Round 1: Tossup 11

This cinematographer was credited only via first name for shooting the closeups on Slavko Vorkapich’s avant-garde film about an extra called “9413.” This cinematographer zooms in on the back of a man having a nervous sweat in a scene that opens by panning across hundreds of scrapped airplanes. An opening shot by this cinematographer depicts a man being dwarfed by telephone poles as he walks towards a barren crossroads. In a shot by this cinematographer, a couple bickering about signing a contract are revealed by zooming out from a shot of their (*) son playing with a snowman outside. In a first, this DOP shared a screen credit card with the director of a film in which he crafted a shot of the protagonist sulking past an infinity mirror. This DOP of The Grapes of Wrath and The Best Years of Our Lives used unusually low camera setups throughout a 1941 film considered the gold standard of deep focus. For 10 points, name this cinematographer of Citizen Kane. (10[1])■END■

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