The Castro Theatre and NAATA co-present a week of films shot by James Wong Howe. With a career spanning from the silent era to the mid seventies, he earned the nickname "Low-Key Howe" for his stead-fast belief in source lighting opposed to artificial "movie lighting." Nominated for 10 Academy Awards and winning two (HUD and THE ROSE TATTOO), Chinese-born Howe stands as one of America's most prolific, versatile, and influential cinematographers.
The Castro Theatre and NAATA co-present a week of films shot by James Wong Howe. With a career spanning from the silent era to the mid seventies, he earned the nickname "Low-Key Howe" for his stead-fast belief in source lighting opposed to artificial "movie lighting." Nominated for 10 Academy Awards and winning two (HUD and THE ROSE TATTOO), Chinese-born Howe stands as one of America's most prolific, versatile, and influential cinematographers.
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