Charles Bryant Lang Jr., A.S.C. (March 27, 1902, Bluff, Utah – April 3, 1998,

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''In Memoriam''
from the

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website) was an American cinematographer.

Career

Early in his career, he worked with the Akeley camera, a gyroscope-mounted "pancake" camera designed by

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for outdoor action shots. Lang's first credits were as co-cinematographer on the

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s ''The Night Patrol'' (1926) and ''The Loves of Ricardo'' (1927). After completing ''

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'' for Paramount Pictures in 1930, he continued working at the studio for more than twenty years. The style of lighting he introduced in '' A Farewell to Arms'' became heavily identified with all of Paramount's films during the 1930s and 1940s, though he occasionally worked for other studios, for instance on ''

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'' (1947). In 1951, he began the second phase of his career, this time as a free-lance cinematographer. His credits include ''

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'' (1953) with

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and

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, ''

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'' (1954) with Humphrey Bogart and

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, ''

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'' (1957) with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, ''

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'' (1958), '' Some Like It Hot'' (1959) with

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and Jack Lemmon, ''

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'' (1960) with Steve McQueen, ''

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'' (1961) with Marlon Brando, '' How the West Was Won'' (1962) in

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, ''

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'' (1963) with

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and Audrey Hepburn, ''

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'' (1969), and ''

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'' (1972). Lang received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the

in 1991, for a career which included at least 114 feature films.

Academy Awards

Lang won an

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the second time he was nominated, early in his career; he received a total of 18 nominations, tying with

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for the most

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nominations.

Wins

* '' A Farewell to Arms'' (1932)

Nominations

Lang also received Oscar nominations for the following films: * '' The Right to Love'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1940) * '' Sundown'' (1941) * ''

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'' (1943) * '' The Uninvited'' (1944) * ''

'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' Sudden Fear'' (1952) * ''

'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1958) * '' Some Like It Hot'' (1959) * '' The Facts of Life'' (1960) * ''

'' (1961) * '' How the West Was Won'' (1962) * ''

'' (1969) * ''

'' (1972)

Personal life

His father, Charles B. Lang Sr., was a photographer and explorer of cliff ruins in Utah and the southwestern U.S. Lang died of

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. One of Lang's granddaughters is actress

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, who is best known for her role as Brooke Logan Forrester on the CBS soap opera ''

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''. Her mother is Lang's daughter, actress Judy Lang.Katherine Kelly Lang biography
, cbs.com; accessed January 1, 2016.

References

External links

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