---
name: "Charles Lang"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-lang"
fi1m_id: "charles-lang"
imdb_id: "nm0485702"
tmdb_id: 3148
wikidata_id: "Q486883"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "27 March 1902"
died: "3 April 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-09-26T14:19:40.545652+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Lang

## Identity

Charles Lang

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-lang
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-lang
- **IMDb ID:** nm0485702
- **TMDB ID:** 3148
- **Wikidata ID:** Q486883
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lang, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486883, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485702/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3148

Cinematographer. Born 27 March 1902 in Bluff, Utah, USA. Died 3 April 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 27 March 1902, Bluff, Utah, USA
- **Died:** 3 April 1998
- **Active:** 1932–1962
- **Also known as:** Charles Bryant Lang, The Professor, Charles Lang, Jr., Charles B. Lang, Jr., Charles Bryant Lang, Jr.
- **Frequently works with:** [Gary Cooper](https://film.one/person/gary-cooper.md), [Henry Hathaway](https://film.one/person/henry-hathaway.md), [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md), [Burt Lancaster](https://film.one/person/burt-lancaster.md), [John Gay](https://film.one/person/john-gay.md), [John Sturges](https://film.one/person/john-sturges.md), [Karl Malden](https://film.one/person/karl-malden.md), [Kirk Douglas](https://film.one/person/kirk-douglas.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 18 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 76 (4), 1940s 84 (1), 1950s 84 (5), 1960s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 78 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Romance 5, Crime 3, Western 3, Comedy 2, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 21 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $36m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lang, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486883, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485702/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3148

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ace in the Hole*](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md) (87), [*The Big Heat*](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md) (86), [*The Man from Laramie*](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-laramie.md) (82), [*One-Eyed Jacks*](https://film.one/film/one-eyed-jacks.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*A Farewell to Arms*](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md) (80), [*Separate Tables*](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md) (74)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Some Like It Hot*](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md) (92)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charles Bryant Lang Jr. was an American cinematographer. Born on 27 March 1902 in Bluff, Utah, he began his career in the silent era and worked with the Akeley camera for outdoor action shots. His first credits were as co-cinematographer on the silent films *The Night Patrol* (1926) and *The Loves of Ricardo* (1927).

After joining Paramount Pictures in the late 1920s, Lang remained there for more than twenty years. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for *A Farewell to Arms* (1932) and received numerous further nominations. His Paramount work included films such as *Sabrina* (1954) and *The Big Heat* (1953).

From 1951 he worked as a freelance cinematographer. His credits from this period include *Some Like It Hot* (1959), *The Magnificent Seven* (1960), *Charade* (1963), *How the West Was Won* (1962) and *Wait Until Dark* (1967). Lang received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers in 1991. He died on 3 April 1998 in Santa Monica, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (12)

- *How the West Was Won* (1962), Fi1m 62, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won.md)
- *One-Eyed Jacks* (1961), Fi1m 78, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/one-eyed-jacks.md)
- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Fi1m 92, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)
- *Separate Tables* (1958), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md)
- *The Man from Laramie* (1955), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-laramie.md)
- *The Big Heat* (1953), Fi1m 86, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md)
- *Ace in the Hole* (1951), Fi1m 87, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md)
- *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ghost-and-mrs-muir.md)
- *Peter Ibbetson* (1935), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/peter-ibbetson.md)
- *The Lives of a Bengal Lancer* (1935), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-a-bengal-lancer.md)
- *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), Fi1m 78, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/she-done-him-wrong.md)
- *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md)

