2007


               


Born: ?, Romania.

Education: Bucharest Film Academy.

Career: Ph commercials dir by Frank Anderson, Chris Blum, Cameron Casey, Rod Davis, Lisa Rubisch, Keva Rosenfeld, Jake Scott, Jeff Karoff [for Nissan], Billy Dickson, a.o. Ph music videos [see below]. Directed commercials for Dodge, Toyota, Chrysler, Honda, etc. Member of the Directors Guild of America.

Awards: MuchMusic Cinematography Award [1998] for music video 'Release'; ASC Award nom [2001] for 'Witchblade' [pilot].

Website: Anghel Decca



FEATURE FILMS IN ROMANIA

1978

Din nou împreuna/Together Again [Mircea George Cornea] c

1978

Vacanta tragica/Tragic Vacation [Constantin Vaeni] c

1980

Stop-cadru la masa/Snapshot Around the Family Table [Ada Pistiner] c

1980

Probleme personale [David Reu] c

1981

Angela merge mai departe [Lucian Bratu] c

1982

Tapinarii/The Wood Cutters [Ioan Carmazan] c

1983

Imposibila iubire/Impossible Love [Constantin Vaeni] c; 168m

1983

Lisca [Ioan Carmazan] c

1984

Emisia continua/The Broadcast Goes On [Dinu Tanase] c

1985

Primavara bobocilor [Mircea Moldovan] c

1986

Umbrele soarelui [Mircea Veroiu] c

FILMS IN USA

1988

Dead Mate/Graverobbers [Straw Weisman] c

1988

Underground/Underground Terror [James McCalmont] c

1988

Prisoners of Inertia [Jeffrey Noyes Scher] c; addph; ph: James McCalmont

1989

The Lunch Date [Adam Davidson] c; short/12m

1989

The Return of Superfly [Sig Shore] c

1990

Hangin' with the Homeboys [Joseph B. Vasquez] c

1991

Whispers of White/A Walk with Death [Ron Gorton Sr.] c

1993

House Party 3 [Eric Meza] c

1993

Fun [Rafal Zielinski] s16-35bu/b&w-c; montage ph; ph: Jens Sturup

1994

The Flight of the Dove/The Spy Within [Steve Railsback] c; 2uc: Mike Mickens, John Aronson & Christopher Landy; miniature ph: Anthony Doublin

2006

Rusty Dogs [Jeffrey Karoff] c; short/8m23s; + co-scrpl; 'branded entertainment' for Bombardier Recreational Products (Sea-Doo brand); premiered on internet

TELEVISION

1989

A Town's Revenge [Helen Whitney] tvm/60m; ep 'ABC Afterschool Specials'

1990

Everyday Heroes [Helen Whitney] tvm/45m

1990

The Sunset Gang [seg 'The Detective' dir by Anthony Drazan; seg 'Yiddish' & 'The House' dir by Calvin Skaggs] tvm; ep PBS-tv series 'American Playhouse'

1991

Idols [Catherine Meyers] doc special/b&w-c/60m; for Fox-tv

1991

Lethal Innocence [Helen Whitney] tvm; ep PBS-tv series 'American Playhouse'

1991

Dead Silence/Crash [Peter O'Fallon] tvm; addph; ph: Ernest Holzmann

1991

A Dangerous Affair/First Love, Fatal Love [Helen Whitney] tvm/30m

1991

Hammer from the Heart [Marina Sargenti] mus special/60m (1992); cph: Robert Brinkmann; addph: Shawn Maurer; for CBS-tv

1992

12:01 [Jack Sholder] tvm

1993

A Day in the Life of Country Music [exec prod: Ken Kragen] mus special/120m; ph Nashville; other ph: David Connell (Fort Worth), Daniel Pearl (Dallas), Edward Lachman (Fairfax), a.o.; shot on one day (7 May)

1993

Your Favorite Commercials [Faith & Jill Soloway] comedy special/60m

1993

The Flintstones [?] anim special/60m; cph: Michael Negrin

1994

Star Trek: A Captain's Log [Michael Mahler] doc special/60m

1994

Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye [?] doc special/30m

1994

The Wonderful World of Disney: 40 Years of Television Magic [Frank Martin] special/120m

1995

[Wedding Bloopers:] Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Groom! [Sasha Alpert] comedy special/50m

1995

The Best of Taxi [David S. Jackson] variety special/90m

1995

Ho-Ho-Ho: TV's All-Time Funniest Christmas Moments [Kevin Gill] comedy special/60m

