Revisiting the "Aces of the Camera"
This fascinating American Cinematographer profile series of the 1940s reveals the unique personalities and perspectives of ASC members of theera.
1941
Joseph B. Walker, ASC
Leon Shamroy, ASC
Karl Struss, ASC
James Wong Howe, ASC
Nicholas Musuraca, ASC
Joseph Valentine, ASC
Robert Planck, ASC
Ernest Palmer, ASC
William Mellor, ASC
1942
Gregg Toland, ASC
Arthur Edeson, ASC
Tony Gaudio, ASC
Victor Milner, ASC
Arthur Miller, ASC
Rudy Maté, ASC
George J. Folsey, ASC
Stanley Cortez, ASC
Farciot Edouart, ASC
Joseph Ruttenberg, ASC
Charles Lang, ASC
1943
George Barnes, ASC
Phil Tannura, ASC
Robert de Grasse, ASC
Ray June, ASC
Milton Krasner, ASC
Sol Polito, ASC
Virgil Miller, ASC
Lee Garmes, ASC
John Boyle, ASC
1944
Leonard M. Smith, ASC
Vernon L. Walker, ASC
Ralph Staub, ASC
Karl Freund, ASC
Harry Hallenberger, ASC
Jackson J. Rose, ASC
Glenn R. Kershner, ASC
Hans "Koney" Koenekamp, ASC
James S. Brown, Jr. ASC
Russell Harlan, ASC
Charles Clarke, ASC
Rolla Flora, ASC
John Mescall, ASC
1945
Elmer Dyer, ASC
John P. Fulton, ASC
Glen Gano, ASC
Jack Greenhalgh, ASC
Joseph LaShelle, ASC
Charles Marshall, ASC
Ira Morgan, ASC
Harry Perry, ASC
James J. Seeley, ASC
Henry Sharp, ASC
Archie Stout, ASC
1946
Jerome "Jerry" Ash, ASC
Charles P. Boyle, ASC
Danie B. Clarke, ASC
Paul Eagler, ASC
Ed B. Du Par, ASC
Vincent J. Farrar, ASC
Peverell Marley, ASC
Robert Pittack, ASC
Irving Reis, ASC
Lester White, ASC
1947
Lucien Androit, ASC
Wilford M. Cline, ASC
Clyde DeVinna, ASC
Winton Hoch, ASC
Lloyd Knechtel, ASC