[Right] with dir Jonas Pate [2009]

Photo by Michael Buckner


               


Born: 1975, Basel, Switzerland.

Education: Tisch School of the Arts at New York University [NYU].

Career: Ph commercials dir by Michael Bay, Rob Schroeder, Kevin Donovan [for Ford], a.o. Ph music videos with a: Disturbed, Marilyn Manson ['Personal Jesus'; d: Nathan Cox], Maxeen, Elvis Costello, Chris Glover ['Stand On Your Seat'; d: Matt Ornstein], We Are the Fallen [2010, 'Bury Me Alive'; d: Kyle Newman & Jaime King], a.o.

Awards: ASC 'Arthur Miller Heritage Award' [2000]; MVPA Best Cinematography Award nom [2005] for music video 'Personal Jesus'.



FILMS

1998

The Face [Rachael Maxwell] c

1999

Genesis and Catastrophe [Jonathan Liebesman] c; short/8m; prod NYU

2001

Fast Forward [Brad Furman] c; short/6m & 9m; + archive footage of the shooting (1981) of Ronald Reagan

2002

Special [Ken Daurio & Cinco Paul] c; short/30m

2002

Pirates [Eric McCormack] c; short/23m

2002

The Ghosts of Edendale [Stefan Avalos] c; vfx ph: Casey Schatz

2003

The Stranger [Brad Furman] c; short/27m; + co-prod

2003

Unbroken [Brad Furman] b&w; short/6m

[Top] with Amy Peterson & 2uc Philip Andelman

"Southbounders"

2003

Southbounders [Ben Wagner] dv-to-35mm/c; summer 2003 ph; fall 2003 ph: Leif Johnson; 2uc: Philip Andelman

2004

The Grudge/The Juon [Takashi Shimizu] c; co-addph; ph: Hideo Yamamoto

2004

Life on the Ledge [Lewis Helfer] c

2004

Rings [Jonathan Liebesman] c; short/16m; 2uc: Kirk Douglas

2005

Buried Alive in the Blues [Brad Furman] c/V; mus doc/83m; cph: Joshua Reis

2005

The Busker [Stephen Croke] HD/c

2005

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning [Jonathan Liebesman] c; 2uc: Brown Cooper

2006

Fanboys [Kyle Newman] 35mm & D-Cinema/c; 2uc: Brown Cooper; addph: George Maxwell

2006

Transformers [Michael Bay] p+s35-to-35mm scope & IMAX 70bu/c; 2uc; ph: Mitchell Amundsen

2006

The Take [Brad Furman] s16-to-35mm scope/c; 2uc: Joshua Reis

2006

Revenge of the Nerds [Kyle Newman] pre-production; remake of film (1984); status unknown

2007

Never Back Down [Jeff Wadlow] HD+s35-to-35mm scope & D-Cinema/c

2007

The Killing Room [Jonathan Liebesman] scope/c

2008

Graduation Day [Andrew Gallery] c; short/29m; cph: Kelly Garner

2008

Shrink [Jonas Pate] c; cph: Isaac Phillips

2008

Middle Men [George Gallo] c; aph: Douglas Holgate

2009

A Nightmare on Elm Street [Samuel Bayer] p/c; ph Los Angeles & insert units; ph: Jeff Cutter

2009

Battle: Los Angeles [Jonathan Liebesman] c; 2uc: Bruce McCleery; aph: Hans Bjerno & David B. Nowell; vfx ph: Dennis McHugh

2010

The Lincoln Lawyer [Brad Furman] c

MISCELLANEOUS

1998

Po Mo Knock Knock [Greg Pak; short/3m] gaffer; ph: Greg Pak

2001

Thunder Road [dir; + co-prod/scrpl; short/24m/16mm] ph: ?; prod NYU

2005

Gary Gulman: Boyish Man [Chuck Vinson & Michael Bloom; tv-perf] c.op; ph: Scott Ewers