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Also Known As Wong Tung Jim
Born August 28, 1899 • Guangzhou • China
Died July 12, 1976 (aged 76) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1964) • Academy Award (1956)

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Gregg Toland
American cinematographer
Kaufman and Nykvist filming The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Sven Nykvist
Swedish cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Spanish cinematographer
Paul Newman
Paul Newman
American actor and philanthropist
Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
American actor and producer
The great Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
American actor
Hud (1963)
Patricia Neal
American actress
Ang Lee
Ang Lee
Taiwan-born film director
Anna Magnani
Anna Magnani
Italian actress
Black Sunday
John Frankenheimer
American director
Martin Ritt
American director
Garfield, John
John Garfield
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Dodsworth
Rudolph Maté
Polish-born filmmaker
Paul Strand
American photographer
The War of the Worlds
Byron Haskin
American director, cinematographer, and special-effects artist
All That Heaven Allows
Rock Hudson
American actor
Tony Curtis, 1965.
Tony Curtis
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Frank, Robert
Robert Frank
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Bitzer, Billy
Billy Bitzer
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