Alfred Ortlieb

French cinematographer
Alfred Ortlieb
Born
Alfred C. Ortlieb

May 22, 1888
Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Died???
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OccupationCinematographer
SpouseMarie Messannat (m. 1914)

Alfred Ortlieb was a French cinematographer who worked in the American film industry during the 1910s and 1920s.[1][2]

Biography

Alfred was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, to Adolphe Ortlieb.[3] After being educated in Paris, he began his career as a salesman before working as a cinematographer at Gaumont, Selig, and Metro. He often collaborated with director René Plaissetty, and supposedly shot all of Plaissetty's early films.[4]

Selected filmography

  • The Unfair Sex (1926)
  • Lover's Island (1925)
  • The Fair Cheat (1923)
  • None So Blind (1923)
  • The Streets of New York (1922)
  • Love's Penalty (1921)
  • The Black Panther's Cub (1921)
  • The Bait (1921)
  • Deep Waters (1920)
  • The White Circle (1920)
  • The Empire of Diamonds (1920)
  • Lifting Shadows (1920)
  • A Modern Salome (1920)
  • Tarnished Reputations (1920)
  • The A.B.C. of Love (1919)
  • The Thirteenth Chair (1919)
  • The Twin Pawns (1919)
  • Lafayette, We Come (1918)
  • Waifs (1918)
  • Greater Love Hath No Man (1915)
  • The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1915)

References

  1. ^ American Cinematographer. ASC Holding Corporation. 1922.
  2. ^ Cinema News. 1916.
  3. ^ "Two Early Color Tests - The American Society of Cinematographers". ascmag.com. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  4. ^ "Raymond Hitchcock Now Under Lubin Banner". The Morning Post. 10 Nov 1915. Retrieved 2019-12-16.


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