Born: 14 August 1946, Houston, Texas, USA, as Levie Cruse Isaacks.

Education: University of Texas; Maine Photographic Workshops.

Career: Served in Vietnam. Got a job at local tv-station while studying at the university.

Member of the ASC since 2004. Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].

Website: Levie Isaacks

1982        Hooked on Houston [Frank Q. Dobbs] ?; doc/?m; + ed; for Texas Instruments Inc.

1983        Lions, Parakeets and Other Prisoners [Frank Q. Dobbs] ?; doc/29m; cph: F. Dobbs

1987        This Is Our Home, It Is Not for Sale [Jon Schwartz] c; doc/190m

1987        Maniac Cop [William Lustig] c; co-2uc; ph: Vincent J. Rabe & James Lemmo; aph: Al Cerullo

1988        Hit List [William Lustig] c; 2uc; ph: James Lemmo

1988        Saturday the 14th Strikes Back [Howard R. Cohen] c; 2uc: Stephen R. Sharp

1988        One Man Force [Dale Trevillion] c; co-addph; ph: Constantine Makris

1988        For All Mankind [Al Reinert] 16mm-35bu/b&w-c; doc/86m; addph; + archive footage

1988        Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat [Anthony Hickox] p/c; 2uc: Chris Squires

1989        Spontaneous Combustion [Tobe Hooper] c

1989        City Life [seg '[Houston -] Unheavenly City' dir by Eagle Pennell] c; 2-part (110m & 141m) comp of shorts/12 seg

1989        Rich Girl [Joel Bender] c; 2uc: George Mooradian

1990        Black Magic Woman [Deryn Warren] c

1990        The Guyver/Mutronics [Screaming Mad George & Steve Wang] c; 2uc: Bert Guthrie; addph: Richard Hutchings &

                    Doyle Smith; vfx ph: Ted Rae

1991        Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice/Children of the Corn: Deadly Harvest [David F. Price] c

1991        Leprechaun [Mark Jones] c

1992        Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence [William Lustig & Joel Soisson] c; co-add c.op; ph: Jacques Haitkin

1993        Deadly Exposure/Lethal Exposure [Lawrence Mortorff] c/V; visual cons; ph: Russ Brandt

1993        Dead on Sight [Reuben Preuss] c

1994        The Cage [Warren D. Wilensky] c; short/38m

1994        Nature of the Beast/The Hatchet Man/Bad Company [Victor Salva] c

1994        Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde [David F. Price] c; addph; ph: Tom Priestley Jr.

1994        The Expert/Brute Force [Rick Avery & William Lustig] c; 2uc: Philip Alan Waters

1994        The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre [Kim Henkel] c; 102m; in 1997 re-edited/renamed 'Texas Chainsaw

                    Massacre: The Next Generation' (86m)

1995        The Dogfighters/The Zone [Barry Zetlin] c

1995        The Dentist [Brian Yuzna] c; addph: Denis Maloney; 2uc: Jürgen Baum, Eric Trageser & Feliks Parnell; 3uc: Daniel

                    Yarussi

1996        Dead Men Can't Dance/Rangers [Stephen M. Anderson] c

1998        That Moment: Magnolia Diary [Mark Rance] c/V; doc/73m; filmed 1998-2000

2006        Grace [Camille Cellucci] HD-to-35mm/c; short/15m; prod AFI

2007        Bring It On: In It to Win It [Steve Rash] c/V

2008        O2 [Tim Hyten] HD scope/c; short/7m; 2uc: Matt Garrett

2008        Road Trip II: Beer Pong [Steve Rash] c/V

2008        Punctured [Shari Hamrick] pre-production

1990        Pacific Century [prod: Steve Talley] 10-part doc PBS-tv series; other ph: ?

1990        I'm Dangerous Tonight [Tobe Hooper] tvm

1991        [HBO's] Tales from the Crypt [ep #28 'Abra Cadaver' dir by Stephen Hopkins, #29 'Top Billing' dir by Todd Holland, #30

