James Wong Howe

Active - 1953 - 2007  |   Birth - Aug 28, 1899  |   Death - Jul 12, 1976  |   Genres - Documentary, Biography, Drama, Action-Adventure, Crime | Subgenres - Basketball

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Wong Tung Jim, A.S.C., known professionally as James Wong Howe (Houghto), was a Chinese American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood due to his innovative filming techniques. Howe was known as a master of the use of shadow and one of the first to use deep-focus cinematography, in which both foreground and distant planes remain in focus.

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