Charles Rosher

Charles Rosher
Born(1885-11-17)17 November 1885
London, England
Died15 January 1974(1974-01-15) (aged 88)
Lisbon, Portugal
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1912–1955
TitleA.S.C. Founding Member
AwardsBest Cinematography
1928 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (co-winner Karl Struss)
1946 The Yearling

Charles G. Rosher, A.S.C. (17 November 1885 – 15 January 1974) was an English-born cinematographer who worked from the early days of silent films through the 1950s.

He was Mary Pickford's favourite cinematographer and a personal friend, shooting all of the films in which she starred from 1918 to 1927, before they had a falling-out during production of Coquette (1929).[1][2] He was the first cinematographer to receive an Academy Award, along with Karl Struss, for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and won again for The Yearling (1946), with Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling. He was also nominated four times.

  1. ^ "Charles Rosher". Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers.
  2. ^ Barnes, Mike (27 October 2015). "Charles Rosher Jr., Cinematographer on Robert Altman Films, Dies at 80". Variety.