                    'Dead Wait' dir by Tobe Hooper, #31 'The Reluctant Vampire' dir by Elliot Silverstein & #37 'Spoiled' dir by Andy Wolk]

                    93-part series, 1989-96; 3rd season, 1991

1991        Haunted Lives - True Ghost Stories [Tobe Hooper] tvm/60m; 3 seg: 'Legend of Kate Morgan', 'Ghosts R Us' & 'School

                    Spirit'; 2uc: Philip Hurn

1992        Scared Silent [: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse] [Melissa Jo Peltier] doc/60m

1992        Likely Suspects [various] 13-part series, 1992-93; other ph: Constantine Makris

1992        Fear in America: A Reverse Angle [prod: Kerry Neal] doc/60m for PBS-tv; cph: Geoff Schaaf & Jeffrey Victor; addph:

                    Bert Guthrie

1993        [HBO's] Tales from the Crypt [ep #58 'Two for the Show' dir by Kevin Hooks, #63 'Oil's Well That Ends Well' dir by Paul

                    Abascal, #64 'Half-Way Horrible' dir by Gregory Widen & #65 'Till Death Do We Part' dir by Peter Iliff] 5th season, 1993;

                    see 1991

1993        Kids Saving Kids [Wendy Robbins] doc; ph Los Angeles; ph New York: Jeff Victor; seg of doc/60m 'Kids Killing Kids' (ph:

                    Arnie Sirlin) for CBS-tv & Fox-tv

1993        Next Door [Tony Bill] tvm; 2uc; ph: Thomas Del Ruth

1994        [HBO's] Tales from the Crypt [ep #67 'Only Skin Deep' dir by William Malone, #69 'Operation Friendship' dir by Roland

                    Mesa, #71 'The Bribe' dir by Ramón Menéndez, #73 'The Assassin' dir by Martin von Haselberg, #77 'Doctor of Horror'

                    dir by Larry Wilson & #79 '99 and 44/100 Pure Horror' dir by Rodman Flender] 6th season, 1994-95; see 1991

1995        Blue Whales: Giants of the Deep [prod: Al Giddings & Rick Blue] doc/60m; co-addph; ph: Al Giddings; ep of ABC-tv

                    series 'World of Discovery'

1995        W.E.I.R.D. World [William Malone] tvm

1995        The Wharf Rat [Jimmy Huston] tvm

1995        Real Ghosts [Michael Levine] tvm/60m (1995); 2 seg: 'The Brotherhood' & 'The Headless Ghost'

1995        Marshal Law/Block Party [Stephen Cornwell] tvm

1996        North Shore Fish [Steve Zuckerman] tvm

1997        Roar [various] 8-part series; other ph: John Stokes; 2uc: Ian Thorburn

1997        [National Lampoon's] The Don's Analyst [David Jablin] tvm

1997        Target Earth/Taken Away [Peter Markle] tvm

1998        Dawson's Creek [22 ep dir by various] 128-part series, 1998-2003; 2nd season, 1998-99

1999        The Force [Lou Antonio] pilot

1999        Malcolm in the Middle [ep #2 'Red Dress' dir by Arlene Sanford, #3 'Home Alone 4' dir by Todd Holland, #4 'Shame' dir

                    by Nick Marck, #5 'Malcolm Babysits' dir by Jeff Melman, #6 'Sleepover' dir by Ken Kwapis, #7 'Francis Escapes' dir by

                    Todd Holland, #8 'Krelboyne Picnic' dir by Todd Holland, #9 'Lois vs. Evil' dir by Todd Holland, #10 'Stock Car Races' dir

                    by Todd Holland, #11 'Funeral' dir by Arlene Sanford, #12 'Cheerleader' dir by Todd Holland, #13 'Rollerskates' dir by

