Harry J. Wild, A.S.C. | |
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| Born | July 5, 1901 (1901-07-05) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 24, 1961(1961-02-24) (aged 59) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
Harry J. Wild, A.S.C. (July 5, 1901 – February 24, 1961) was a film and televisioncinematographer. Wild worked atRKO Pictures studios from 1931 through the 1950s. In total Wild was involved in 91 major film projects and two extended television series.[1]
In 1931, he began his career and was hired as second cameraman and operator on nine projects, most notably Fred Niblo'sYoung Donovan'a Kid (1931). In 1936, Wild shot his first feature, Wallace Fox's sports dramaThe Big Game.[2] Two years later he shared anAcademy Award nomination for theRepublic Pictures filmArmy Girl (1938).
According to film critic Spencer Selby, Wild was a prolificfilm noir cinematographer, shooting 13 of them, including: Dmytryk'sMurder, My Sweet (1944),Johnny Angel (1945),Nocturne (1946), theJean Renoir-directedThe Woman on the Beach (1947),They Won't Believe Me (1947), and others.[3] He was also, in the early 1950s,Jane Russell's cinematographer; he worked on seven of her movies as an actress, three of which were released by other studios:His Kind of Woman (1951) andSon of Paleface (1952) forParamount, and, his most widely seen movie,Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) forTwentieth Century-Fox.
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