The son of a wire manufacturer, American cinematographer Karl Struss studied photography at Columbia University. His fellow film cameraman Hal Mohr has labelled Struss one of the greatest still photographers who ever lived; in this capacity, Struss maintained his own well-patronized Los Angeles portrait studio from 1914 through 1919. He was first hired for moving pictures in 1919 by Cecil B. DeMille. Climbing to the top in relatively short order, Struss worked most often in collaboration with Charles Rosher; he and Rosher shared the first-ever Best Photography Academy Award for their eye-popping work on F.W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927). Many of Struss' own innovations were often mistakenly credited by film historians to directors; for example, it was Struss and not director Rouben Mamoulian who hit upon using infrared filters for the transformation scenes in 1931's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. During his many years at Paramount, Struss helped train some of the best cameramen of the '50s; one of his assistants was George Clemens, who later went on to photograph the Twilight Zone TV series. Struss remained active in films until 1959, often as cameraman for science-fiction director Kurt Neumann; Struss' next to last project was the 1959 version of The Fly, wherein he came up with the now-famous "fly's eye view" shot of Susan Morrow. After wrapping up his movie career, Karl Struss spent an additional ten years filming television commercials, then retired in 1970.
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Counterplot
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1959 | |||
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Here Come the Jets
Cinematographer |
1959 | |||
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The Alligator People
Cinematographer |
1959 | |||
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The Rebel Set
Cinematographer |
1959 | |||
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The Sad Horse
Cinematographer |
1959 | |||
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Machete
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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The Fly
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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The Hot Angel
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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The Rawhide Trail
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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Kronos
Cinematographer |
1957 | |||
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She Devil
Cinematographer |
1957 | |||
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The Deerslayer
Cinematographer |
1957 | |||
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Mohawk
Cinematographer |
1956 | |||
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Attila, Flagello di Dio
Cinematographer |
1954 | |||
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Il Piu Comico Spettacolo Del Mondo
Cinematographer |
1954 | |||
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Two Nights with Cleopatra
Cinematographer |
1954 | |||
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Il Turco Napoletano
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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Mesa of Lost Women
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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Tarzan and the She-Devil
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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Cavalleria Rusticana
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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Face to Face
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1952 | |||
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Lady Possessed
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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Limelight
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1952 | |||
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Rose of Cimarron
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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Tarzan's Savage Fury
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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Tarzan's Peril
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1951 | |||
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Father's Wild Game
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1950 | |||
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It's a Small World
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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Rocketship X-M
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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The Return of Jesse James
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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Bad Boy
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1949 | |||
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Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Cinematographer |
1949 | |||
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Siren of Atlantis
Cinematographer |
1948 | |||
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The Dude Goes West
Cinematographer |
1948 | |||
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Heaven Only Knows
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
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The Macomber Affair
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
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Mr. Ace
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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Suspense
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
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1946 | |||
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Bring on the Girls
Cinematographer |
1945 | |||
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And the Angels Sing
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1944 | |||
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Rainbow Island
Cinematographer |
1944 | |||
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Riding High
Cinematographer |
1943 | |||
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Happy Go Lucky
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1942 | |||
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Journey into Fear
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1942 | |||
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Aloma of the South Seas
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1941 | |||
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Caught in the Draft
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1941 | |||
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The Great Dictator
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1940 | |||
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Island of Lost Men
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1939 | |||
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Some Like It Hot
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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The Star Maker
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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Zenobia
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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Paris Honeymoon
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Sing You Sinners
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Thanks for the Memory
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Double or Nothing
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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Every Day's a Holiday
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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Let's Make a Million
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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Mountain Music
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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Thunder Trail
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1937 | |||
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Waikiki Wedding
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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Anything Goes
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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Go West, Young Man
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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Hollywood Boulevard
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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Rhythm on the Range
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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The Preview Murder Mystery
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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Too Many Parents
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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Goin' to Town
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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Two for Tonight
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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Belle of the Nineties
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Four Frightened People
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Here Is My Heart
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Disgraced
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Girl Missing
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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The Girl in 419
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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The Story of Temple Drake
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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The Woman Accused
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Tonight Is Ours
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Torch Singer
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Dancers in the Dark
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Forgotten Commandments
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Guilty As Hell
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Island of Lost Souls
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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The Man from Yesterday
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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The Sign of the Cross
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1932 | |||
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The World and the Flesh
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1932 | |||
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Two Kinds of Women
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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1931 | |||
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Kiki
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Murder by the Clock
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1931 | |||
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Skippy
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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The Road to Reno
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Up Pops the Devil
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Women Love Once
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Abraham Lincoln
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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Be Yourself
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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Danger Lights
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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Lummox
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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One Romantic Night
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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The Bad One
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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Coquette
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Lady of the Pavements
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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The Taming of the Shrew
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Drums of Love
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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The Battle of the Sexes
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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The Night Watch
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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Babe Comes Home
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Sunrise
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Forever After
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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Hell's 400
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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Sparrows
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Cinematographer |
1925 | |||
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The Winding Stair
Cinematographer |
1925 | |||
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Maytime
Cinematographer |
1924 | |||
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Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo
Cinematographer |
1924 | |||
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The Legend of Hollywood
Cinematographer |
1924 | |||
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Daughters of the Rich
Cinematographer |
1923 | |||
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Mothers-In-Law
Cinematographer |
1923 | |||
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Poor Men's Wives
Cinematographer |
1923 | |||
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The Hero
Cinematographer |
1923 | |||
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Rich Men's Wives
Cinematographer |
1922 | |||
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Saturday Night
Cinematographer |
1922 | |||
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Thorns and Orange Blossoms
Cinematographer |
1922 | |||
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The Affairs of Anatol
Cinematographer |
1921 | |||
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Something to Think About
Cinematographer |
1920 |


