Biography
William H. Daniels was an American cinematographer. He began his career as an assistant cameraman and worked on early films directed by Erich von Stroheim, including Foolish Wives (1922) and Greed (1925). He later became the principal cinematographer for Greta Garbo at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, shooting all but three of her films for the studio between 1926 and 1939.
Daniels' credits include Grand Hotel (1932), Ninotchka (1939), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), The Naked City (1948), Harvey (1950), Winchester '73 (1950), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Ocean's Eleven (1960), How the West Was Won (1962) and Von Ryan's Express (1965). He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Naked City and served as president of the American Society of Cinematographers from 1961 to 1963.
