (1947). Famed Warner Bros. editor George Amy said Bredell could “light a football stadium with a single match.”


Bredell was the son of stage actress Mary Palmer Nields. He was named Jesse B. Bredell, Jr., after his father. Nields later married Vaughn "Val" Paul, a silent film actor turned production manager. (Paul's son with Nields, Vaughn Jr., was Deanna Durbin's first husband.)


After working as an adolescent actor in silent films, Bredell took a job as a studio lab technician while he cultivated a talent for photography. From about 1929–34, Bredell worked as a still photographer at RKO and Paramount, coinciding with his stepfather's tenures at those studios. At Paramount, Bredell apprenticed under veteran cinematographers Charles Lang and Arthur C. Miller. In 1936, Val Paul brought Bredell to Universal, where he continued his training under the studio's best cinematographer, Joseph Valentine. Bredell was promoted to cinematographer the next year, when Val produced Reckless Living (1938).


Bredell's work on horror films such as Black Friday (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940), and Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), anticipated his work in film noir. He also photographed Deann Durbin musicals and comedies such as Hold That Ghost (1941), Hellzapoppin' (1941) and The Inspector General (1949). His final credit was on the 1955 B-movie Female Jungle.


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Filmography

all 77

Movies 77

Director 7

Director of Photography
The Unsuspected

The Unsuspected (1947)

Movie
Director of Photography
The Killers

The Killers (1946)

Movie
4
Director of Photography
Tangier

Tangier (1946)

Movie
Director of Photography
Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday (1944)

Movie
Cinematographer
Mob Town

Mob Town (1941)

Movie
Director of Photography
Hold That Ghost

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Movie
Director of Photography
Horror Island

Horror Island (1941)

Movie
Cinematographer
Ex-Champ

Ex-Champ (1939)

Movie
Cinematographer
Snowbound

Snowbound (1927)

Movie

Information

Known For
Camera

Gender
Male

Birthday
1902-12-24

Deathday
1969-02-26 (66 years old)

Birth Place
Indianapolis, United States

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Woody Bredell, Elwood Burdell

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