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Joseph MacDonald, A.S.C. (December 15, 1906 - May 26, 1968) was an award-winning Mexican-born American cinematographer. An assistant cameraman from the early 1920s, he became a cinematographer in the 1940s and soon was working on Hollywood productions,mostly at the 20th Century Fox studios. He was usually billed as Joe MacDonald. Nominations At the time of the release of his most widely seen movie, How to Marry a Millionaire, no widescreen movies were being produced in Mexico, and in fact several years passed before such movies would be produced in that country. For this reason, MacDonald... MORE

Joseph MacDonald, A.S.C. (December 15, 1906 - May 26, 1968) was an award-winning Mexican-born American cinematographer. An assistant cameraman from the early 1920s, he became a cinematographer in the 1940s and soon was working on Hollywood productions,mostly at the 20th Century Fox studios. He was usually billed as Joe MacDonald. Nominations At the time of the release of his most widely seen movie, How to Marry a Millionaire, no widescreen movies were being produced in Mexico, and in fact several years passed before such movies would be produced in that country. For this reason, MacDonald was the first Mexican-born cinematographer, and only the second overall, behind fellow 20th cinematographer Leon Shamroy, to film a movie in CinemaScope. In addition, MacDonald was the first Mexican-born cinematographer to be Oscar nominated. LESS