Oscar Best Cinematography (Color) "Three Coins in the Fountain" 1954
1971 Began shooting "Zachariah" (left production in Mexico after death of his mother)
1971 Worked on TV lensing "McMillan and Wife" and episodes of "Colombo"
1970 Completed last feature film, "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"
1963 Served as cinematogtapher on "How the West Was Won"; shot film in three-camera Cinerama
1959 Began almost exclusive eight-year relationship with MGM with "Count Your Blessings"
1954 Shot his first film in CinemaScope, "Three Coins in the Fountain"
1949 Began a sixteen-year stay at Twentieth Century-Fox with "House of Strangers"
1942 Shot his first three-strip Technicolor film as director of photography, "Arabian Nights"
1936 - 1944 Worked almost exclusively for Universal Pictures
1933 Promoted to first cameraman with "Strictly Personal"
1930 Became second cameraman (camera operator) on film, "Rain or Shine" (dir. Frank Capra)
1927 Returned to San Francisco to work on Jackie Coogan film, "Johnny Get Your Hair Cut" and the first of several Ken Maynard Westerns
1925 Went to Hollywood where he worked as assistant cameraman on Johnny Hines feature comedies for First National and Harry Carey Westerns for Pathe
1920 Moved to San Francisco; worked as camera (date approximate) assistant for various studios including the San Mateo Studio where Broncho Billy Anderson was producing his Westerns
At age 15 moved to Brooklyn with family; worked after school at Vitagraph Studios, New York putting film on a rack in the laboratory; later worked in cutting room and as assistant to cameraman Charlie