                    Ken Kwapis, #14 'The Bots and the Bees' dir by Christopher Koch, #15 'Smunday' dir by Jeff Melman & #16 'Water Park'

                    dir by Ken Kwapis] 151-part series/s16, 2000-06; 1st season, 2000; other ph: Victor Hammer (pilot), Mike Weaver &

                    Rick Davidson

2000        The Huntress [various] 28-part series, 2000-01; other ph: Feliks Parnell & Stephen Lighthill

2000        Malcolm in the Middle [all ep - #17-41 - dir by various] 2nd season, 2000-01; see 1999

2001        Malcolm in the Middle [ep #42-55 & #57-62 dir by various] 3rd season, 2001-02; see 1999

2002        Andy Richter Controls the Universe [pilot & ep #2 'Grief Counselor' dir by Andy Ackerman] 19-part (5 unaired) series,

                    2002-03; other ph (+ cph ep #2): Victor Hammer

2002        Malcolm in the Middle [ep #64 'Zoo' dir by Todd Holland (TH), #65 'Humilithon' dir by Jeff Melman (JM), #66 'Family

                    Reunion' dir by Ken Kwapis (KK), #67 'Stupid Girl' dir by TH, #70 'Malcolm Holds His Tongue' dir by JM, #71 'Boys at

                    the Ranch' dir by David D'Ovidio, #72 'Grandma Sues' dir by Jimmy Simons (JS), #73 'If Boys Were Girls' dir by KK,

                    #75 'Kicked Out' dir by JM, #76 'Stereo Store' dir by Bryan Cranston, #79 'Academic Octathalon' dir by TH, #81

                    'Reese's Party' dir by Levie Isaacks (cph: Rick Davidson), #83 'Baby, Part I' dir by JS & #84 'Baby, Part II' dir by Jamie

                    Babbit] 4th season, 2002-03; see 1999

2003        Malcolm in the Middle [ep #88 'Goodbye Kitty' dir by Jimmy Simons (JS), #91 'Malcolm's Job' dir by Steve Welch (SW),

                    #94 'Dirty Magazine' dir by Bryan Cranston, #95 'Hot Tub' dir by JS, #96 'Ida's Boyfriend' dir by Peter Lauer (PL), #97

                    'Softball' dir by Ken Kwapis, #98 'Lois' Sister' dir by David D'Ovidio, #99 'Malcolm Dates a Family' dir by SW, #100

                    'Reese's Apartment' dir by David Grossman, #101 'Malcolm Visits College' dir by PL, #102 'Polly in the Middle' dir by

                    Steve Love (SL) & #106 'Reese Joins the Army: Part 1' dir by SL] 5th season, 2003-04; see 1999

2003        The O'Keefes [pilot dir by Andy Ackerman] 5-part series, 2003; other ph: Rick Gunter (4 ep)

2005        Born & Bred [Patrick Norris] pilot/60m

1980        Fast Money/Sybil Danning's Adventures Presents Fast Money [Douglas Holloway] c.asst; ph: Eagle Pennell

1985        Getting Even [Dwight Little] co-2nd c.op 2u; 2uc: Allen Facemire; ph: Peter L. Collister

1986        My Best Friend Is a Vampire/I Was a Teenage Vampire [Jimmy Huston] c.op; ph: James Bartle

1992        Conflict of Interest [Gary Davis] co-c.op; ph: Bryan England

1995        Lucifer's Child [Tony Abetamarco] lighting des; drama presentation/120m for 'A&E Stage'

2001        Malcolm in the Middle [ep #56 'Hal's Birthday'] 3rd season, 2001-02; ph: Mike Weaver

2002        Malcolm in the Middle [ep #68 'Forwards Backwards', #74 'Long Drive', #78 'Garage Sale', #80 'Clip Show 2' & #81

                    'Reese's Party' (+ cph)] 4th season, 2002-03; ph: Mike Weaver

2003        Malcolm in the Middle [ep #87 'Watching the Baby', #90 'Malcolm Films Reese' & #93 'Block Party'] 5th season, 2003-

                    04; ph: Mike Weaver