1932Winner
Best Director
Freaks
Merritt B. Gerstad
Director
Chicago, Illinois, USA
July 5, 1900
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Merritt B. Gerstad (5 July 1900, Chicago, Illinois – 1 March 1974, Laguna Beach, California) was an American cinematographer of silent and early sound films. After beginning as a cinematographer on films for Universal, he worked for MGM, working with director Tod Browning on (the lost) London After Midnight (1927) and Freaks (1932), and Sam Wood on the Marx Brothers A Night at the Opera (1935). Later he was at Warner Bros. for Watch on the Rhine (1943) starring Bette Davis, Conflict (1945) with Humphrey Bogart in the lead, and the Gershwin biopic Rhapsody in Blue (1945), his last credit.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1935Nominee
Best Director
A Night at the Opera
1936Nominee
Best Director
The Great Ziegfeld
Career Highlights
1927Highlight
Best Director
The Unknown
1943Highlight
Best Director
Watch on the Rhine
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Freaks
A Night at the Opera
The Great Ziegfeld