Paul Ivano, ASC (May 13, 1900 – April 9, 1984), was a Serbian-French-American cinematographer whose career stretched from 1920 into the late 1960s.[3][4][5] Born Paul Ivano Ivanichevitch to Serbian parents in Nice, France, he served for two years with the Franco-American Ambulance Corps and the American Red Cross Ambulance Corps from 1916 to 1918.[4][6] After the conclusion of World War I, he remained in the Balkans, acting as a photographer and interpreter for the American Red Cross.[4] He arrived in the United States in 1919, and moved to California, the following year.[4] In 1947, he made cinematic history as the cameraman who captured the first-ever aerial helicopter shots for an American feature film in Nicholas Ray's film noir They Live by Night.[7][8]
Select filmography
Cinematographer | |||
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Year | Film | Genre | Other notes |
1949 | Search for Danger | ||
1945 | Pursuit to Algiers | mystery film | |
1945 | The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | film noir | director of photography |
1945 | The Frozen Ghost | ||
1945 | Senorita from the West | ||
1944 | The Suspect | director of photography | |
1944 | The Impostor | ||
1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | ||
1936 | The Plow That Broke the Plains | documentary film, selected in 1999, to be preserved in the U.S. National Film Registry | cinematography (uncredited) |
1929 | Queen Kelly | a film by Erich von Stroheim | |
1921 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | top-grossing film of 1921 |

Television
References
- ^ "Paul I Ivanichevitch and Margaret Ginsburg in the California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980". California Department of Public Health. 1932-07-18. Retrieved 2018-12-27 – via Ancestry.com.
- ^ Greta Ivano, 21 Nov 1998, United States Social Security Death Index. Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service: Social Security Administration. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2018-12-26 – via FamilySearch database.
- ^ Paul Ivano at IMDb
- ^ a b c d "Biography/History — Paul Ivano Papers, Special Collections, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". Collections.Oscars.org. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
- ^ "Paul Ivano, Cinematographer From Silent Era to Television". The New York Times. 1984-04-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
- ^ Slide, Anthony (August 1985). "Ivano and Valentino: A Unique Partnership". American Cinematographer. Vol. 66, no. 8. Archived from the original on 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ^ "Paul Ivano | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos".
- ^ Greco, Joseph (1999). The File on Robert Siodmak in Hollywood: 1941-1951. pp. 117–118.
External links
- Paul Ivano at IMDb
- Paul Ivano at the TCM Movie Database
- The Paul Ivano Papers at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences′ Margaret Herrick Library′s Special Collections
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