From the documentary

"Cinematographer Style"


               


Born: ?, as Robert Byrne.

Career: Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].



FILMS

1976        Smokey and the Bandit [Hal Needham] c; 2uc: George Bouillet & Robert Jessup

1976        The Last Waltz [Martin Scorsese] c; mus doc/117m; co-addph; ph: Michael Chapman

1977        First Love [Joan Darling] c

1977        Blue Collar [Paul Schrader] c; addph: William Dear

1977        The End [Burt Reynolds] c

1977        California Dreaming [John Hancock] c

1978        Hooper [Hal Needham] c

1978        The Rose [Mark Rydell] c; co-concert ph; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond

1978        Walk Proud [Robert Collins] c

1978        The Villain/Cactus Jack [Hal Needham] c; aph: David Nowell; main title ph: Mike Shea

1979        Head Over Heels/Chilly Scenes of Winter [Joan Micklin Silver] c

1979        Those Lips, Those Eyes [Michael Pressman] c

1980        Divine Madness! [Michael Ritchie] p/c; addph; ph: William Fraker

1980        Inside Moves [Richard Donner] c; co-2uc; ph: László Kovács

1980        The Legend of the Lone Ranger [William Fraker] p/c; addph; ph: László Kovács

1980        Paternity [David Steinberg] c

1981        The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [Colin Higgins] p/c; co-addph; ph: William Fraker

1982        [Cheech and Chong's] Things Are Tough All Over [Thomas K. Avildsen] p/c; 2uc: William H. Burch

1982        Going Berserk [David Steinberg] c

1982        Breathless [Jim McBride] c; add seq ph; ph: Richard H. Kline

1984        Sixteen Candles [John Hughes] c

1984        Solo Trans [Hal Ashby] c/V; mus film with Neil Young/60m

1985        Television Parts Home Companion/Michael Nesmith in Television Parts [William Dear & Alan Myerson] c/V;

                    comp of comedy sketches & music videos/40m; cph: Frank Byers

1985        Howard the Duck/Howard: A New Breed of Hero [Willard Huyck] c; 2uc; ph: Richard Kline

1986        Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce [various] c/V; comp of comedy sketches & music videos/90m; cph:

                    Frank Byers & Michael Karbelnikoff

1987        Stealing Home [Steven Kampmann & William Porter] c

1987        Bull Durham [Ron Shelton] c; addph: Charles Minsky

1988        Sapphire Man [Craig Bolotin] c; short/25m; also ep of Showtime-tv series '30-Minute Movie' (1991)

1988        The Lemon Sisters [Joyce Chopra] b&w-c

1990        Shattered/Plastic Nightmare [Wolfgang Petersen] c; 2uc; ph: László Kovács

1990        Radio Flyer [Richard Donner] p/c; 2uc; ph: László Kovács

1990        Only the Lonely [Chris Columbus] c; co-2uc; ph: Julio Macat

1991        This Is My Life [Nora Ephron] c

1994        Richie Rich [Donald Petrie] c; vfx ph; ph: Don Burgess

TELEVISION

1979        Death Car on the Freeway/Death on the Freeway/Wheels of Death [Hal Needham] tvm

1984        Kicks [William Wiard] tvm

1985        [Barry Manilow's] Copacabana [Waris Hussein] tvm

1989        B.L. Stryker [ep #8 'Winner Takes All' dir by Alan J. Levi & #10 'High Rise' dir by Nick McLean] 12-part tvm-series,

                    1989-90; 2nd season, 1989-90; other ph: Nick McLean (+ cph #8)

1992        The Danger of Love [: The Carolyn Warmus Story] [Joyce Chopra] tvm; 2uc: Ed Ewing

1993        It Had to Be You [David Steinberg] 4-part series

1993        The Wyatts [Steven Kampmann] pilot

1995        Too Something/New York Daze [various] 22-part (13 unaired) series, 1995-96; other ph: Gerald Perry Finnerman

1995        Mad About You [various] 164-part series, 1992-99; 4th season, 1995-96; other ph: Mikel Neiers

1996        Mad About You [various] 5th season, 1996-97; see 1995

1997        Mad About You [various] 6th season, 1997-98; see 1995

1997        Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place/Two Guys and a Girl [pilot dir by James Widdoes] 81-part series, 1998-2001;

                    1st season, 1998; other ph: Julius Metoyer Jr.

