George Hurrell Sr.
Age: 87 | From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1904-06-01 09:57:37
Death: 1992-05-17 09:57:37
Aliases: George Hurrell
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 14
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Classically trained as a painter, Hurrell employed fine art techniques in his compositions. Beginning in 1930, Hurrell worked as a portrait photographer for most of the major Hollywood motion picture studios, first with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While most of the country suffered during the Great Depression in the 1930s, the movie industry thrived. During this time especially, Hurrell's photographs did more than just promote a film or a celebrity; for many, the glamour, romance, and drama of these photos provided a momentary mental escape from difficult times. Hurrell is credited with creating the standard for the idealized Hollywood glamour portrait. Always an innovator, he invented the boom light and developed several-now standard-lighting techniques. Hurrell's signature use of precision lighting, spotlights, shadows, and hand-retouching on the negatives produced romantic portraits that became his trademark style and the definition of glamour for the movie industry. The very notion is so familiar, and the images that most perfectly illustrate the concept are so readily conjured, that most movie fans are unaware that one man - a single photographer - is largely responsible for the look and feel of the classic film-glamour ideal.
Most Famous Work
They Drive by Night
(1940) Still Photographer
Red-Headed Woman
(1932) Still Photographer
Possessed
(1931) Still Photographer
Rabbit Test
(1978) Still Photographer
The Mephisto Waltz
(1971) Still Photographer
Romeo and Juliet
(1936) Still Photographer
Secrets
(1933) Still Photographer
Free and Easy
(1930) Still PhotographerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2008 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1995 | Self - Interviewee | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
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| 2018 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Still Photographer | |
| 1971 | Still Photographer | |
| 1940 | Still Photographer | |
| 1936 | Still Photographer | |
| 1935 | Still Photographer | |
| 1933 | Still Photographer | |
| 1932 | Still Photographer | |
| Still Photographer | ||
| 1931 | Still Photographer | |
| 1930 | Still Photographer | |
| Still Photographer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
