Joseph MacDonald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph MacDonald

American cinematographer

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1906

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Death: 26-May-1968

Profession: photographer, cinematographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Joseph Patrick "Joe" MacDonald, A.S.C.
(December 15, 1906 - May 26, 1968) was a Mexico-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 20th Century Fox.
He was usually billed as Joe MacDonald.
He was the first Mexico-born cinematographer, and only the second overall, after Leon Shamroy, to film a movie in CinemaScope (How to Marry a Millionaire), as well as the first Mexico-born cinematographer to film a movie in Deluxe Color.