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Born: ?, Oldenburg, Germany, as the son of Ukrainian Parents. Came to the USA as an infant and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio.
Education: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio [Film History & Criticism]; Columbia University, New York [post-graduate film program].
Career: Worked as c.asst, gaffer and grip.
Ph commercials dir by Dick Sittig, Rob Lopes, Noam Murro [for Nike], Tom Routson ['Bad Day To Be a Frog' & 'Tongue Lashing' for Anheuser-Busch], Charles Wittenmeier [for General Motors], Joe Public [for Ford], Carl Erik Rinsch [for Toyota], a.o. Ph music videos, e.g. 'Portable' [2000; a: Stri-dex; d: Nigel Dick] & 'Do You Want To?' [2005; a: Franz Ferdinand; d: Diane Martel]. Member of the ASC since 2004.
Awards: BSFC Award [1994], LAFCA Award [1994], NYFCC Award [1994] and NSFC Award [1995] for 'Ed Wood'.
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FILMS |
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1985 |
On the Edge [Rob Nilsson] c |
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1987 |
D.O.A. [Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel] c; addph; ph: Yuri Neyman |
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1987 |
The Thin Blue Line [Errol Morris] c; doc/103m; cph: Robert Chappell; addph: Tom Sigel, Peter Sova & Ned Burgess |
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1987 |
Vampire's Kiss [Robert Bierman] c |
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1988 |
Fear, Anxiety and Depression [Todd Solondz] c |
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1988 |
Letzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn/Last Exit to Brooklyn [Ulrich Edel] c; 16mm doc ph: Bob Hanna |
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1988 |
Sons [Alexandre Rockwell & Stephen E. Miller] c |
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1989 |
Flashback [Franco Amurri] c |
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1989 |
Bright Angel [Michael Fields] c; 2uc; ph: Elliot Davis |
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1989 |
Child's Play 2 [John Lafia] c; addph: Jon Kranhouse; 2uc: Max Pomerlean |
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1990 |
A Brief History of Time [Errol Morris] b&w-c; doc/84m; cph: John Bailey |
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1990 |
Edward Scissorhands [Tim Burton] c; vfx ph: Bill Neil |
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1990 |
The Dark Wind [Errol Morris] c; cph: Stephen Smith; 2uc: Peter Norman & Phil Carr-Forster |
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1991 |
Prelude to a Kiss [Norman René] c |
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1991 |
Batman Returns [Tim Burton] c; 2uc: Don Burgess; 2u addph: Paul Ryan; vfx ph: Dennis Skotak (superv), James Belkin, George Dodge & Tim Angulo; miniature ph: Garry Waller; plate ph: Neil Krepela; matte ph: Wade Childress |
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1993 |
Ed Wood [Tim Burton] b&w; miniature ph: Eric Swenson; vfx ph: Allen Blaisdell |
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1995 |
[Roald Dahl's] Matilda [Danny De Vito] s35/c |
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1998 |
Wild Wild West [Barry Sonnenfeld] c; cph: Michael Ballhaus; 2uc: David Dunlap, Bill Pope, Chuck Shuman & Raymond Stella; aph: David B. Nowell |
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2002 |
Bulletproof Monk [Paul Hunter] s35/c; 2uc: David Herrington |
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2006 |
Blades of Glory [Will Speck & Josh Gordon] c; Montreal ph (+ c.op 'c' cam): Robert Mattigetz; uncred reshoots ph: Peter Deming |
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2007 |
Fighting [Dito Montiel] c |
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2008 |
The Other Side [David Michaels] s35/c |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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1975 |
God Told Me To/Demon [Larry Cohen] c.asst; ph: Paul Glickman |
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[2nd from left] - "Gang Wars" |
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1976 |
Gang Wars/The Devil's Express/Death Express [Barry Rosen] co-c.asst; ph: Paul Glickman |
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1977 |
Nanook Taxi [Edward Folger] c.asst; ph: Paul Glickman |
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1977 |
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover [Larry Cohen] c.asst; ph: Paul Glickman |
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1978 |
Sitting Ducks [Henry Jaglom] c.asst; ph: Paul Glickman |
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1978 |
Nocturna [: Granddaughter of Dracula] [Harry Tampa = Harry Hurwitz] gaffer; ph: Mac Ahlberg |
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1979 |
Union City [Marcus Reichert] gaffer; ph: Edward Lachman |
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1979 |
Lightning Over Water/Nicks Movie [Nicholas Ray & Wim Wenders] gaffer (+ small part); ph: Edward Lachman & Martin Schäfer |
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1980 |
He Knows You're Alone/Blood Wedding [Armand Mastroianni] gaffer; ph: Gerald Feil |
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1981 |
Q/The Winged Serpent [Larry Cohen] gaffer; ph: Fred Murphy |
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1982 |
Say Amen, Somebody - The Good News Musical [George Nierenberg; doc] gaffer (+ co-add c.op); ph: Edward Lachman |
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1982 |
Baby, It's You [John Sayles] gaffer; ph: Michael Ballhaus |
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1983 |
Reckless [James Foley] chief lighting techn; ph: Michael Ballhaus |
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1985 |
After Hours [Martin Scorsese] gaffer; ph: Michael Ballhaus |
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1985 |
Death of a Salesman [Volker Schlöndorff; tvm] grip; ph: Michael Ballhaus; also released theatrically |
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1985 |
The Color Purple [Steven Spielberg] ?; ph: Allen Daviau |
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1985 |
At Close Range [James Foley] gaffer; ph: Juan Ruiz Anchía |
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1986 |
Made in Heaven [Alan Rudolph] gaffer; ph: Jan Kiesser |
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1986 |
'Round Midnight/Autour de minuit [Bertrand Tavernier] gaffer New York; ph: Bruno de Keyzer |
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1986 |
Matewan [John Sayles] key grip; ph: Haskell Wexler |
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1987 |
Le grand bleu/The Big Blue [Luc Besson] gaffer New York; ph: Carlo Varini |
