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James Wong Howe
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 76
Also known asJames How, Wong Tung Jim, Jimmie Howe, James HoweGenderMaleNationalityQing dynastyBorn27/08/1899Born inGuangzhou, ChinaDied12/07/1976 (aged 76)Died inHollywoodWikidataQ266521 ↗Buried atWestwood Village Memorial Park CemeteryTMDb#14569 ↗

James Wong Howe, ASC was a Chinese-born American cinematographer and film director, who worked on over 130 films during the Golden Age of Hollywood and well into the 1970s. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood due to his innovative filming techniques. Howe was known as a master of the use of shadow and one of the first to use deep-focus cinematography.

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Filmography5 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2007The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. AlonzoMovieSelf (archive footage)108
1973James Wong Howe: CinematographerMovieSelf74
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest69
1953The OscarsSeriesSelf54
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf49