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Conversations with a Master Cinematographer James Wong Howe ASC
The American Society of Cinematographers
announces the release of an
audio CD, the first in a series
of "Conversations with Master
Cinematographers" from the archives of the
American Society of
Cinematographers (ASC) and American
Cinematographer magazine. The
inaugural CD features an hour-long interview
conducted by film historian
Kemp Niver with James Wong Howe, ASC, on April
13, 1964 at Howe's home
in Hollywood.
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James Wong Howe was a pioneering cameraman in
Hollywood who was
nominated ten times for Best Cinematography and
won Academy Awards for
his stunning black-and-white work on "The Rose
Tattoo" (1955) and "Hud"
(1963). From 1922 to 1975 James Wong Howe
photographed over 130 motion
pictures. Many of them are film classics, such
as "Picnic," "Yankee
Doodle Dandy," "The Thin Man," "Sweet Smell of
Success" and "The
Prisoner of Zenda."
In this interview Howe discusses his wide-
ranging career with Niver and
provides the listener with a unique glimpse into
the creative mind of a
master cinematographer. Niver was an ASC
Associate Member and winner of
the 1991 ASC President's award for his work
restoring historic films
from the Library of Congress paper print
collection.
"I believe that the best cameraman is one who
recognizes the source, the
story, as the basis of his work," said James
Wong Howe. Throughout a
long career as one of the pioneering cameramen
of American cinema, Howe
always refused to impose an artificial style on
a film. As a master of
deep focus photography, Howe was nicknamed "Low
Key Howe."
In his own words, Howe relates the story of his
discovery of photography
as a child and his early beginnings in Hollywood
working with Cecil B.
DeMille at the Famous Players Studio. The
fledgling cinematographer
made a name for himself in 1922 when he took
still photographs of Mary
Miles Minter, giving her pale blue eyes more
expressiveness on film. "I
had a big frame of black velvet made and a hole
cut in the center," he
said, "Putting the lens through, I did all her
close-ups that way."
Students of cinematography and film history will
take delight in hearing
about motion picture lighting directly from the
lips of a photographic
master. "Photography must be integrated with the
story," said Howe and
he clearly spells out his philosophy of lighting
on this historic audio
CD from ASC Press.
The American Society of Cinematographers was
founded in 1919 for the
purpose
of advancing the art and craft of filmmaking.
Membership is by
invitation only based on the individual's body
of narrative film work.
Currently, there are 230 active cinematographer
members who come from
nearly 20 countries, as well as more than 100
associate members who work
in allied professions.
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