 For his work in films, he became one of the only six cinematographers to have a "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the other five being Haskell Wexler, Conrad L. Hall, J. Peverell Marley, Leon Shamroy and Hal Mohr.He won two Academy Awards for Color Cinematography, for "Gone with the Wind", with Ernest Haller in 1940, and "Blood and Sand", with Ernest Palmer in 1942.He was also nominated in that category for "Drums Along the Mohawk" in 1940, with Bert Glennon; "Down Argentine Way", with Leon Shamroy; "The Blue Bird" in 1941, with Arthur Miller; "Louisiana Purchase" in 1942, with Harry Hallenberger; "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in 1944; and "Lady in the Dark" in 1945.