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name: "Loyal Griggs"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "15 August 1906"
died: "6 May 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T05:21:49.696575+00:00"
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# Loyal Griggs

Cinematographer. Born 15 August 1906 in Michigan, USA. Died 6 May 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 15 August 1906, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 6 May 1978
- **Active:** 1951–1970
- **Also known as:** Loyal Allen Griggs
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 3 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 77 (3), 1970s 56 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 1, Crime 1, History 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $250m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyal_Griggs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q568941, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005729/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24793

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shane*](https://film.one/film/shane.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Ten Commandments*](https://film.one/film/the-ten-commandments.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Loyal Griggs (also credited as Loyal Allen Griggs) was an American cinematographer. He joined the staff of Paramount Pictures in 1924 after leaving school and worked initially in the studio's process department. He progressed through roles as assistant photographer, second unit photographer and camera process photographer before becoming a director of photography in 1951.

Griggs won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the 1953 Western *Shane*. His other credits as director of photography include the 1954 musical *White Christmas*, the 1956 epic *The Ten Commandments*, *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965) and *In Harm's Way* (1965). He received an Academy Honorary Award as part of the team for *Spawn of the North* (1938). His final film was the 1971 comedy *Bunny O'Hare*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Airport* (1970), Fi1m 56, Additional Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *The Ten Commandments* (1956), Fi1m 67, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ten-commandments.md)
- *Shane* (1953), Fi1m 83, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/shane.md)
- *A Place in the Sun* (1951), Fi1m 81, Other — [page](https://film.one/film/a-place-in-the-sun.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Bunny O'Hare* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Airport* (1970), Additional Photography — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *… tick… tick… tick…* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Paint Your Wagon* (1969), Second Unit Cinematographer
- *In Enemy Country* (1968), Director of Photography
- *P.J.* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Banning* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Hurry Sundown* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Young Warriors* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Night of the Grizzly* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Slender Thread* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Tickle Me* (1965), Director of Photography
- *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965), Director of Photography
- *In Harm's Way* (1965), Director of Photography
- *A New Kind of Love* (1963), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Papa's Delicate Condition* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Girls! Girls! Girls!* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Man-Trap* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Love in a Goldfish Bowl* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Blueprint for Robbery* (1961), Director of Photography
- *G.I. Blues* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Walk Like a Dragon* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Visit to a Small Planet* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Jayhawkers!* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Hangman* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Destination Space* (1959), Cinematography
- *Tonka* (1958), Director of Photography
- *The Buccaneer* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Hot Spell* (1958), Director of Photography
- *The Sad Sack* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Tin Star* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Buster Keaton Story* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Three Violent People* (1956), Director of Photography
- *The Ten Commandments* (1956), Director of Photography — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ten-commandments.md)
- *That Certain Feeling* (1956), Director of Photography
- *We're No Angels* (1955), Director of Photography
- *3 Ring Circus* (1954), Director of Photography
- *The Bridges at Toko-Ri* (1954), Director of Photography
- *White Christmas* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Elephant Walk* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Shane* (1953), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/shane.md)
- *Crosswinds* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Passage West* (1951), Director of Photography
- *A Place in the Sun* (1951), as Other — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/a-place-in-the-sun.md)
- *The Last Outpost* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Kitty* (1945), Visual Effects
- *Florida Special* (1936), Visual Effects

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- 1966: Best Cinematography, Color (nominated), for *The Greatest Story Ever Told*
- 1966: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *In Harm's Way*
- 1957: Best Cinematography, Color (nominated), for *The Ten Commandments*
- 1954: Best Cinematography, Color (won), for *Shane*

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

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