---
name: "Ellis W. Carter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ellis-w-carter"
fi1m_id: "ellis-w-carter"
imdb_id: "nm0141608"
tmdb_id: 117001
wikidata_id: "Q20871220"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "2 November 1906"
died: "23 October 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:05:45.451154+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."
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# Ellis W. Carter

## Identity

Ellis W. Carter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ellis-w-carter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ellis-w-carter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0141608
- **TMDB ID:** 117001
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20871220
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_W._Carter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20871220, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141608/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117001

Cinematographer. Born 2 November 1906 in Ashland, Oregon, USA. Died 23 October 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 November 1906, Ashland, Oregon, USA
- **Died:** 23 October 1964
- **Also known as:** Ellis Carter, Carter Ellis
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_W._Carter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20871220, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141608/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117001

## Biography

Ellis W. Carter was an American cinematographer. Born on 2 November 1906 in Ashland, Oregon, he worked in film from the 1930s until his death on 23 October 1964 in Long Beach, California.

Carter served as director of photography on numerous features, including *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), *The Monolith Monsters* (1957), *The Deadly Mantis* (1957), *The Mole People* (1956), *The Land Unknown* (1957), *The Leech Woman* (1960), *Twice-Told Tales* (1963), *Diary of a Madman* (1963) and *Kissin' Cousins* (1964). He also contributed second-unit photography to *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956) and worked on serials and Westerns. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for cinematography.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), Fi1m 86, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-shrinking-man.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

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

- *Your Cheatin' Heart* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Kissin' Cousins* (1964), Director of Photography
- *He Rides Tall* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Twice-Told Tales* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Hootenanny Hoot!* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Showdown* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Diary of a Madman* (1963), Director of Photography
- *The Second Time Around* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Wizard of Baghdad* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Seven Ways from Sundown* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Sex Kittens Go to College* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Leech Woman* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Purple Gang* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Curse of the Undead* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Alphabet Conspiracy* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Gateways to the Mind* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Damn Citizen* (1958), Director of Photography
- *The Monolith Monsters* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Slim Carter* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Land Unknown* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Deadly Mantis* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-shrinking-man.md)
- *The Mole People* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Flight to Hong Kong* (1956), Director of Photography
- *A Day of Fury* (1956), Director of Photography
- *The River Changes* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Running Wild* (1955), Director of Photography
- *The Human Jungle* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Cease Fire!* (1953), Director of Photography
- *California Conquest* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Listen Judge* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Outlaw Women* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder* (1952), Director of Photography
- *The Barefoot Mailman* (1951), Director of Photography
- *The Magic Carpet* (1951), Director of Photography
- *The Texas Rangers* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Prisoners in Petticoats* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Lonely Heart Bandits* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Hills of Oklahoma* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Invisible Monster* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Vanishing Westerner* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Gunmen of Abilene* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Unmasked* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Blonde Bandit* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Radar Patrol vs. Spy King* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Special Agent* (1949), Director of Photography
- *King of the Rocket Men* (1949), Director of Photography
- *El Paso* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Dynamite* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Disaster* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Shaggy* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Big Town Scandal* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Mr. Reckless* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Caged Fury* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Big Town After Dark* (1947), Director of Photography

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