James Wong Howe

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.

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 CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1975 Funny Lady Columbia Picture Corp 136 min 16mm 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
1965 The Glory Guys. Bristol Pictures Inc. 113 min 35mm Color sound
1962 Hud. Paramount Pictures Corp. Salem Productions Inc. & Dover Productions Inc. 112 min 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
1959 The story on page one. Company of Artists Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 4420 35mm B&W sound
1957 Sweet Smell of Success Alexander Mackendrick 96 min B&W
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
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
1954 Go Man Go. Sirod Productions Inc. 83 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 Main Street To Broadway. Cinema Productions Inc. 101 min 35mm B&W sound
1950 Tripoli. Paramount Pictures Corp. 95 min. 35mm Color 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
1947 Nora Prentiss. Vincent Sherman 111 min 35mm B&W sound
1947 Pursued. Raoul Walsh 101 min 35mm 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
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
1941 Out of the Fog ▶ Anatole Litvak 80 min B&W
1941 The Strawberry Blonde. Raoul Walsh 11 reels. B&W
1939 ON YOUR TOES. First National. 11 reels. B&W
1938 Algiers VIDEOIM 95 min. 16mm B&W
1938 ALGIERS DeVry Films and Laboratories 10min 16mm B&W Sound
1937 FAREWELL AGAIN. London Film Productions Ltd. 9 reels B&W
1937 FIRE OVER ENGLAND. London Film Productions Ltd. 10 reels B&W
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
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
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
1932 AMATEUR DADDY. Fox Film Corp 71 min B&W
1932 Shanghai Express Paramount Publix Corporation 1:22:00 16mm B&W sound
1931 TRANSATLANTIC. Fox Film Corp 78 min B&W
1929 DESERT NIGHTS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 7 reels B&W
1929 THE RESCUE. Samuel Goldwyn 9 reels B&W
1928 Laugh, Clown, Laugh. Herbert Brenon 2300 16mm B&W silent