Ralph Steiner
Directing · Director · Camera Operator · Director of Photography
Born Feb 8, 1899 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Active 1929–1986 · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship
Ralph Steiner (February 8, 1899 – July 13, 1986) was an American photographer, pioneering documentarian, and a prominent figure in the avant-garde film movement of the 1930s.
Filmography
H₂O (1929) — Director · Director of Photography · EditorMechanical Principles (1930) — DirectorSurf and Seaweed (1931) — DirectorPie in the Sky (1935) — DirectorThe Plow That Broke the Plains (1936) — Director of PhotographyThe City (1939) — Director · Director of PhotographyHands (1934) — DirectorPeople of the Cumberland (1937) — CinematographyPanther Woman of the Needle Trades, or The Lovely Life of Little Lisa (1931) — DirectorYouth Gets a Break (1941) — Camera OperatorLook Park (1974) — DirectorThe World Today: The Black Legion - Shadow of Fascism Over America (1937) — Director · Director of PhotographySlowdown (1975) — DirectorHurrah for Light (1975) — Director