Norbert Brodine (December 16, 1896 – February 28, 1970) also credited as Norbert F. Brodin, was a film cinematographer. The St. Joseph born cameraman worked on over 100 films in his career before retiring from film making in 1953, at which time he worked exclusively in television until 1960.

Brodine began his cameraman career working in a camera shop and later in the Army Signal Corps, as a cameraman and photographer during WWl. After studying at Columbia University, he began working as a still photographer in Hollywood before moving to motion pictures in 1919. He worked for Hal Roach Studios in 1937 and moved to 20th Century Fox in 1943.

Brodine’s films include, A Lost Bargain 1922, This thing Called Love 1929, The Death Kiss 1932, Deluge, The house on 92nd Street 1945, Boomerang 1947, 5 Fingers 1952, and many more. He also shot several films with Laurel and Hardy.

Brodine worked in television from 1952 until 1960 then finished his career on the well known television series The Loretta Young Show, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1956 for Best Cinematography. During his career he was nominated for 3 Oscars and 4 Primetime Emmys.