Russell Harlan

Russell B. Harlan, A.S.C. (September 16, 1903 - February 28, 1974) was an American cinematographer.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Russell Harlan witnessed the city's development from the construction of its first film studio to being the center for motion picture production in the United States. Harlan embarked on a career in film as an actor and stuntman but by the early 1930s was pursuing his interest behind the camera as an assistant. He performed as the cinematographer for the first time in 1937 on a Hopalong Cassidy western film that led to a career spanning more than thirty years. He received six nominations for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, including two in 1962 alone when he worked on Hatari! and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Russell Harlan died in 1974 in Newport Beach, California and was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California

Selected filmography

• Darling Lili (1970)
• Tobruk (1967)
• Hawaii (1966)
• The Great Race (1965)
• Dear Heart (1964)
• A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
• Hatari! (1962)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
• Operation Petticoat (1959)
• Rio Bravo (1959)
• King Creole (1958)
• Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
• Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
• Lust for Life (1956)
• The Last Hunt (1956)
• Blackboard Jungle (1955)
• Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
• The Big Sky (1952)
• The Thing from Another World (1951)
• Guilty Bystander (1950)
• Deadly Is the Female (1949)
• Red River (1948)
• Ramrod (1947)
• A Walk in the Sun (1945)
• Mystery Man (1944)
• False Colors (1943)
• American Empire (1942)
• In Old Colorado (1941)
• The Light of Western Stars (1940)
• Heritage of the Desert (1939)
• The Frontiersmen (1938)
• North of the Rio Grande (1937)