Joseph MacDonald
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For other people named Joseph MacDonald, see Joseph MacDonald (disambiguation).
Joseph Patrick MacDonald, A.S.C. (December 15, 1906 - May 26, 1968) was a Mexico-born American cinematographer. An assistant cameraman from the early 1920s, he became a cinematographer in the 1940s and soon was working on Hollywood productions, mostly at 20th Century Fox. He was usually billed as Joe MacDonald. He was the first Mexico-born cinematographer, and only the second overall, after Leon Shamroy, to film a movie in CinemaScope (How to Marry a Millionaire), as well as the first Mexico-born cinematographer to film a movie in Deluxe Color.
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Joseph MacDonald, A.S.C. | |
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Born | Joseph Patrick MacDonald (1906-05-26)May 26, 1906 Mexico City, Mexico |
Died | December 15, 1968(1968-12-15) (aged 62) |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
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