Harry Neumann

{{short description|American cinematographer}}

{{Infobox person

| name =Harry Neumann

| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|02|11}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|02|14|1891|02|11}}

|death_place = Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| nationality = American

| other_names =Harry Neuman
Harry Newman
Harry Newmann

| occupation = Cinematographer

|years_active = 1918–1959

}}

Harry C. Neumann (sometimes billed as Harry Neuman, Harry Newman,{{cite book|first=Gene|last=Blottner|title=Universal Sound Westerns, 1929–1946: The Complete Filmography|page=79|date=2002}} or Harry Newmann;{{cite book|title=AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Volume 1|page=507|date=1971}} February 11, 1891 – January 14, 1971) of Chicago, Illinois, was a Hollywood cinematographer whose career spanned over forty years, including work on some 350 productions in a wide variety of genres, with much of his work being in Westerns{{cite book|first=Michael R.|last=Pitts|title=Western Film Series of the Sound Era|url=https://archive.org/details/westernfilmserie00pitt|url-access=limited|page=[https://archive.org/details/westernfilmserie00pitt/page/n296 290]|date=2009|isbn=9780786435296 }} (including several John Wayne films),See {{cite book|first=Richard D.|last=McGhee|title=John Wayne: Actor, Artist, Hero|pages=324, 326, 357|date=1999}} and gangster films.{{cite book|first=Michael L.|last=Stephens|title=Gangster Films: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to People, Films, and Terms|page=243|date=1996}}

He began working as a cinematographer or director of photography in 1918, the Golden Age of the silent film era; his last film was the 1959 science fiction-horror film, The Wasp Woman. Over the course of his career, he also worked on early attempts at a 3-D film,{{cite book|first=R.M.|last=Hayes|title=3-D Movies: A History and Filmography of Stereoscopic Cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/3dmovies00rmha|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/3dmovies00rmha/page/177 177]|date=1998|isbn=9780786405787 }} including William Cameron Menzies' last film, The Maze.{{cite book|first=Walter|last=Mirisch|title=I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History|page=59|date=2008}} Neumann also did cinematography for episodes of TV series, including The Court of Last Resort, The Adventures of Champion, and Death Valley Days.

Neumann died on January 14, 1971, in Hollywood, California.{{cite book|first=Jerry L.|last=Schneider|title=Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Silver Screen, Vol. I The Silent Years|page=478|date=2005}}