Hal Mohr

Hal Mohr
Hal Mohr
	Mohr in the early 1920s
Born	Harold Leon Mohr; August 2, 1894; San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	May 10, 1974 (aged 79); Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Cinematographer
Title	American Society of Cinematographers; President (1930–1931), (1963–1965), (1969–1970)
Spouses	Winifred Ursula Aileen Gocher (m. 1919; div. 1925); Clara Eloise Loerch a.k.a. Claire Del Mar (m. 1926; div. 1929); Evelyn Venable (m. 1934);
Children	5
Awards	Academy Award for Best Cinematography: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), The Phantom of the Opera (1943); Hollywood Walk of Fame;

Harold Leon "Hal" Mohr, A.S.C. (August 2, 1894 – May 10, 1974) was a famed movie cinematographer, noted for shooting The Jazz Singer, Hollywood's landmark semi-talkie. Mohr won an Oscar for his work on the 1935 film, A Midsummer Night's Dream, another for the 1943 version of The Phantom of the Opera, and received an Oscar nomination for lensing the 1952 film of Jan de Hartog's The Fourposter.