Ray Rennahan


Ray Rennahan, A.S.C. was a motion picture cinematographer.

Biography

For his work in films, he became one of the only six cinematographers to have a "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the other five being Haskell Wexler, Conrad L. Hall, J. Peverell Marley, Leon Shamroy and Hal Mohr.
He won two Academy Awards for Color Cinematography, for Gone with the Wind, with Ernest Haller in 1940, and Blood and Sand, with Ernest Palmer in 1942. He was also nominated in that category for Drums Along the Mohawk in 1940, with Bert Glennon; Down Argentine Way, with Leon Shamroy; The Blue Bird in 1941, with Arthur Miller; Louisiana Purchase in 1942, with Harry Hallenberger; For Whom the Bell Tolls in 1944; and Lady in the Dark in 1945.

Selected filmography

Blood Test The Ten Commandments The Merry Widow Gold Diggers of Broadway The Vagabond King King of Jazz Whoopee! The Runaround Fanny Foley Herself Doctor X Mystery of the Wax Museum The Cat and the Fiddle Kid Millions Becky Sharp Ebb Tide Wings of the Morning Vogues of 1938 Kentucky Her Jungle Love Drums Along the Mohawk Gone with the Wind Chad Hanna Down Argentine Way The Blue Bird Blood and Sand Belle Starr That Night in Rio Louisiana Purchase For Whom the Bell Tolls Lady in the Dark The Three Caballeros Belle of the Yukon Up in Arms Incendiary Blonde It's a Pleasure A Thousand and One Nights Duel in the Sun California The Perils of Pauline Unconquered Whispering Smith The Paleface A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Streets of Laredo The White Tower Silver City The Great Missouri Raid