James Wong Howe

Chinese-American film director and cinematographer (1899–1976)

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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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 67 films (1919–1975) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 11 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1955	[Picnic]	Joshua Logan	115 min	16mm	Color	silent
1955	Picnic	Joshua Logan	115 min		Color
1955	Picnic ▶	Joshua Logan	115 min		Color
1955	Picnic	Joshua Logan	115 min	16mm	Color	silent
1956	Death Of A Scoundrel	Ideal Pictures Inc	119 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1956	The Old Man and the Sea	WNET/13	86 min	16mm	B&W
1956	The old man and the sea	John Sturges	86 min		Color
1957	Sweet Smell of Success	Alexander Mackendrick	96 min		B&W
1959	The story on page one.	Company of Artists Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.	4420	35mm	B&W	sound
1960	Song Without End	Ideal Pictures Inc	130 min	16mm	Color	sound
1960	Song Without End	George Cukor, Charles Vidor	130 min		Color
1960	Song Without End.	Goetz-Vidor Pictures	130 min	35mm	Color	sound
1962	Hud.	Paramount Pictures Corp. Salem Productions Inc. & Dover Productions Inc.	112 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1965	The Glory Guys.	Bristol Pictures Inc.	113 min	35mm	Color	sound
1966	Hombre.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	107 min	35mm	Color	sound
1966	This Property Is Condemned.	Paramount Pictures Corp.	110 min	35mm	Color	sound
1975	Funny Lady	Columbia Picture Corp	136 min	16mm	Color	sound