Harry Stradling Jr. (sometimes credited as Harry Stradling), A.S.C., was an American cinematographer. He was born in New York City (New York, United States) on January 7, 1925, and died in Woodland Hills, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on October 17, 2017.
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Harry Stradling Jr. (sometimes credited as Harry Stradling), A.S.C., was an American cinematographer. He was born in New York City (New York, United States) on January 7, 1925, and died in Woodland Hills, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on October 17, 2017.
The son of Harry Stradling Sr. (1901–1970, and Ann Lisenbarth (1903–1992), often credited as 'Harry Stradling' and also a cinematographer), with whom he is sometimes confused, Harry Stradling Jr. initially collaborated on twelve American films between 1944 and 1962, as a first or second assistant cameraman, or even camera operator, sometimes assisting his father.
As a cinematographer, he made his film debut in 1965 and, in this capacity, contributed to a total of forty-four American films by 1988, notably westerns (including several by Burt Kennedy) and Blake Edwards comedies. These include Little Big Man in 1970 (starring Dustin Hoffman and Faye Dunaway), The Bible and a Gun in 1975 (starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn), and The Good Old Days in 1987 (starring Kim Basinger and Bruce Willis).
For television, he photographed three series, in the 1960s and 1984 (see filmography below).
During his career, he received two Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, in 1973 for 1776 and in 1974 for The Wonder Years (starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford), but did not win.
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