Stanley Cortez

Stanley Cortez

Nascimento : 1908-11-04, New York, New York, USA

Morte : 1997-12-23

História

American cinematographer. He worked on over seventy films, including Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter (1955), Nunnally Johnson's The Three Faces of Eve (1957), and Samuel Fuller's Shock Corridor (1963) and The Naked Kiss (1964).

Perfil

Stanley Cortez

Filmes

Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
Self
Short documentary about Charles Laughton's 1995 film "The Night of the Hunter," with interviews with the cast and crew.
Outro Homem, Outra Mulher
Director of Photography
Claude Lelouch's Another Man, Another Chance begins in France in 1870. Napoleon III has just lost the war against Prussia and left the country in poverty. Young Jeanne (Genevieve Bujold) falls in love with photographer Francis (Francis Huster), who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to America. In a small town in the still wild west, they build up a small photo shop. Meanwhile animal doctor David (James Caan) lives on his lonesome farm together with his unlucky wife. It takes years and two tragic accidents until Jeanne and David meet. She has already decided to return to France as soon as possible, but love, and fate, have other plans.
Doomsday Machine
Director of Photography
Spies discover that the Red Chinese have built a "doomsday machine" capable of destroying the surface of the Earth, and that they plan to use it within a matter of days. Meanwhile, Project Astra, a manned U.S. space mission to Venus, is in its final hours before launch when it is taken over by the military and nearly half of its all-male crew is replaced by women. The reason for this becomes apparent when, shortly after Astra leaves orbit, the Earth is completely destroyed in a global cataclysm! Is the human race doomed? What dangers and wonders await the crew of the Astra on their journey to Venus?
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Director of Photography
Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for the worse when their description of the "girl" attracts a psychopath.
A Ponte de Remagen
Director of Photography
À medida que os exércitos aliados se aproximam, os nazistas decidem explodir a última ponte do Reno, deixando seus próprios homens no lado errado rio. Será que isso vai acontecer? Em março de 1945, quando a Guerra na Europa está chegando ao fim, o Exército Aliado procurou desesperadamente uma ponte sobre o impenetrável rio Reno, para lançar um grande ataque no centro da Alemanha. "A Ponte de Remagem" conta a verdadeira história da batalha por esta última cabeça de ponte, tanto da perspectiva alemã como americana.
They Saved Hitler's Brain
Director of Photography
At the end of WWII, Nazi officials spirited the living head of Adolf Hitler out of Germany to a hiding place in the South American country of Mandoras, in order to revive the Third Reich at a later date. By the 1960s, the time has come, so a top scientist is kidnapped in order to help keep Hitler alive. This film is a re-edit of The Madmen of Mandoras released in theaters in 1963.
Duas Pátrias para um Bandido
Director of Photography
Um bandido mexicano, que integra uma gangue de bandoleiros liderada por seu pai, vai para os EUA realizar um assalto. Mas, ele se apaixona por uma bela mulher e decide deixar sua vida de crimes e ficar como fazendeiro com a mulher amada. Quando, seu pai e seus antigos companheiros de crime o procuram, ele se vê dividido entre o amor pela esposa e a sua "lealdade" a seu pai e seus companheiros de crime.
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
Director of Photography
US Navy battles monsters unearthed from the frozen arctic.
Fantasma de Biquíni
Director of Photography
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.
O Beijo Amargo
Director of Photography
A prostituta Kelly, traumatizada por uma certa experiência feita por psiquiatras, deixa seu passado e encontra consolo na cidade de Grantville. Ela conhece Griff, o capitão da polícia da cidade, com quem passa uma tarde romântica. Kelly encontra um emprego como enfermeira em um hospital para crianças deficientes e o trabalho ajuda-a a encontrar o seu lado sensível no cuidado e ajuda dos seus jovens pacientes. O caminho de Kelly em direção à felicidade é errado, quando ela testemunha um evento chocante, que ameaça não apenas sua felicidade, mas também sua saúde mental.
The Madmen of Mandoras
Director of Photography
A group of Nazi survivors save Hitler's brain keeping it alive in a huge jar hooked up to a machine. The Nazis plan to release a deadly gas destroying all life on the planet. To ensure their success they kidnap Professor Coleman the only man on the planet with the antidote to the poison gas.
Paixões que Alucinam
Director of Photography
Um jornalista ambicioso se compromete a resolver um assassinato cometido dentro de um asilo, o que ele considera uma grande chance para conquistar o Prêmio Pulitzer.
Back Street
Director of Photography
Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II. There's a definite spark between them but circumstances intervene and he leaves town without her. Later she learns he's married. Determined to make it as a fashion designer, Rae moves to New York and becomes a great success. One day she happens to meet Paul again and again there's that spark but he's still married so, as a form of escape, Rae moves to Rome to set up shop. Once again she meets Paul and finally they begin an actual affair since Paul's shrewish, drunken wife, Liz, won't give him a divorce. Time passes, the affair continues whenever time and place permit, but then, Paul's young son finds out about Rae and Rae's back-street world begins to crumble.
A Volta ao Mundo Pré-Histórico
Director of Photography
Após uma explosão submarina perto das ilhas do Caribe, são encontrados congelados dois dinossauros (um Tiranossauro e um Brontossauro) e um homem de Neanderthal. Após serem atigindos por um raio voltam a vida, atacando a população da ilha e ameaçando a vida dos habitantes.
Vice Raid
Director of Photography
A prostitute sets out to frame a cop.
Viagem ao Planeta Proibido
Director of Photography
The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?
As Três Faces de Eva
Director of Photography
Um médico cura uma mulher que sofre de múltiplas personalidades. Eve White é um simples dona de casa que começa a sofrer de fortes dores de cabeça e momentos de total esquecimento. Quando é mandada a um psiquiatra descobre-se que, quando isso ocorre, uma outra personalidade assume seu lugar. E com a evolução do tratamento, uma terceira personalidade aparece. Baseado em uma história real.
Lábios Selados
Director of Photography
A publisher uses her magazine and charm to derail a general on the Washington fast track.
Man from Del Rio
Director of Photography
Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles outdraws the town's outlaw-turned-sheriff and is invited to fill the dead man's shoes. But a tin star doesn't bring automatic respectability and Robles is shunned by the town's leading citizens. His popularity with its less-savory element, particularly saloonkeeper Bannister, wanes dramatically, too, as he starts to take his job seriously. It is his love for a decent, caring woman that keeps Dave in town, but can she convince him to lay down his gun and start a new life?
O Mensageiro do Diabo
Director of Photography
Baseado em romance de Davis Grubb, conta a história de um assassino de viúvas ricas que, ao sair da prisão, persegue uma família para encontrar o dinheiro que o pai, que conhecera na cadeia, havia guardado em lugar não revelado. É o único filme dirigido pelo premiado ator Charles Laughton
Black Tuesday
Director of Photography
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.
Apache: O Último Bravo
Director of Photography
O filme conta a história de Massai, o último guerreiro apache na luta pelos direitos do seu povo, dando origem a uma das maiores lendas do sudoeste americano. Começou em 1886 com a rendição de Gerônimo, um líder apache invencível, que decide não se render à força da cavalaria dos Estados Unidos.
Dragon's Gold
Cinematography
Murder and intrigue follow an insurance investigator Mack Rossiter (John Archer) after he is dispatched to China to investigate the disappearance of 7M worth of gold.
A Caminho das Estrelas
Director of Photography
Three men gamble their lives in space to change the history of the world
The Diamond Queen
Director of Photography
A French jeweler travels to India in search of a fabulous diamond.
The Neanderthal Man
Director of Photography
A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results.
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Director of Photography
Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island, leading to them being kidnapped and taken off to the notorious pirate's island.
Stronghold
Director of Photography
In 1850s Mexico, the beautiful owner of a silver mine is kidnapped by a bandit leader, who needs money to finance his revolt against the Emperor Maximilian.
Furia roja
Cinematography
Mother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the conflict between the French army and the fighters for independence.
Fort Defiance
Director of Photography
It's just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Shelby was the only survivor of a battle due to the cowardice of Tallon. Thinking Tallon dead, another man who lost a brother at the same battle arrives to kill Tallon's blind brother. Tallon arrives to find Shelby and his brother fleeing. Then they are attacked by Indians and Shelby and Tallon must now fight together postponing the inevitable showdown.
The Admiral Was a Lady
Director of Photography
Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
Sob o Manto da Intriga
Director of Photography
A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Director of Photography
A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to wrong man.
Smart Woman
Director of Photography
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
O Segredo da Porta Fechada
Director of Photography
Uma jovem mulher viaja para o México de férias e conhece um homem ideal, por quem se apaixona. Eles se casam e mudam para uma mansão, onde ocorreram vários assassinatos. Curiosa, a jovem descobre os mistérios que a casa guarda, mas ainda deseja descobrir um último segredo: o que tem atrás da porta de um quarto que seu marido mantém sempre trancado.
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Director of Photography
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
Desde Que Partiste
Director of Photography
While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane and the Colonel's grandson conduct.
Os Mistérios da Vida
Director of Photography
Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams.
The Powers Girl
Director of Photography
Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine photographer. Comedy.
Soberba
Director of Photography
Rica família de uma cidadezinha do sul dos Estados Unidos vê sua supremacia social pouco a pouco comprometida pela industrialização. Seu jovem e mimado herdeiro se coloca entre a mãe viúva e o homem que ela sempre amou.
Eagle Squadron
Cinematography
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
Sealed Lips
Director of Photography
There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For one thing, Romano doesn't sound much like himself. For another, he always seems to be hiding something. Detective Lee suspects that something's amiss, and he's probably right!
Badlands Of Dakota
Director of Photography
Up-and-coming Universal leading man Robert Stack made his western-movie debut in Badlands of Dakota. Set in the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, the story finds brothers Jim and Bob Holliday (Stack and Broderick Crawford) dukeing it out over the affections of pretty Anne Grayson (Ann Rutherford). While all this is going on, Wild Bill Hickok (Richard Dix) does his best to neutralize the local criminal element-and to fend off the romantic overtures of boisterous Calamity Jane (Frances Farmer).
A Dangerous Game
Cinematography
Detectives Dick Williams and Andy McAllister find themselves trying to solve several crimes at an isolated mentally-ill hospital, where the patients range from slightly daffy to criminally insane, and they don't know which is which. A gang is out to steal a fortune inherited by one of the patients and, before Dick and Andy solve the case, several patients are transferred to the cemetery. And 'tiddlie-winks" are indeed involved.
O Gato Negro
Director of Photography
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
The Leather Pushers
Director of Photography
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.
For Love or Money
Director of Photography
To dim-bulb accountants find themselves working for a bookie in this comedy. Their jobs and their lives are placed in jeopardy when they accidently fumble $50,000 worth of the bookie's cash over to the secretary who wastes no time in spending $44,000 of it in less than 8 hours. The bookkeepers are given 36 hours to get all of the money back by their infuriated boss.
Risky Business
Director of Photography
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
Danger on the Air
Director of Photography
Trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show. A radio engineer then tries to solve the murder.
Armored Car
Director of Photography
Larry Willis and Bill Wane are security guards who ride in the back of Banks Co. armored trucks. When they barely avoid a robbery, they return to headquarters, where their boss John Hale introduces them to detective Tom Sheridan, who will be working with them to uncover a new gang of robbers.
Lady with a Past
Camera Operator
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.