Walter Wottitz

{{short description|American cinematographer}}

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|name = Walter Wottitz

|death_place = {{death date|1986|11|01}}

|occupation = Cinematographer

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Walter Wottitz (June 22, 1912 – November 1, 1986) was an American cinematographer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/718172080/|title=Red Buttons May Be Divine But 'From the Beach' Isn't|work=Newsday|location=Melville, New York|date=June 10, 1965|access-date=November 9, 2021|page=103|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the film The Longest Day.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963|title=The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=November 9, 2021}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fAXRKZOA8CUC|title=Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking|page=52|first=Larry|last=Langman|publisher=McFarland|date=2000|isbn=9780786406814|via=Google Books}}

Wottitz died in November 1986.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ah1CAQAAIAAJ|title=Films in Review: Volume 38|publisher=National Board of Review of Motion Pictures|page=250|date=1987|via=Google Books}}