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
1919	For Better - For Worse	Cecil B. DeMille, Sam Wood	70 min		B&W
1919	For Better for Worse	Cecil B. DeMille, Sam Wood	12:00		B&W
1919	For better, for worse'	Cecil B. DeMille, Sam Wood	70 min		B&W
1922	BURNING SANDS.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	7 reels		B&W
1922	DRUMS OF FATE.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	6 reels		B&W
1923	THE SPANISH DANCER.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	9 reels		B&W
1923	THE WOMAN WITH FOUR FACES.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	6 reels		B&W
1924	THE ALASKAN.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.			B&W
1924	THE BREAKING POINT.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	7 reels		B&W
1924	THE SIDE SHOW OF LIFE.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	8 reels		B&W
1925	THE BEST PEOPLE.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	6 reels		B&W
1925	THE CHARMER.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	5 reels		B&W
1926	Mantrap	Famous Players-Lasky Corporation	1:10:00	16mm	B&W	silent
1926	PADLOCKED.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.			B&W
1926	SEA HORSES.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.			B&W
1926	THE SONG AND DANCE MAN.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.			B&W
1927	THE ROUGH RIDERS.	Paramount Famous Lasky Corp	10 reels		B&W
1928	Laugh, Clown, Laugh.	Herbert Brenon	2300	16mm	B&W	silent
1929	DESERT NIGHTS.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.	7 reels		B&W
1929	THE RESCUE.	Samuel Goldwyn	9 reels		B&W
1931	TRANSATLANTIC.	Fox Film Corp	78 min		B&W
1932	AMATEUR DADDY.	Fox Film Corp	71 min		B&W
1932	Shanghai Express	Paramount Publix Corporation	1:22:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1933	BEAUTY FOR SALE.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.	9 reels		B&W
1933	HELLO, SISTER.	Fox Film Corp	62 min		B&W
1933	The power and the glory.	Fox Film Corp	76 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1934	BIOGRAPHY OF A BACHELOR GIRL.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.	9 reels		B&W
1934	The thin man	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM): Distributor	1:30:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1935	Mark of the Vampire	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp	1:00:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1935	O'SHAUGHNESSY'S BOY.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.	9 reels		B&W
1937	FAREWELL AGAIN.	London Film Productions Ltd.	9 reels		B&W
1937	FIRE OVER ENGLAND.	London Film Productions Ltd.	10 reels		B&W
1938	Algiers	VIDEOIM	95 min.	16mm	B&W
1938	ALGIERS	DeVry Films and Laboratories	10min	16mm	B&W	Sound
1939	ON YOUR TOES.	First National.	11 reels.		B&W
1941	Out of the Fog ▶	Anatole Litvak	80 min		B&W
1941	The Strawberry Blonde.	Raoul Walsh	11 reels.		B&W
1942	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Warner Bros. ; produced by Hal Wallis and William Cagney ; screenplay, Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph ; directed by Michael Curtiz.	44	16mm	B&W	sound
1943	AIR FORCE.	warner bros.	5000	16mm	B&W	sound
1943	Magic Bullets	United States Public Health Service \| Warner Bros Pictures Inc	0:30:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1943	The North Star.	Lewis Milestone	106 min		B&W
1943	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Warner Bros Pictures Inc	2:07:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1943	Yankee Doodle Dandy.	Michael Curtiz	126 min		B&W
1947	Nora Prentiss.	Vincent Sherman	111 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1947	Pursued.	Raoul Walsh	101 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1948	Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House	H. C. Potter	94		Color & B&W
1948	MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE.	H. C. Potter	94 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1950	Tripoli.	Paramount Pictures Corp.	95 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1953	Main Street To Broadway.	Cinema Productions Inc.	101 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1954	Go Man Go.	Sirod Productions Inc.	83 min.	35mm	B&W	sound