Charles Bryant Lang, Jr. , A. S. C. (July 4, 1901[1] – April 3, 1998) was an Oscar-winning American film cinematographer. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
Early in his career he worked with the Akeley camera, a gyroscope-mounted "pancake" camera designed by Carl Akeley for outdoor action shots. He was born in Clarendon New York, and grew up on a farm attending school for only three years [1] Lang's first credits were as co-cinematographer on the silent films The Night Patrol (1926) and The Loves of Ricardo (1927). [1]
After working on the 1932 adaptation of A Farewell to Arms for Paramount Pictures, he ended up working for that studio for twenty years. A Farewell to Arms is a 1932 American Drama film directed by Frank Borzage. A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical Novel written by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1929 Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. The style of lighting he introduced in A Farewell to Arms became heavily identified with all of Paramount's films during the 1930s and 1940s. [1]
In 1951 he began the second phase of his career, this time as a free-lance cinematographer. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January [1] His credits include The Big Heat, Sabrina, The Matchmaker, Some Like It Hot, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Magnificent Seven, How the West Was Won, Charade, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, and Butterflies Are Free. The Big Heat is a 1953 Film noir directed by Fritz Lang, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvin. Sabrina is a 1954 film directed by Billy Wilder, adapted for the screen by Wilder Samuel A The Matchmaker is a 1958 American Comedy film directed by Joseph Anthony. Some Like It Hot is a 1959 Comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Gunfight at the OK Corral is a 1957 movie starring Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday about the The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 Western film directed by John Sturges about a group of hired gunmen protecting a Mexican village from How the West Was Won is a 1962 epic Western film which follows four generations of a family (starting as the Prescotts as they move ever Charade is a film written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn This article is about the 1969 film For the 1973 television series based on this film see Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (TV series. Butterflies Are Free is a play by Leonard Gershe. Loosely based on the life of attorney Harold Krents, the plot revolves around a Manhattan
Lang received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers in 1991, for a career which included at least 114 feature films. The American Society of Cinematographers ( ASC) is an educational cultural and professional organization [1]
Academy Awards
Lang won an Academy Award the second time he was nominated, early in his career; he received a total of 18 nominations, tying with Leon Shamroy for the most cinematography Oscars nominations ever. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Leon Shamroy ( 16 July 1901, New York City &ndash 7 July 1974, Los Angeles) was an American film cinematographer The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a Cinematographer for work in one particular Motion picture.
Wins
- A Farewell to Arms (1932)[2]
Nominations
According to IMDb, Lang received Oscar nominations for the following films:[3]
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Personal life
Lang was born in Bluff, Utah. A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical Novel written by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1929 Arise My Love is a 1940 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Mitchell Leisen, written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett So Proudly We Hail! is a 1943 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Mark Sandrich, and starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette The Ghost and Mrs Muir ( 1947) is a romantic Fantasy film starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. A Foreign Affair is a 1948 film directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marlene Dietrich, Jean Arthur and John Lund. Sudden Fear ( 1952) is an RKO Radio Pictures Feature film starring Joan Crawford and Jack Palance in a noir-ish Sabrina is a 1954 film directed by Billy Wilder, adapted for the screen by Wilder Samuel A Queen Bee ( 1955) is a Columbia Pictures Feature film starring Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Betsy Palmer, and Separate Tables is the collective name of two one-act plays written by Sir Terence Rattigan, both taking place in the Beauregard Private Hotel Bournemouth Some Like It Hot is a 1959 Comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack The Facts of Life is a 1960 Romantic comedy starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball as middle-aged people who have an affair despite One-Eyed Jacks, a Western movie released in 1961 is the only Film directed by Marlon Brando, who replaced the original director Stanley How the West Was Won is a 1962 epic Western film which follows four generations of a family (starting as the Prescotts as they move ever This article is about the 1969 film For the 1973 television series based on this film see Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (TV series. Butterflies Are Free is a play by Leonard Gershe. Loosely based on the life of attorney Harold Krents, the plot revolves around a Manhattan Bluff is a Census-designated place (CDP in San Juan County, Utah, United States. [1] One of his granddaughters is actress Katherine Kelly Lang. Katherine Kelly Lang (born July 25, 1961) is an American actress, best known as Brooke Logan on the American daytime Soap opera [5]
References and footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g In Memoriam from the American Society of Cinematographers website
- ^ Received award at the 6th Academy Awards in 1934
- ^ Charles Lang at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Nominated at the 36th Academy Awards in 1964
- ^ Katherine Kelly Lang's biography from the CBS website
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