Biography
Loyal Griggs, A.S.C. (August 15, 1906 – May 6, 1978) was an American cinematographer.
Griggs joined the staff of Paramount Pictures in 1924 after graduating from school and initially worked at the studio's process department. He was promoted from assistant photographer to second unit photographer to camera process photographer, before becoming director of photography for three 1951 releases: Crosswinds, Passage West and The Last Outpost.
Griggs won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the 1953 Western Shane.
He was part of the production team that received an Academy Honorary Award at the 11th Academy Awards for their efforts on the Paramount film Spawn of the North.Griggs' other Paramount films as cinematographer included the 1954 musical White Christmas, the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille epic The Ten Commandments, and the Jerry Lewis comedies The Sad Sack (1957) and Visit to a Small Planet (1960). He was also the cinematographer on George Stevens' 1965 United Artists release The Greatest Story Ever Told as well as Otto Preminger's World War II drama of that same year, In Harm's Way. His final film was the 1971 American International Pictures comedy Bunny O'Hare starring Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine.
Filmography
all 48
Movies 48
Director 19
self 1
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019)
Bunny O'Hare (1971)
Airport (1970)
Tick... Tick... Tick... (1970)
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
In Enemy Country (1968)
P.J. (1968)
Banning (1967)
Hurry Sundown (1967)
The Young Warriors (1967)
The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
The Slender Thread (1965)
Tickle Me (1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
In Harm's Way (1965)
A New Kind of Love (1963)
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
The Lady And The Stock Exchange (1962)
Man-Trap (1961)
Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961)
Blueprint for Robbery (1961)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Walk Like a Dragon (1960)
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
The Jayhawkers! (1959)
The Hangman (1959)
Destination Space (1959)
Tonka (1958)
The Buccaneer (1958)
Hot Spell (1958)
The Sad Sack (1957)
The Tin Star (1957)
The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
Three Violent People (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
That Certain Feeling (1956)
We're No Angels (1955)
3 Ring Circus (1954)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
White Christmas (1954)
Elephant Walk (1954)
Shane (1953)
Crosswinds (1951)
Passage West (1951)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Last Outpost (1951)
Kitty (1945)
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GenderMale
Birthday1906-08-15
Deathday1978-05-06 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceSanilac County, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLoyal Allen Griggs
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Cinematography, Color
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