Allen G. Siegler | |
Birth Name: | Allen Graydon Siegler |
Birth Date: | June 26, 1892 |
Birth Place: | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
Death Date: | September 21, 1960 (aged 68) |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Occupation: | Cinematographer |
Allen G. Siegler was an American cinematographer who lensed nearly 200 films and television episodes between 1914 and 1952.[1] He worked at Columbia Pictures for many years, and was an early member of the American Society of Cinematographers.[2] [3] [4]
Allen was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1892 to Frederick Siegler and Flora Wood. He started working as a cameraman around 1914, picking up dozens of credits over the ensuing decades on films by directors like Lois Weber and Sam Newfield. During World War II, he took a break from Hollywood to serve in the U.S. Naval Reserve's photographic and motion picture unit.[5] He had two daughters with his wife, Gertrude.