Born in Chicago, IL. A leading Hollywood cameraman in both the silent and sound eras. The younger brother of director George B. Seitz (1888-1944), he entered films at age 16 as a lab technician, becoming a feature film cameraman in 1916. In the 1920s he collaborated with director Rex Ingram, working on THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1921) and other major productions. During that period he invented the matte shot and became famous for his characteristic (and at the time innovative) use of intense low-key lighting. In the 40s he was lighting cameraman on many important Hollywood productions, notably those of Preston Sturges and Billy Wilder. He retired in 1960 to pursue independent lab experiments. He held 18 patents on photographic inventions. Some of Seitz's other notable non-nominated creits include THE FAIR CO-ED (1927), KISMET (1930), EAST LYNNE (1931), CURLY TOP and THE LITTLEST REBEL (both 1935), MADAME X (1937), YOUNG DR. KILDARE and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (both 1938), THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1939), SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941), THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942), THE MOON AND SIXPENCE (1943), THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK, HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO and CASANOVA BROWN (all 1944), NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES (1948), THE GREAT GATSBY (1949), CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A. (1950), DESERT LEGION and INVADERS FROM MARS (both 1953), THE BIG LAND (1957) and his last film, ISLAND OF LOST WOMEN (1959).    Nominated for Cinematography 1928-29: THE DIVINE LADY    Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1943: FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO    Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1944: DOUBLE INDEMNITY    Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1945: THE LOST WEEKEND    Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1950: SUNSET BOULEVARD    Nominated for Cinematography (Color) 1951: WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (w. W. Howard Greene)    Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1954: ROGUE COP 7 nominations