Allen G. Siegler

Allen G. Siegler was an American cinematographer who lensed nearly 200 films and television episodes between 1914 and 1952.

[1] He worked at Columbia Pictures for many years, and was an early member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

[2][3][4] Allen was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1892 to Frederick Siegler and Flora Wood.

He started working as a cameraman around 1914, picking up dozens of credits over the ensuing decades on films by directors like Lois Weber and Sam Newfield.

During World War II, he took a break from Hollywood to serve in the U.S.