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- Birth nameSamuel Leavitt
- Sam Leavitt was born on February 6, 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. Sam was a cinematographer, known for Anatomy of a Murder (1959), The Defiant Ones (1958) and Cape Fear (1962). Sam died on March 21, 1984 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Had been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1935.
- Began as a camera operator at Biograph in New York in the early 1930's. Director of photography from 1952, his varied career encompassing many routine assignments as well as occasional gems, such as Anatomy of a Murder (1959) and Cape Fear (1962).
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