FILM DIRECTOR

Gregg Toland

1904 - 1948

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Gregg Wesley Toland (May 29, 1904 – September 28, 1948) was an American cinematographer known for his innovative use of techniques such as deep focus, examples of which can be found in his work on Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941), William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath, and The Long Voyage Home (both, 1940). He is also known for his work as a director of photography for Wuthering Heights (1939), The Westerner (1940), Ball of Fire (1941), The Outlaw (1943), Song of the South (1946) and The Bishop's Wife (1947). Toland earned six Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, and won for his work on Wuthering Heights. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregg Toland has received more than 380,906 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Gregg Toland is the 978th most popular film director (down from 906th in 2019), the 6,266th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,916th in 2019) and the 232nd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gregg Toland ranks 978 out of 2,041. Before him are Nanni Loy, Fyodor Khitruk, Michel Boisrond, Gary Ross, Ramanand Sagar, and Mario Camus. After him are Hamilton Luske, Christopher McQuarrie, Louis Daquin, Kurt Maetzig, Harry Beaumont, and Pasqualino De Santis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Gregg Toland ranks 224. Before him are Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Cecil Day-Lewis, Attila Petschauer, Giuliano Bonfante, Piero Toscani, and Constance Bennett. After him are Ancel Keys, Käthe von Nagy, August Jakobson, François Marty, Jānis Daliņš, and Ralph Kronig. Among people deceased in 1948, Gregg Toland ranks 144. Before him are Wesley Clair Mitchell, Alfredo Baldomir, Marcel Brillouin, Yevgeniy Abalakov, Abraham Brill, and Alfred Lacroix. After him are May Whitty, Julius Curtius, Samuel P. Bush, Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, José Vianna da Motta, and Zhu Ziqing.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregg Toland ranks 6,266 out of 20,380. Before him are Zane Grey (1872), Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), Constance Bennett (1904), Wayne Rogers (1933), Peter Norton (1943), and Robert John Burke (1960). After him are Billy Barty (1924), Hamilton Luske (1903), Jenny Holzer (1950), Carolee Schneemann (1939), Ancel Keys (1904), and Christopher McQuarrie (1968).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Gregg Toland ranks 232. Before him are Spike Jonze (1969), David Miller (1909), John Flynn (1932), Hal Needham (1931), Damien Chazelle (1985), and Gary Ross (1956). After him are Hamilton Luske (1903), Christopher McQuarrie (1968), Harry Beaumont (1888), Stuart Gordon (1947), Joseph Sargent (1925), and Randal Kleiser (1946).

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Filmography

Citizen Kane
Director
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Apr 17th 19418.003 / 10
Notorious
Director
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
Aug 21st 19467.746 / 10
The Grapes of Wrath
Director
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Mar 15th 19407.8 / 10