PHOTOGRAPHER

Karl Struss

1886 - 1981

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Karl Struss, A.S.C. (November 30, 1886 – December 15, 1981) was an American photographer and a cinematographer of the 1900s through the 1950s. He was also one of the earliest pioneers of 3-D films. While he mostly worked on films, such as F.W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator and Limelight, he was also one of the cinematographers for the television series Broken Arrow and photographed 19 episodes of My Friend Flicka. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Struss is the 114th most popular photographer (down from 91st in 2019), the 8,044th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,362nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Karl Struss ranks 114 out of 148. Before him are Bob Guccione, Lotte Jacobi, Hedi Slimane, Sabine Weiss, David Douglas Duncan, and Joel-Peter Witkin. After him are Rineke Dijkstra, Bert Stern, Thomas Struth, Malick Sidibé, Mary Ellen Mark, and Milton H. Greene.

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Among people born in 1886, Karl Struss ranks 250. Before him are Hanns Braun, Hugo Jahnke, Haakon Sörvik, Markus Reiner, Lars Hanson, and Alfred Felber. After him are Frank Heller, Dooley Wilson, Mark Aldanov, Henry Lehrman, Muthulakshmi Reddy, and Margaret Woodrow Wilson. Among people deceased in 1981, Karl Struss ranks 206. Before him are Sergio Amidei, Ruby Payne-Scott, Irving Jaffee, Durgabai Deshmukh, Tadeusz Baird, and Paul Bontemps. After him are Roy Cochran, László Raffinsky, Paolo Mazza, Richard Boone, Rudolf Geiger, and Pierre Korb.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karl Struss ranks 8,046 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Crowley (1962), Mary Martin (1913), Loni Anderson (1945), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Roger Maris (1934), and Charlie Logg (1931). After him are Marshall Allman (1984), Robert J. Walker (1801), James Smith McDonnell (1899), Duane Eddy (1938), Milton S. Hershey (1857), and Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Karl Struss ranks 30. Before him are Spencer Tunick (1967), Francesca Woodman (1958), William Eggleston (1939), Bob Guccione (1930), David Douglas Duncan (1916), and Joel-Peter Witkin (1939). After him are Bert Stern (1929), Mary Ellen Mark (1940), Milton H. Greene (1922), F. Holland Day (1864), Toni Frissell (1907), and Sally Mann (1951).

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