1998        Mad About You [various] 7th season, 1998-99; see 1995

1999        Titus [3 ep dir by various] 54-part series, 2000-02/35mm & HD; 1st season, 2000; other ph: Steven V. Silver [Read the

                    article 'Fight or Switch?' about the production of this series and the switch from 35mm to HD. Click here.]

2000        Titus [4 ep dir by various] 2nd season, 2000-01; see 1999

2000        Bette [Andrew D. Weyman] 18-part (2 unaired) series, 2000-01; other ph: Gil Hubbs

2000        The Fighting Fitzgeralds [various] 10-part series, 2001; other ph: George La Fountaine Sr.

2001        Titus [20 ep dir by various] 3rd season, 2001-02; see 1999

2002        Charlie Lawrence/Life of the Party [various] 7-part (5 unaired) series; other ph: Tony Yarlett

2002        A.U.S.A. [ep #2 'Rich Man, Poor Man' dir by Steve Zuckerman (SZ), #3 '12 Happy Grandmothers' dir by Linda Mendoza,

                    #4 'Till Death Do Us Part' dir by Gail Mancuso (GM), #5 'The Joint Report... A Love Story' dir by SZ, #6 'Walter's First

                    Law Suit' dir by GM, #7 'Sullivan, Rakoff & Associate' dir by SZ & #8 'The Kiss' dir by Andrew D. Weyman] 12-part (4

                    unaired) series, 2003; other ph: Wayne Kennan (pilot)

2003        Happy Family [Pamela Fryman] 22-part series, 2003-04; other ph: Tony Askins (pilot)

2003        A Minute with Stan Hooper [pilot dir by Barry Kemp] 13-part (7 unaired) series, 2003; other ph: Ken Lamkin (5 ep)

2004        The Men's Room [various] 13-part (7 unaired) series, 2004; other ph: Paul Maibaum

FILMS AS CAMERA OPERATOR

1965        The Professionals [Richard Brooks] 2nd c.op; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1968        Paint Your Wagon [Joshua Logan] c.asst; ph: William Fraker

1969        Monte Walsh [William Fraker] c.asst; ph: David M. Walsh

1970        Five Easy Pieces [Bob Rafelson] ph: László Kovács

1970        Adam at 6 A.M. [Robert Scheerer] ph: Charles Rosher Jr.

1970        The Baby Maker [James Bridges] ph: Charles Rosher Jr.

1970        Alex in Wonderland [Paul Mazursky] ph: László Kovács

1970        The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker [Lawrence Turman] ph: László Kovács

1971        What's Up, Doc? [Peter Bogdanovich] ph: László Kovács

1972        The King of Marvin Gardens [Bob Rafelson] ph: László Kovács

1972        Paper Moon [Peter Bogdanovich] ph: László Kovács

1973        The Day of the Dolphin [Mike Nichols] ph: William Fraker

1973        Huckleberry Finn [J. Lee Thompson] ph: László Kovács

1973        For Pete's Sake/July Pork Bellies [Peter Yates] ph: László Kovács

1974        The Yakuza/Brotherhood of the Yakuza [Sydney Pollack] ph: Okazaki Kozo & (USA) Duke Callaghan

1974        Winner Take All/Time Lock [Paul Bogart; tvm] ph: Terry K. Meade

1974        At Long Last Love [Peter Bogdanovich] ph: László Kovács

1975        Harry and Walter Go to New York [Mark Rydell] ph: László Kovács

1975        Baby Blue Marine [John D. Hancock] ph: László Kovács

1976        Nickelodeon [Peter Bogdanovich] ph: László Kovács

1976        New York, New York [Martin Scorsese] ph: László Kovács