John Alton

  • Known for: Cinematographer
  • Date of birth: 1901. October 5.
  • Place of birth: Sopron, Austria-Hungary

​John Alton A.S.C. (October 5, 1901 – June 2, 1996), born Johann Altmann, in Sopron/Ödenburg, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, was an American cinematographer. Alton won an Academy Award for the cinematography of An American in Paris (1951), becoming the first Hungarian-born person to do so...

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