James Wong Howe, Cinematographer Selected Bibliography This bibliography is available as a resource for further exploration into the life and work of James Wong Howe (1899-1976), the Chinese American cinematographer, whose movie career spanned Hollywood's golden years. He filmed over 100 movies including: The Thin Man (1934), Algiers (1938), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The Old Man and the Sea ...