"Blade Runner" [1981]

[Left] with dir Ridley Scott - "Blade Runner" [1981]

               

JORDAN CRONENWETH

Born: 20 February 1935, Los Angeles, Calif., USA, as Jordan Scott Cronenweth, son of William Edward Cronenweth, a Hollywood studio portrait photographer.

Died: 29 November 1996, Los Angeles, Calif., USA.

Education: Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, Calif., USA.

Career: Started in 1957 as location gig for the tv-series 'Boots and Saddles'. Worked in the still photo lab at Columbia Studios. In 1961, he became Conrad Hall's c.asst. and later c.op.

Was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1978. He was in constant pain, but did some of his most artful and original work during subsequent years, including 'Altered States' and 'Cutter's Way'. There were times when his crew literally had to carry him out to the set while he was shooting 'Blade Runner' in 1981.

Ph commercials. Ph music videos with a: Madonna, U2, a.o.

Was a member of the ASC. His son Jeff is a doph.

Subject of the doc 'The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth' [2007, Charles de Lauzirika; 20m].

Awards: LAFCA Award [1982], BSC Award nom [1982] & BAFTA Film Award [1983] for 'Blade Runner'; ASC Award [1987] & 'Oscar' AA nom [1987] for 'Peggy Sue Got Married'.

 FILMS

1969

The Liberation of L.B. Jones [William Wyler] c; 2uc; ph: Robert Surtees

1970

Brewster McCloud [Robert Altman] p/c; cph: Lamar Boren; 2uc: Don McClendon

1970

The Touch of Satan/Curse of Melissa/Night of the Demon [Tom Laughlin] c

1971

Play It As It Lays [Frank Perry] c

1972

Cry for Me, Billy/Face to the Wind/Apache Massacre/Count Your Bullets/The Long Tomorrow/Naked Revenge [William A. Graham] c

1973

Zandy's Bride/For Better, For Worse [Jan Troell] p/c

1973

The Nickel Ride [Robert Mulligan] p/c

1974

The Front Page [Billy Wilder] p/c

1975

Gable and Lombard [Sidney Furie] c

1976

Rolling Thunder [John Flynn] c

1976

Citizens Band/Handle With Care [Jonathan Demme] c

1979

Altered States [Ken Russell] c

1979

Cutter and Bone/Cutter's Way [Ivan Passer] c

1981

Blade Runner [Ridley Scott] p (+ 70bu [2.20:1] & D-Cinema ['Final Cut']/c; addph: Steven Poster, Brian Tufano & (uncred) Haskell Wexler; Derek Vanlint ('Alien') was the intended doph, but he was busy shooting commercials and turned the offer down

1982

Best Friends [Norman Jewison] c

1983

Stop Making Sense [Jonathan Demme] c; concert film/88m

1984

Refuge of the Roads [Joni Mitchell] c/V; concert film/60m

1985

Peggy Sue Got Married [Francis Coppola] c

1986

Gardens of Stone [Francis Coppola] c

1986

Just Between Friends [Allan Burns] c

1987

U2: Rattle and Hum [Phil Joanou] 16mm-35bu/b&w-c; mus doc/99m; ph color seg; b&w ph: Robert Brinkmann; aph: Stan McClain & Brek Cooney

1989

State of Grace [Phil Joanou] c; 2uc: Richard Quinlan

1989

[Paul McCartney:] Get Back [Richard Lester] c; concert doc/89m; cph: Robert Paynter

1991

Final Analysis [Phil Joanou] c; vfx ph: Patric Kenly

1991

Alien³ [David Fincher] replaced after 10 days (because of his slow shooting pace due to Parkinson's disease) by doph Alex Thomson

 TELEVISION

1972

Birds of Prey [William Graham] tvm; released theatrically outside USA

1978

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story/Man of Passion [William Graham] tvm

1978

And I Alone Survived [William Graham] tvm

1979

Transplant [William Graham] tvm

 FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR

1961

Incubus [Leslie Stevens] c.asst.; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1965

Harper/The Moving Target [Jack Smight] co-c.op; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1965

Ride Beyond Vengeance/Night of the Tiger [Bernard McEveety] co-c.asst; ph: Lester Shorr

1966

The Professionals [Richard Brooks] c.asst.; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1966

Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory [Frank Perry; tvm] c.op; ph: Conrad L. Hall; ep series 'ABC Stage 67'; see 1969

1967

In Cold Blood [Richard Brooks] c.op; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1968

Hell in the Pacific [John Boorman] c.op.; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1969

[Truman Capote's] Trilogy [seg 'A Christmas Memory' dir by Frank Perry] c.op; ph: Conrad L. Hall; see 1966