Why this filmmaker matters
Charles Lang has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Charles Lang
Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1932–1967
- Known for
- Cinematographer
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Reading Charles Lang
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Signature style
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Legacy
Lang set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Best known for
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Complete credits
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Frequent collaborators
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Billy Wilder
Director
9 shared titles · Sabrina
Audrey Hepburn
Actor
4 shared titles · How to Steal a Million
John Leipold
Original Music Composer
4 shared titles · A Farewell to Arms
Henry Hathaway
Director
4 shared titles · The Shepherd of the Hills
John Sturges
Director
4 shared titles · The Magnificent Seven
Gary Cooper
Actor
3 shared titles · A Farewell to Arms
Kirk Douglas
Actor
3 shared titles · Ace in the Hole
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Milan Roder
Original Music Composer
3 shared titles · A Farewell to Arms
- Photo unavailable
Ellsworth Hoagland
Editor
3 shared titles · The Shepherd of the Hills
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
3 shared titles · One-Eyed Jacks
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Arthur P. Schmidt
Editor
3 shared titles · Sabrina
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
3 shared titles · Blue Hawaii
Genre profile
- Drama13
- Romance12
- Comedy8
- Western7
- Crime5
- Mystery5
- Fantasy4
- Horror4
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Quick facts
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1932–1967
- Features photographed
- 0
- In the Nutevio catalogue
- Known for
- Cinematographer
- photographed score
- 6.6
- Nutevio editorial metric
- Collection appearances
- 0
- Across the library
- Films rated 8+
- 0