Awards & Winners

Leon Shamroy

Date of Birth 16-July-1901
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Leonard Shamroy, Leo Shamroy, The Cameraman's Cameraman, Leon Shamroy, A.S.C.
Profession Cinematographer, Film Director
Leon Shamroy, A.S.C. was an American film cinematographer. He and Charles Lang both hold the record for most number of Academy Award nominations for Cinematography. During his five-decade career, he garnered eighteen nominations with four wins.

Awards by Leon Shamroy

Check all the awards nominated and won by Leon Shamroy.

1965


Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Agony and the Ecstasy

1963


Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Honored for : Cleopatra

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Cleopatra
Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Cardinal

1959


Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Porgy and Bess

1958


Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography South Pacific

1956


Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography The King and I

1955


Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

1954


Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Egyptian

1953


Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Robe

1952


Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1951


Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography David and Bathsheba

1949


Nominations 1949 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Prince of Foxes

1945


Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Honored for : Leave Her to Heaven

Nominations 1945 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Leave Her to Heaven

1944


Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Honored for : Wilson

Nominations 1944 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Wilson

1942


Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Honored for : The Black Swan

Nominations 1942 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Black Swan

1940


Nominations 1940 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Down Argentine Way

1938


Nominations 1938 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White The Young in Heart