FILM DIRECTOR

Lee Garmes

1898 - 1978

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Lee Garmes, A.S.C. (May 27, 1898 – August 31, 1978) was an American cinematographer. During his career, he worked with directors Howard Hawks, Max Ophüls, Josef von Sternberg, Alfred Hitchcock, King Vidor, Nicholas Ray and Henry Hathaway, whom he had met as a young man when the two first came to Hollywood in the silent era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Garmes has received more than 72,778 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lee Garmes is the 1,318th most popular film director (up from 1,465th in 2019), the 8,838th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,998th in 2019) and the 338th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 16

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  • 2.30

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lee Garmes ranks 1,318 out of 2,041. Before him are Melville Shavelson, Yuli Raizman, Peter Berg, Catherine Corsini, Bahman Ghobadi, and Javier Aguirresarobe. After him are Carl Foreman, Darren Star, Peter Farrelly, Jonathan Lynn, Sam Taylor-Johnson, and Andrzej Sekuła.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Lee Garmes ranks 263. Before him are H. A. Rey, Édouard Candeveau, Chesty Puller, Vincent Youmans, Nils Engdahl, and Yun Chi-young. After him are Miguel Murillo, Jadwiga Smosarska, Eleanor Boardman, Loren Murchison, Konstantinos Dovas, and Domingo Acedo. Among people deceased in 1978, Lee Garmes ranks 220. Before him are Francisco Mendes, Chill Wills, John Doeg, Vera Maretskaya, Prvoslav Mihajlović, and José Antonio Rodríguez. After him are Lajos Keresztes, Kathryn McGuire, Sverre Farstad, Dragoslav Mihajlović, Roberto Larraz, and Terry Kath.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Garmes ranks 8,838 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael McDonald (1952), Barret Oliver (1973), Kelly Rowland (1981), Allen Toussaint (1938), Gabrielle Union (1972), and Angus King (1944). After him are James Comey (1960), Ben Cardin (1943), Carl Foreman (1914), Darren Star (1961), Richard Dysart (1929), and William Stanley Haseltine (1835).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Lee Garmes ranks 338. Before him are Nunnally Johnson (1897), David Frankel (1959), Max Hardcore (1956), Charles Reisner (1887), Melville Shavelson (1917), and Peter Berg (1962). After him are Carl Foreman (1914), Darren Star (1961), Peter Farrelly (1956), Robert Burks (1909), Steve Miner (1951), and Frank Pierson (1925).

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Filmography

Scarface
Director
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
Apr 9o 19327.452 / 10
The Paradine Case
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Attorney Anthony Keane agrees to represent Londonite Mrs. Paradine, who has been fingered in her husband's murder. From the start, the married lawyer is drawn to the enigmatic beauty, and he begins to cast about for a way to exonerate his client. Keane puts the Paradine household servant on the stand, suggesting he is the killer. But Keane soon loses his way in the courtroom, and his half-baked plan sets off a stunning chain of events.
Dec 31o 19476.2 / 10
Nightmare Alley
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Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
Oct 9o 19477.1 / 10