Franz Planer
Highest Rated: 100% The Big Country (1958)
Lowest Rated: 30% The Pride and the Passion (1957)
Birthday: Mar 29, 1894
Birthplace: Karlsbad, Austria-Hungary
Began photographing films in Germany in 1919 and worked throughout Europe before arriving in Hollywood in 1937. Planer's mobile, sinuous style chimed perfectly with that of director Max Ophuls, with whom he collaborated on "Liebelei" (1932), "The Exile" (1947) and "Letter from an Unknown Woman" (1948). He was also responsible for some fine color cinematography, notably on William Wyler's "The Big Country" (1958) and Blake Edwards' "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961).
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85% | 78% | King of Kings | Cinematographer | - | 1961 |
| 80% | 84% | The Children's Hour | Cinematographer | - | 1961 |
| 88% | 91% | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Cinematographer | - | 1961 |
| 60% | 60% | The Unforgiven | Cinematographer | - | 1960 |
| 83% | 81% | The Nun's Story | Cinematographer | - | 1959 |
| 100% | 90% | The Big Country | Cinematographer | - | 1958 |
| 30% | 25% | The Pride and the Passion | Cinematographer | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Stage Struck | Cinematographer | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 49% | The Left Hand of God | Cinematographer | - | 1955 |
| 90% | 74% | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Cinematographer | - | 1954 |
| 93% | 87% | The Caine Mutiny | Cinematographer | - | 1954 |
| 95% | 93% | Roman Holiday | Cinematographer | - | 1953 |
| 100% | 81% | 99 River Street | Cinematographer | - | 1953 |
| 82% | 74% | The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. | Cinematographer | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Three Husbands | Cinematographer | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vendetta | Cinematographer | - | 1950 |
| 94% | 74% | Champion | Cinematographer | - | 1949 |
| 100% | 85% | Letter From an Unknown Woman | Cinematographer | - | 1948 |
| 85% | 79% | Criss Cross | Cinematographer | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | One Touch of Venus | Cinematographer | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The Exile | Cinematographer | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Her Sister's Secret | Cinematographer | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Heats On | Cinematographer | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Cinematographer | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flight Lieutenant | Cinematographer | - | 1942 |
| 94% | 75% | Penny Serenade | Cinematographer | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | The Face Behind the Mask | Cinematographer | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beloved Vagabond | Cinematographer | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masquerade in Vienna | Cinematographer | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three From the Gas Station | Cinematographer | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | The Finances of the Grand Duke | Cinematographer | - | 1924 |