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- Winton C. Hoch was born on July 31, 1905 in Storm Lake, Iowa, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for L'homme tranquille (1952), Voyage au fond des mers (1964) and La charge héroïque (1949). He died on March 20, 1979 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Never made a black-and-white feature film despite having started shooting features in 1941.
- Was the second of only three cinematographers--the first being Leon Shamroy and the most recent being John Toll--to win back-to-back Oscars. His were for Victor Fleming's Jeanne d'Arc (1948) and John Ford's La charge héroïque (1949).
- Is also the only cinematographer to share an Oscar with a credited second unit cinematographer, Archie Stout, for John Ford's L'homme tranquille (1952).
- Educated at the California Institute of Technology. He became a color specialist for the Technicolor Corp., working to develop its three-color system.
- Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
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