Awards & Winners

Victor Milner

Date of Birth 15-December-1893
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Victor Miller, Виктор Милнер
Profession Cinematographer
Victor Milner, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer. He was nominated for ten cinematography Academy Awards, winning once for 1934 Cleopatra. Milner worked on more than 130 films, including dramas, comedies, film noir, and Westerns. Milner began his career in the film industry as a lab assistant at the age of 15. He then worked as a projectionist and a newsreel cameraman until 1914 when he became a full-time cinematographer. Later he became known for the epic look he lent to Cecil B. DeMille film productions. Milner was a founding member of the American Society of Cinematographers and president of the ASC from 1937 to 1939.

Awards by Victor Milner

Check all the awards nominated and won by Victor Milner.

1950


Nominations 1950 »

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

1942


Nominations 1942 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Reap the Wild Wind

1940


Nominations 1940 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography North West Mounted Police

1939


Nominations 1939 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White The Great Victor Herbert
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.

1938


Nominations 1938 »

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

1937


Nominations 1937 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography The General Died at Dawn

1936


Nominations 1936 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White The General Died at Dawn

1935


Nominations 1935 »

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

1934


Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Honored for : Cleopatra

Nominations 1934 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Cleopatra

1930


Nominations 1930 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Love Parade
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White The Love Parade