With dir Catherine Hardwicke [right] - "Thirteen" [2002]

               

 ELLIOT DAVIS

Born: 23 May 1948, USA.

Education: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. [BA in Architecture]; Graduate Film School at UCLA [MFA in Film].

Career: Ph commercials dir by Bryan Buckley [for MasterCard], Clay Weiner [for SEGA], a.o.

Appeared in the doc 'Becoming Sam' [2002, Christine Fugate; ph: James O'Keefe].

Awards: Independent Spirit Award nom [1994] for 'Equinox'; Independent Spirit Award nom [1996] for 'Underneath'.



 FILMS

1975

Mirt sost shi amit/Harvest: 3,000 Years [Haïlé Gerima] 16mm/b&w; dram doc/150m; cph: Bob Roth & Kasahan Tegegen

1975

Independence Day [Bobby Roth] 16mm/c; started as a UCLA student film

1981

Broken English [Michie Gleason] c

1984

Tuff Turf/Love Fighters [Fritz Kiersch] c; 2uc; ph: Willy Kurant

1986

Vamp [Richard Wenk] tao35/c; cph: Douglas O'Neons

1986

Summer Heat [Michie Gleason] c

1987

Miles from Home/Farm of the Year [Gary Sinise] c; 2uc: John Connor Sr.; 2u addph: Jerry Callaway, Robert S. Levi & Constantine Makris

1987

1969 [Ernest Thompson] c; co-addph; ph: Jules Brenner

1987

Bloodhounds of Broadway [Howard Brookner] c

1989

Love at Large [Alan Rudolph] c; addph: James Glennon

1989

Bright Angel [Michael Fields] c; 2uc: Stefan Czapsky

1990

Mortal Thoughts [Alan Rudolph] c; 2uc: Alec Hirschfeld

1990

Shakes the Clown [Bob Goldthwait] c; cph: Bobby Bukowski; addph: Edward J. Pei

1991

The Cutting Edge [Paul M. Glaser] c

1991

Equinox/Isimeria [Alan Rudolph] p/c; aph: Roger L. Smith

1992

Mr. Write [Charlie Loventhal] c

1992

King of the Hill [Steven Soderbergh] c; addph: Jan Kiesser

1992

Mother's Boys [Yves Simoneau] c; 2uc: Ron Vargas

1992

The Air Up There [Paul Michael Glaser] c; Vancouver ph; ph: Dick Pope

1993

The Glass Shield/The Johnny Johnson Trial [Charles Burnett] c; 2uc: Jacek Laskus

1994

Underneath [Steven Soderbergh] p/c

1994

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead [Gary Fleder] c; addph Los Angeles: Tony Richmond; 'b' unit ph Denver: Aaron Schneider

1994

Father of the Bride Part II [Charles Shyer] c; ?; ph: William A. Fraker

1995

Larger Than Life [Howard Franklin] c; 2uc: Jan Kiesser

1996

Gray's Anatomy [Steven Soderbergh] c

1996

Get on the Bus [Spike Lee] s16-35bu/c

1996

Lawn Dogs [John Duigan] c

1997

Finding Graceland [David Winkler] c; addph: Jan Kiesser

1997

Out of Sight [Steven Soderbergh] c

1998

Breakfast of Champions [Alan Rudolph] c

1998

Forces of Nature [Bronwen Hughes] c; 2uc: Alexander Witt

1998

Light It Up [Craig Bolotin] c

1999

The Next Best Thing [John Schlesinger] c

1999

Happy Campers [Daniel Waters] c; cph: Antonio Calvache

2000

40 Days and 40 Nights [Michael Lehmann] c

2001

I Am Sam [Jessie Nelson] c

2001

White Oleander [Peter Kosminsky] c

2002

Thirteen [Catherine Hardwicke] s16-35bu/c

2002

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde [Charles Herman-Wurmfeld] c

2003

A Love Song for Bobby Long [Shainee Gabel] c

2004

Lords of Dogtown [Catherine Hardwicke] s16+s8+dv+35mm-to-35mm/c; surf ph: Sonny Miller & Don King

2006

The Nativity Story [Catherine Hardwicke] s35/c; 2uc: Harvey Harrison

2007

Surfer, Dude [S.R. Bindler] c

"Personal Effects"

2007

Personal Effects [David Hollander] c; + co-prod

"Twilight" - photo by Tim Jewett

2008

Twilight [Catherine Hardwicke] s35/c; 2uc: Patrick Loungway

2009

A Year in Mooring [Chris Eyre] c

2010

Criminal Empire for Dummy's [Cliff Dorfman] shooting postponed

2011

The Iron Lady [Phyllida Lloyd] s35/c; 2uc: Simon Baker

2012

Man of Tai Chi [Keanu Reeves] pre-production


 TELEVISION

1976

[Cousteau:] Oasis in Space [Philippe Cousteau & Andrew Solt] 6-part doc series for PBS-tv

1987

Mayflower Madam [Lou Antonio] tvm

1988

Signs of Life/One for Sorrow, Two for Joy [John David Coles] tvm

1990

[HBO's] Tales from the Crypt [ep #24 'The Secret' dir by J. Michael Riva] 93-part series, 1989-96; 2nd season, 1990

1990

Memphis [Yves Simoneau] tvm

1992

Cruel Doubt [Yves Simoneau] 2-part tvm

1995

Nightjohn [Charles Burnett] tvm

2010

Hell on Wheels [pilot dir by David Von Ancken] series, 2011-present/HD (ARRI ALEXA)


 MISCELLANEOUS

1975

Bush Mama [Haïlé Gerima; feature/16mm] asst sound ed; ph: Charles Burnett & Roderick Young

1978

The Onion Field [Harold Becker] c.op; ph: Charles Rosher Jr.

1979

The Tenth Month [Joan Tewkesbury; tvm] c.op; ph: Charles Rosher Jr.

1979

Used Cars [Robert Zemeckis] co-c.op; ph: Donald M. Morgan

1980

Death Valley [Dick Richards] co-c.op; ph: Stephen Burum

1981

The Princess and the Cabbie [Glenn Jordan; tvm] c.op; ph: Gayne Rescher

1981

Something Wicked This Way Comes [Jack Clayton] c.op; ph: Stephen Burum

1982

The Outsiders [Francis Coppola] c.op; ph: Stephen Burum

1982

Return Engagement [Alan Rudolph] co-c.op; ph: Jan Kiesser

1983

Racing with the Moon [Richard Benjamin] c.op addph; addph: Allen Daviau; ph: John Bailey

1983

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter [Lamont Johnson; tvm] c.op; ph: Rexford Metz

1984

St. Elmo's Fire [Joel Schumacher] c.op; ph: Stephen Burum

1985

Trouble in Mind [Alan Rudolph] c.op; ph: Toyomichi Kurita

1985

Blue City [Michelle Manning] co-2u c.op; 2uc: Donald M. Morgan & Egon Stephan; ph: Steven Poster

1985

8 Million Ways to Die [Hal Ashby] c.op; ph: Stephen Burum