Biography
Joseph Ruttenberg was a Russian-born American cinematographer. He began his career as a photojournalist at the Boston Globe before joining the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 to train as a cinematographer. His first film credit came in 1917 with the silent feature The Painted Madonna.
In 1934 Ruttenberg signed with MGM and moved to Hollywood. He remained with the studio for much of his career, photographing numerous films including The Philadelphia Story (1940), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Gaslight (1944), Julius Caesar (1953), Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) and Gigi (1958). He was nominated ten times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and won four times. He also received the Golden Globe Award for Brigadoon (1954).
Ruttenberg retired from MGM in 1968 and died in Los Angeles on 1 May 1983.
