Awards & Winners

Charles Rosher

Date of Birth 17-November-1885
Place of Birth London
(England, United Kingdom, Great Britain)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Charles G. Rosher, Charlie, Charles Roscher, Charles Rosher A.S.C.
Profession Cinematographer
Charles G. Rosher, A.S.C. was a two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer who worked from the early days of silent films through the 1950s. Born in London, he was the first cinematographer to receive an Academy Award, along with 1929 co-winner Karl Struss. Rosher studied photography in his youth but earned a reputation early as a newsreel cameraman, before moving to the United States in 1909. He subsequently found work for David Horsley working in his production company in New Jersey. Because early film was largely restricted to using daylight, Horsley relocated his production company to Hollywood in 1911, taking Rosher with him, and opened the first movie studio there. This made Rosher the first full-time cameraman in Hollywood. In 1913 he went to Mexico to film newsreel footage of Pancho Villa's rebellion. In 1918, he was one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers and served as the group's first Vice-President. In the 1920s he was one of the most sought-after cinematographers in Hollywood, and a personal favorite of stars such as Mary Pickford. His work with Karl Struss on F.W. Murnau's 1927 film Sunrise is viewed as a milestone in cinematography. He shot five films for producer David O. Selznick, including Rockabye, Our Betters and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Awards by Charles Rosher

Check all the awards nominated and won by Charles Rosher.

1951


Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Show Boat

1950


Nominations 1950 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Annie Get Your Gun

1946


Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Honored for : The Yearling

Nominations 1946 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Yearling

1944


Nominations 1944 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Kismet

1934


Nominations 1934 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White The Affairs of Cellini
came in 3rd

1928


Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Honored for : Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
(For this awards year, awards were presented in the name of the individual and could honor work on one or more films. Charles Rosher and Karl Struss were both honored for cinematography on this film. It is considered a single nomination for the film)

Nominations 1928 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans