Samuel Leavitt, A.S.C. was a New York City-born cinematographer who was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for The Defiant Ones (1958)
Leavitt began his career as an assistant camera operator working on 1930s films[1]. Leavitt was a camera operator on films including Rancho Notorious (1952) and on TV's "I Love Lucy" in the early '50s[2] before becoming a director of photography in films.
Leavitt was nominated for Academy Awards for Exodus (Best Cinematography Color) (1960)and Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (Best Cinematography Black and White) in the two years following his Oscar win for The Defiant Ones.[3]
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