Known For
Camera
Born
Dec 24, 1902
Died
Feb 26, 1969
Place of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Credits
54 titles
Elwood Bredell
Biography
Elwood Bailey Bredell (24 December 1902 – 26 February 1969) was an American cinematographer and child silent screen actor. He is sometimes credited as Woody Bredell or Elwood Dell. Although he worked in many genres, mostly at Universal, Bredell is best known for his film noir cinematography on such movies as Phantom Lady (1944), Lady on a Train (1945) The Killers (1946), and The Unsuspected (1947). Famed Warner Bros. editor George Amy said Bredell could “light a football stadium with a single match.” Bredell was the son of stage actress Mary Palmer Nields. He was named Jesse B. Bredell, Jr., after his father. Nields later married Vaughn "Val" Paul, a silent film actor turned production manager. (Paul's son with Nields, Vaughn Jr., was Deanna Durbin's first husband.) After working as an adolescent actor in silent films, Bredell took a job as a studio lab technician while he cultivated a talent for photography. From about 1929–34, Bredell worked as a still photographer at RKO and Paramount, coinciding with his stepfather's tenures at those studios. At Paramount, Bredell apprenticed under veteran cinematographers Charles Lang and Arthur C. Miller. In 1936, Val Paul brought Bredell to Universal, where he continued his training under the studio's best cinematographer, Joseph Valentine. Bredell was promoted to cinematographer the next year, when Val produced Reckless Living (1938). Bredell's work on horror films such as Black Friday (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940), and Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), anticipated his work in film noir. He also photographed Deann Durbin musicals and comedies such as Hold That Ghost (1941), Hellzapoppin' (1941) and The Inspector General (1949). His final credit was on the 1955 B-movie Female Jungle. From the Wikipedia article 'Elwood Bredell'
Known For
Filmography
Female Jungle
Director of Photography
Journey Into Light
Director of Photography
The Inspector General
Director of Photography
Adventures of Don Juan
Director of Photography
Romance on the High Seas
Director of Photography
The Unsuspected
Director of Photography
The Killers
Director of Photography
Tangier
Director of Photography
Smooth as Silk
Director of Photography
Lady on a Train
Director of Photography
Can't Help Singing
Director of Photography
Christmas Holiday
Director of Photography
Phantom Lady
Director of Photography
His Butler's Sister
Director of Photography
So's Your Uncle
Director of Photography
Hers to Hold
Director of Photography
Cowboy in Manhattan
Director of Photography
Follow the Band
Director of Photography
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Director of Photography
How's About It
Director of Photography
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Director of Photography
Private Buckaroo
Director of Photography
Tough as They Come
Director of Photography
Escape from Hong Kong
Director of Photography
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Director of Photography
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Director of Photography
Butch Minds the Baby
Director of Photography
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Director of Photography
Hellzapoppin'
Director of Photography
South of Tahiti
Director of Photography
Mob Town
Director of Photography
Hold That Ghost
Director of Photography
Man-Made Monster
Director of Photography
Horror Island
Director of Photography
The Invisible Woman
Director of Photography
The Mummy's Hand
Director of Photography
La Conga Nights
Director of Photography
Gangs of Chicago
Director of Photography
Double Alibi
Director of Photography
Black Friday
Director of Photography
The Big Guy
Director of Photography
Call a Messenger
Director of Photography
Two Bright Boys
Director of Photography
Ex-Champ
Director of Photography
Strange Faces
Director of Photography
Behind the Mike
Director of Photography
Thirty Day Princess
Still Photographer
She Done Him Wrong
Still Photographer
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Still Photographer
The Devil Is Driving
Still Photographer