caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date yearsactive image article_title name occupation
victor life '' -lrb- 1933 -rrb- mclaglen and lois wilson in '' laughing at 23 april 1957 los angeles , california , usa pasadena , california , usa 7 march 1885 1921 -- 1956 victor mclaglen-lois wilson in laughing at life.jpg ernest miller -lrb- cinematographer -rrb-
 ernest miller cinematographer
ernest miller -lrb- cinematographer -rrb-

ernest miller -lrb- march 7 , 1885 -- april 23 , 1957 -rrb- was an american cinematographer who was nominated for an academy award at the 1939 oscars for best cinematography for the film `` army girl '' , sharing the nomination with harry j. wild .
he had nearly 350 film and television credits to his name , mostly westerns , including some of the early episodes of `` gunsmoke '' .
location work on `` army girl '' was done primarily at the iverson movie ranch in chatsworth , calif. , where miller cut his teeth in b-westerns and became one of the most prolific -- and one of the best -- of the site 's shooters during the course of his career .
his camera work at iverson became identifiable for miller 's trademark use of the site 's charismatic sandstone rock features as framing devices , as he incorporated the giant boulders into the artistry of the outdoor action shots in ways that few cinematographers could match .
