Wilfrid Mantin Cline (September 3, 1903 – April 9, 1976) was an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Color Cinematography for the film '' Aloma of the South Seas'', in which he shared with

Karl Struss Karl Struss, A.S.C. (November 30, 1886 – December 15, 1981) was an American photographer and a cinematographer of the 1900s through the 1950s. He was also one of the earliest pioneers of 3-D films. While he mostly worked on films, such as F. ...

and William E. Snyder. He also was nominated for an

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in the category Outstanding Special and Visual Effects for his work on the television program ''

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''. Cline died in April 1976 in

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, at the age of 72. He was buried in

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Selected filmography

* '' Aloma of the South Seas'' (1941; co-nominated with

and William E. Snyder)

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* * 1903 births 1976 deaths People from Los Angeles American cinematographers Burials at Pacific View Memorial Park {{US-cinematographer-stub