## Complete filmography (133)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *40 Carats* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Butterflies Are Free* (1972), Director of Photography
- *The Love Machine* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Doctors' Wives* (1971), Director of Photography
- *A Walk in the Spring Rain* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Cactus Flower* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice* (1969), Director of Photography
- *How to Commit Marriage* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Stalking Moon* (1968), Director of Photography
- *A Flea in Her Ear* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Wait Until Dark* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Flim-Flam Man* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Hotel* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Not With My Wife, You Don't!* (1966), Director of Photography
- *How to Steal a Million* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Inside Daisy Clover* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Sex and the Single Girl* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Father Goose* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Paris When It Sizzles* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Charade* (1963), Director of Photography
- *The Wheeler Dealers* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Critic's Choice* (1963), Director of Photography
- *A Girl Named Tamiko* (1962), Director of Photography
- *How the West Was Won* (1962), Director of Photography — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won.md)
- *Blue Hawaii* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Summer and Smoke* (1961), Director of Photography
- *One-Eyed Jacks* (1961), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/one-eyed-jacks.md)
- *The Facts of Life* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Magnificent Seven* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Strangers When We Meet* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Last Train from Gun Hill* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Director of Photography — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)
- *Separate Tables* (1958), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md)
- *The Matchmaker* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Strange Witness* (1958), Cinematography
- *Wild Is the Wind* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Loving You* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Gunfight at the O.K. Corral* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Rainmaker* (1956), Director of Photography
- *The Solid Gold Cadillac* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Autumn Leaves* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Queen Bee* (1955), Director of Photography
- *The Man from Laramie* (1955), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-laramie.md)
- *Female on the Beach* (1955), Director of Photography
- *The Long Gray Line* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Phffft* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Sabrina* (1954), Director of Photography
- *It Should Happen to You* (1954), Director of Photography
- *The Big Heat* (1953), Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md)
- *Salome* (1953), Director of Photography
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, Director of Photography
- *Sudden Fear* (1952), Director of Photography
- *The Atomic City* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Red Mountain* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Peking Express* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Ace in the Hole* (1951), Director of Photography — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md)
- *The Mating Season* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Copper Canyon* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Branded* (1950), Director of Photography
- *September Affair* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Fancy Pants* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Great Lover* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Rope of Sand* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Miss Tatlock's Millions* (1948), Director of Photography
- *A Foreign Affair* (1948), Director of Photography
- *My Own True Love* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Where There's Life* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Desert Fury* (1947), Director of Photography
- *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ghost-and-mrs-muir.md)
- *Cross My Heart* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Blue Skies* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Miss Susie Slagle's* (1946), Director of Photography
- *The Stork Club* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Here Come the Waves* (1944), Director of Photography
- *I Love a Soldier* (1944), Director of Photography
- *The Uninvited* (1944), Director of Photography
- *True to Life* (1943), Director of Photography
- *So Proudly We Hail* (1943), Director of Photography
- *No Time for Love* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Are Husbands Necessary?* (1942), Director of Photography
- *The Lady Has Plans* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Skylark* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Sundown* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Nothing but the Truth* (1941), Director of Photography
- *The Shepherd of the Hills* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Arise, My Love* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Dancing on a Dime* (1940), Director of Photography
- *The Ghost Breakers* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Buck Benny Rides Again* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Women Without Names* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Adventure in Diamonds* (1940), Director of Photography
- *The Cat and the Canary* (1939), Director of Photography
- *The Gracie Allen Murder Case* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Midnight* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Zaza* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Spawn of the North* (1938), Director of Photography
- *You and Me* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Tovarich* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Angel* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Souls at Sea* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Desire* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Peter Ibbetson* (1935), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/peter-ibbetson.md)
- *Mississippi* (1935), Director of Photography
- *The Lives of a Bengal Lancer* (1935), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-a-bengal-lancer.md)
- *She Loves Me Not* (1934), Director of Photography
- *We're Not Dressing* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Death Takes a Holiday* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Cradle Song* (1933), Director of Photography
- *The Way to Love* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Gambling Ship* (1933), Director of Photography
- *A Bedtime Story* (1933), Director of Photography
- *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/she-done-him-wrong.md)
- *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md)
- *Devil and the Deep* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Tomorrow and Tomorrow* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Once a Lady* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Caught* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Newly Rich* (1931), Cinematography
- *The Vice Squad* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Unfaithful* (1931), Director of Photography
- *The Right to Love* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Tom Sawyer* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Anybody's Woman* (1930), Director of Photography
- *For the Defense* (1930), Director of Photography
- *The Light of Western Stars* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Sarah and Son* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Street of Chance* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Seven Days Leave* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Behind the Make-Up* (1930), Director of Photography
- *The Shopworn Angel* (1928), Director of Photography
- *Ritzy* (1927), Cinematography
- *The Night Patrol* (1926), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 18 nominated

- 1973: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Butterflies Are Free*
- 1970: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice*
- 1964: Best Cinematography, Color (nominated), for *How the West Was Won*
- 1962: Best Cinematography, Color (nominated), for *One-Eyed Jacks*
- 1961: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Facts of Life*
- 1960: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Some Like It Hot*
- 1959: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Separate Tables*
- 1956: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Queen Bee*
- 1955: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Sabrina*
- 1953: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Sudden Fear*
- 1949: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *A Foreign Affair*
- 1948: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir*
- 1945: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Uninvited*
- 1944: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *So Proudly We Hail!*
- 1942: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Sundown*
- 1941: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Arise, My Love*
- 1934: Best Cinematography (won), for *A Farewell to Arms*
- 1933: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *A Farewell to Arms*
- 1931: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *The Right to Love*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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