1996

[Wedding Bloopers:] Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Groom! 2 [?] special/60m

1996

The Greatest Shows You Never Saw [Jack Perez] comedy special/60m

1996

TV's All-Time Funniest Sitcom Weddings [Stacy Peralta] comedy special/30m

1996

Runaway Car/Out of Control [Jack Sholder] tvm; 2uc: Roy Unger

1996

Athletes Who Rock the World [Mitchell Kozuchowski] doc/24m; for MTV

1996

TV's All-Time Funniest Holidays [Stacy Peralta] comedy special/60m

1998

Blade Squad [Ralph Hemecker] tvm

1999

The Wonder Cabinet [Ralph Hemecker] pilot

1999

Talisman [Jef Renfroe & Adrian Dimond] for Cartoon Network Latin America

2000

Witchblade [Ralph Hemecker] tvm (pilot); followed by 23-part series, 2001-02; series ph: David Moxness & James Gardner

2000

NPT New Identity: Back to School [Anghel Decca] public announcement for Nashville Public TV

2002

Astronauts [Robert Harmon] pilot

2003

Chasing Alice [Ralph Hemecker] pilot

2004

Entourage [pilot dir by David Frankel] 8-part series; other ph: Steven Fierberg

2004

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan [Martin Scorsese] 2-part mus doc/b&w-c/205m; cph interviews: Maryse Alberti, Ellen Kuras, Lisa Rinzler, Mustapha Barat, Michael Spiller, a.o.; in USA ep PBS-tv series 'American Masters' (2005)

2005

Fatal Desire/Fatal Error [Ralph Hemecker] tvm

2006

Ultra [Helen Shaver] pilot

2008

Lake Hartwell [Clay Weiner] pilot

2008

Midnight Bayou [Ralph Hemecker] tvm

MISCELLANEOUS

1977

Profetul, aurul si Ardelenii/The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians [Dan Pita & (uncred) Mircea Veroiu] c.op; ph: Nicolae Margineanu; Romanian prod

1980

Burebista/Burebista, the Iron and the Gold [Gheorghe Vitanidis] co-c.asst; ph: Petru Maier; Romanian prod

2002

Witchblade [dir ep #21 'Parabolic'] tv-series; ph: James Gardner; see Television (2000)

MUSIC VIDEOS [Selection]

1995

Geek Stink Breath [a: Green Day; d: Mark Kohr]

1996

Counting Blue Cars [a: Dishwalla; d: Chris Applebaum]

1996

Hello [a: Poe; d: Paul Andresen & Mark Danielewski]

1997

All That I Have to Give [a: Backstreet Boys; d: Nigel Dick]

1997

As Long As You Love Me [a: Backstreet Boys; d: Nigel Dick]

1997

Listen [a: Collective Soul; d: Paul Andresen]

1997

Walk Away [a: Cool for August; d: Nigel Dick]

1997

All Night [a: Tha Alkaholiks; d: Gregory Dark]

1998

The Making of Come With Me [a: Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page; d: Nigel Dick & Danni Jacobs]

1998

In It for Love [a: Richie Sambora; d: Nigel Dick]

1998

Release [a: The Tea Party; d: Ulf]

1998

Ciega, sordo, muda [a: Shakira; d: Gustavo Garzon]

1998

Only Lonely [a: Hootie & the Blowfish; d: Nigel Dick]

1998

It's the Things You Do [a: Five; d: Nigel Dick]

1999

Livin' la vida loca [a: Ricky Martin; d: Wayne Isham]

1999

Don't Say You Love Me [a: M2M; d: Nigel Dick]

2000

Deep Inside of You [a: Third Eye Blind; d: Chris Applebaum]

2000

Test [a: Kandee; d: Nigel Dick]

2000

Innocent [a: Fuel; d: Nigel Dick]

2001

It's Been a While [a: Staind; d: Fred Durst]

2001

America the Beautiful [a: Kenny Rogers, Lyle Lovett, a.o.; d: Marc Ball] cph: Louis Schwartzberg

2001

Crush [a: Mandy Moore; d: Chris Applebaum]

2001

Over My Head [a: Semisonic; d: Chris Applebaum]

2004

Failure's Not Flattering (What's Your Problem?) [a: New Found Glory; d: Meiert Avis]

2005

Scars [a: Papa Roach; d: Motion Theory]

2005

We Belong Together [a: Gavin DeGraw; d: Meiert Avis]