Ernest Palmer (American cinematographer)

Ernest Palmer
Possible picture of Ernest Palmer, taken around 1921, although the middle initial is wrong
Born	Ernest George Palmer (1885-12-06)December 6, 1885 Kansas City, Missouri
Died	February 22, 1978(1978-02-22) (aged 92) Pacific Palisades, California
Occupation	Hollywood cinematographer
Known for	Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Ernest George Palmer (December 6, 1885 - February 22, 1978) was a Hollywood cinematographer for more than 160 films. His earliest known credit was for a 1912 adaptation of Ivanhoe.

Biography

Palmer was born in Kansas City, Missouri.

In 1941, Palmer won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography (in collaboration with Ray Rennahan) for Blood and Sand. Palmer was nominated on several other occasions—in 1928 for Four Devils, in 1929 for Street Angel, and in 1950 for Broken Arrow. He is sometimes confused with a British cinematographer of the same name (1901-1964) who worked on various UK films and television programmes until the early 1960s.

Palmer died in Pacific Palisades, California.

Selected filmography

• The Miracle Man (1919)
• Prisoners of Love (1921)
• Ladies Must Live (1921)
• Always the Woman (1922)
• The Dancers (1925)
• Wages for Wives (1925)
• Honesty – The Best Policy (1926)
• Early to Wed (1926)
• Seventh Heaven (1927)
• Street Angel (1928)
• No Other Woman (1928)
• Four Devils (1928)
• Women Everywhere (1930)
• Six Cylinder Love (1931)
• Cavalcade (1933)
• Gentle Julia (1936)
• Flying Fifty-Five (1939)
• Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
• Chad Hanna (1940)
• Blood and Sand (1941)
• Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
• Broken Arrow (1950)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ernest Palmer (American cinematographer).

• Ernest Palmer on IMDb
• Ernest Palmer at Find a Grave