Born Charles Bryant Lang in Bluff, Utah. Veteran cinematographer who worked with several generations of distinguished Hollywood directors, from Dorothy Arzner (ANYBODY'S WOMAN, 1930) to Paul Mazursky (BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE, 1969). Lang produced outstanding work in both black-and-white (A FAREWELL TO ARMS, 1932, THE BIG HEAT, 1953) and color (BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE, 1972). In almost 150 films, Lang's other notable non-nominated credits include STREEN OF CHANCE, SARAH AND SON and TOM SAWYER (all 1930), NEWLY RICH (1931), DEVIL AND THE DEEP (1932), SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933), DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY (1934), THE LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER and PETER IBBETSON (both 1935), DESIRE (1936), SOULS AT SEA and TOVARICH (both 1937), SPAWN OF THE NORTH (1938), ZAZA, MIDNIGHT and THE CAT AND THE CANARY (all 1939), BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN and THE GHOST BREAKERS (both 1940), THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS, NOTHING BY THE TRUTH and SKYLARK (all 1941), THE LADY HAS PLANS (1942), NO TIME FOR LOVE (1943), HERE COME THE WAVES (1944), THE STORK CLUB (1945), BLUE SKIES (1946), DESERT FURY (1947), MY OWN TRUE LOVE (1948), ROPE OF SAND (1949), BRANDED (1950), THE MATING SEASON (1951), THE ATOMIC CITY (1952), SALOME (1953), IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU (1954), THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (1955), AUTUMN LEAVES, THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC and THE RAINMAKER (all 1956), GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL and WILD IS THE WIND (both 1957), THE MATCHMAKER (1958), LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (1959), THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960), SUMMER AND SMOKE and BLUE HAWAII (both 1961), SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE and A GIRL NAMED TAMIKO (both 1962), THE WHEELER DEALERS and CHARADE (both 1963), FATJER GOOSE and SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL (both 1964), INSIDE DAISY CLOVER (1965), HOW TO STEAL A MILLION (1966), HOTEL, THE FLIM-FLAM MAN and WAIT UNTIL DARK (all 1967), A FLEA IN HER EAR (1968), THE STALKING MOON and CACTUS FLOWER (both 1969), WALK IN THE SPRING RAIN (1970), DOCTORS' WIVES and THE LOVE MACHINE (both 1971) and his last film, 40 CARATS (1973). His 18 nominations tie him with Leon Shamroy as the most-nominated Directors of Photography in Oscar® history. However, Shamroy won 4 Oscars; Lang won one.

Nominated for Cinematography 1930-31: THE RIGHT TO LOVE  Cinematography 1932-33: A FAREWELL TO ARMS  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1940: ARISE, MY LOVE  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1941: SUNDOWN  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1943: SO PROUDLY WE HAIL!  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1944: THE UNINVITED  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1947: THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1948: A FOREIGN AFFAIR  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1952: SUDDEN FEAR  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1954: SABRINA  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1955: QUEEN BEE  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1958: SEPARATE TABLES  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1959: SOME LIKE IT HOT  Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1960: THE FACTS OF LIFE  Nominated for Cinematography (Color) 1961: ONE-EYED JACKS  Nominated for Cinematography (Color) 1963: HOW THE WEST WAS WON (w. William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner & Joseph La Shelle)  Nominated for Cinematography 1969: BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE  Nominated for Cinematography 1972: BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE 18 nominations, 1 Award