Ernest Jacob Haller ASC, sometimes known as Ernie J Haller, was an American cinematographer.
13 Facts About Ernest Haller
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Ernest Haller was most notable for his involvement in Gone with the Wind, and his close professional relationships with prominent actresses of the time, such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and Ingrid Bergman.
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Ernest Haller was killed in a car accident in Marina Del Rey, California on October 21,1970, at the age of 74, and was buried at Freedom Mausoleum, Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA.
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Ernest Haller was born in Los Angeles, California on May 31,1896.
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Ernest Haller went to Hollywood High School and graduated after four years.
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In 1914 with his older brother's help, Ernest Haller first joined the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, known as the Biograph Studio or Biograph, as an actor.
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Griffith, and Ernest Haller began as an assistant cameraman to Griffith's great cameraman Billy Bitzer.
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Ernest Haller's first job as a cameraman was The Hazards of Helen, which was an early adventure serial film that was released by the Kalem Company.
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In 1938, Ernest Haller received his first Academy Awards nomination for Best Cinematography for the film Jezebel.
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Ernest Haller initially announced his retirement in 1965 but briefly came out of it in July 1965 upon the request of director James Goldstone to film the second pilot of the Star Trek episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
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Ernest Haller was the director of photography when she won her first Oscar for Dangerous.
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Ernest Haller received his fourth nomination for Mildred Pierce, and Crawford won the award for Best Actress.
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Ernest Haller was brought back to photograph the only film the two would appear in together.