Stanley Cortez | |
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Born | Stanislaus Samuel Kranz November 4, 1908 |
Died | December 23, 1997 | (aged 89)
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Board member of | A.S.C. President (1985–86) |
Relatives | Ricardo Cortez (brother) |
Stanley Cortez, A.S.C. (born Stanislaus Samuel Kranz;[1][2] November 4, 1908 – December 23, 1997) was an American cinematographer. He worked on over 100 films between 1929 and 1980, and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. His most notable credits included Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter (1955), Nunnally Johnson's The Three Faces of Eve (1957), and Samuel Fuller's Shock Corridor (1963) and The Naked Kiss (1964). He served as President of the American Society of Cinematographers from 1985 to 1986.
He was the younger brother of actor and director Ricardo Cortez.