Hal Mohr
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Hal Mohr (b. August 2, 1894 in San Francisco, California - d. May 10, 1974 in Santa Monica, California) was a famed movie cinematographer. He is now known to be one of only six cinematographers to have a "Star" on the famous "Hollywood Walk of Fame", the others are, J. Peverell Marley, Ray Rennahan, Leon Shamroy, Haskell Wexler, and Conrad L. Hall.
Notably, he is the only person to have won a competitive Academy Award without being nominated for it. In 1936, a write-in campaign won him the Best Cinematography Oscar for his work on A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
He won another Academy Award for his work on The Phantom of the Opera (1943).
[edit] External links
- Hal Mohr at the Internet Movie Database
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