Star Facts

  • Category Motion Pictures

    Address 6925 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Leon Shamroy
Born:
1901-07-16,
New York,
New York,
USA
Education:
NA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
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Leon Shamroy

Leon Shamroy, A.S.C. was an American film cinematographer. Together with Charles Lang, he holds the record for most number of Academy Award nominations for Cinematography. Throughout his five-decade career, he garnered eighteen nominations with four wins. From 1953 to his death in 1974, he was married to movie actress Mary Anderson. Shamroy was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.