Leon Shamroy

Leon Shamroy (July 16, 1901 – July 7, 1974) was an American film cinematographer. Together with Charles Lang, he holds the record for most number of Academy Award nominations for Cinematography. Throughout his five-decade career, he garnered eighteen nominations with four wins.

Academy Awards

Wins

* Cleopatra (1963)
* Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
* Wilson (1944)
* The Black Swan (1942)

Nominations

* The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
* The Cardinal (1963)
* Porgy and Bess (1959)
* South Pacific (1958)
* The King and I (1956)
* Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
* The Egyptian (1954)
* The Robe (1953)
* The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
* David and Bathsheba (1951)
* Prince of Foxes (1949)
* Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
* Down Argentine Way (1940)
* The Young in Heart (1938)