Sam Leavitt - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	06-February-1904
Place of Birth	New York City (New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Samuel Leavitt, Sam Levitt, Sammy Leavitt, Samuel Leavitt, A.S.C., Samuel Leavitt
Profession	Cinematographer
Samuel Leavitt, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer who was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for The Defiant Ones. Leavitt began his career as an assistant camera operator working on 1930s films. Leavitt was a camera operator on films including Rancho Notorious and on TV's "I Love Lucy" in the early '50s before becoming a director of photography in films. Leavitt was nominated for Academy Awards for Exodus and Anatomy of a Murder in the two years following his Oscar win for The Defiant Ones. Leavitt was born in New York City, New York and died in Woodland Hills, California.

Awards by Sam Leavitt

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sam Leavitt.

1973

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - Series or Single Program of a Series	Banacek For episode \"Detour to Nowhere (#1.0)\"

1960

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography	Exodus

1959

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White	Anatomy of a Murder

1958

Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Honored for : The Defiant Ones

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White	The Defiant Ones

1953

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Cinematography - Black and White	The Thief

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