Thomas Del Ruth

Thomas Del Ruth is a retired American cinematographer.

Early life

Del Ruth was born in 1942 in Beverly Hills, California, as the son of film director Roy Del Ruth, and Singer and Musical star Winnie Lightner.
He was educated at Van Nuys High School and the University of Southern California and began working in the Motion Picture business as a Messenger at WB in 1959 and again at Disney Studios in 1965,

Del Ruth switched from being in front of the camera to being behind it in 1967 and was promoted to director of photography in 1979 by Universal Studios.
He has received two Emmy Awards for outstanding cinematography as well as six additional Emmy nominations. In addition, he has won four American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Cinematography Awards as well as an additional seven ASC nominations.
Del Ruth is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
He has experience as assistant director, producer and director.

TV movies

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
1995	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special	My Brother's Keeper	Nomitated

Year	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
2000	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series	The West Wing	Won
2001	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series	The West Wing	Won
2002	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series	The West Wing	Nomitated
2003	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series	The West Wing	Nomitated
2004	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series	The West Wing	Nomitated
2007	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Nomitated

American Society of Cinematographers

Year	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
1994	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilots	The X-Files	Nomitated
1995	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilots	ER	Won
1999	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilots	The West Wing	Won
2005	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilots	Code Breakers	Nomitated
2006	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilots	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Nomitated

Year	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
1995	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series	ER	Won
1999	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series	The West Wing	Won
2000	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series	The West Wing	Won
2001	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series	The West Wing	Won
2002	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series	The West Wing	Nomitated
2003	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series	The West Wing	Nomitated