--- name: "Edward Cronjager" canonical: "https://film.one/person/edward-cronjager" roles: ["Cinematographer"] born: "21 March 1904" died: "15 June 1960" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T01:00:45.245801+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." --- # Edward Cronjager Cinematographer. Born 21 March 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 15 June 1960. ## Details - **Work:** Cinematographer - **Born:** 21 March 1904, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 15 June 1960 - **Active:** 1942–1943 - **Also known as:** Edward Cronjaeger , Eddie Cronjager, Ed Cronjager - **Academy Awards:** 7 Oscar nominations - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Cronjager, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005676/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89218 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Heaven Can Wait*](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Edward Cronjager was an American cinematographer whose career began in the silent era and continued through the 1950s, encompassing more than 100 feature films as well as television work. He received seven Academy Award nominations for cinematography, including for *The Pied Piper* (1942) in black and white and *Heaven Can Wait* (1943) in colour, though he did not win. Other notable credits include *Cimarron* (1931), *Western Union* (1941), *I Wake Up Screaming* (1941), *The Gang's All Here* (1943), *Canyon Passage* (1946) and *House by the River* (1950). Cronjager came from a family of cinematographers. He was the preferred director of photography for actor Richard Dix and contributed to the testing of new film stocks for the American Society of Cinematographers. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Heaven Can Wait* (1943), Fi1m 84, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md) ## Complete filmography (96) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Devil's Partner* (1961), Director of Photography - *The Westerner* (1960), series, Director of Photography - *The Girl in Lovers Lane* (1960), Director of Photography - *The Threat* (1960), Director of Photography - *Black Saddle* (1959), series, Director of Photography - *The Siege at Red River* (1954), Director of Photography - *Beneath the 12-Mile Reef* (1953), Director of Photography - *Powder River* (1953), Director of Photography - *Treasure of the Golden Condor* (1953), Director of Photography - *Y la Argentina detuvo su corazón* (1952), Director - *Lure of the Wilderness* (1952), Director of Photography - *Best of the Badmen* (1951), Director of Photography - *I'd Climb the Highest Mountain* (1951), Director of Photography - *The Capture* (1950), Director of Photography - *House by the River* (1950), Director of Photography - *The Countess of Monte Cristo* (1948), Director of Photography - *An Innocent Affair* (1948), Director of Photography - *Relentless* (1948), Director of Photography - *On Our Merry Way* (1948), Director of Photography - *Desert Fury* (1947), Director of Photography - *Honeymoon* (1947), Director of Photography - *Canyon Passage* (1946), Director of Photography - *Do You Love Me* (1946), Director of Photography - *Colonel Effingham's Raid* (1946), Director of Photography - *Nob Hill* (1945), Director of Photography - *Home in Indiana* (1944), Director of Photography - *The Gang's All Here* (1943), Director of Photography - *Heaven Can Wait* (1943), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md) - *Margin for Error* (1943), Director of Photography - *Life Begins at Eight-Thirty* (1942), Director of Photography - *The Pied Piper* (1942), Director of Photography - *To the Shores of Tripoli* (1942), Director of Photography - *Rise and Shine* (1941), Director of Photography - *I Wake Up Screaming* (1941), Director of Photography - *Sun Valley Serenade* (1941), Director of Photography - *A Very Young Lady* (1941), Cinematography - *Western Union* (1941), Director of Photography - *Young People* (1940), Director of Photography - *Girl in 313* (1940), Director of Photography - *I Was an Adventuress* (1940), Director of Photography - *Everything Happens at Night* (1939), Director of Photography - *Too Busy to Work* (1939), Director of Photography - *Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence* (1939), Director of Photography - *The Escape* (1939), Director of Photography - *The Gorilla* (1939), Director of Photography - *Keep Smiling* (1938), Cinematography - *Gateway* (1938), Director of Photography - *Wife, Doctor and Nurse* (1937), Director of Photography - *Thin Ice* (1937), Director of Photography - *Wake Up and Live* (1937), Director of Photography - *One in a Million* (1937), Director of Photography - *Three Married Men* (1936), Director of Photography - *The Texas Rangers* (1936), Director of Photography - *Yellow Dust* (1936), Director of Photography - *In Person* (1935), Director of Photography - *Jalna* (1935), Director of Photography - *The Nitwits* (1935), Director of Photography - *Roberta* (1935), Director of Photography - *Enchanted April* (1935), Director of Photography - *Lightning Strikes Twice* (1934), Director of Photography - *Kentucky Kernels* (1934), Director of Photography - *Down to Their Last Yacht* (1934), Director of Photography - *Strictly Dynamite* (1934), Director of Photography - *Spitfire* (1934), Director of Photography - *If I Were Free* (1933), Director of Photography - *Ann Vickers* (1933), Director of Photography - *Professional Sweetheart* (1933), Director of Photography - *Sweepings* (1933), Director of Photography - *The Monkey's Paw* (1933), Director of Photography - *The Conquerors* (1932), Director of Photography - *Hell's Highway* (1932), Director of Photography - *Bird of Paradise* (1932), Director of Photography - *Roar of the Dragon* (1932), Director of Photography - *The Lost Squadron* (1932), Director of Photography - *Never the Twins Shall Meet* (1932), Cinematography - *Night Beat* (1931), Director of Photography - *Secret Service* (1931), Director of Photography - *Scratch-As-Catch-Can* (1931), Director of Photography - *The Public Defender* (1931), Director of Photography - *Young Donovan's Kid* (1931), Cinematography - *Cimarron* (1931), Director of Photography - *Shooting Straight* (1930), Director of Photography - *He Knew Women* (1930), Director of Photography - *Lovin' the Ladies* (1930), Director of Photography - *Seven Keys to Baldpate* (1929), Director of Photography - *The Virginian* (1929), Director of Photography - *Redskin* (1929), Director of Photography - *Fashions in Love* (1929), Director of Photography - *The Wheel of Life* (1929), Director of Photography - *The Love Doctor* (1929), Director of Photography - *What a Night!* (1928), Director of Photography - *Just Married* (1928), Director of Photography - *Knockout Reilly* (1927), Director of Photography - *The Quarterback* (1926), Director of Photography - *Say It Again* (1926), Director of Photography - *Let's Get Married* (1926), Cinematography ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 7 nominated - 1954: Best Cinematography, Color (nominated), for *Beneath the 12-Mile Reef* - 1945: Best Cinematography, Color (nominated), for *Home in Indiana* - 1944: Best Cinematography, Color (nominated), for *Heaven Can Wait* - 1943: Best Cinematography, Color (nominated), for *To the Shores of Tripoli* - 1943: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Pied Piper* - 1942: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Sun Valley Serenade* - 1931: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Cimarron* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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