Born: 31 March 1948, Morristown, New Jersey, USA.

Education: Harvard University [BA, 1965]; University of Tours [French], France; Ohio University, Athens, Ohio [BFA Painting, 1969].

Career: Got his break into films from dir Werner Herzog. Ph commercials dir by Paul Meijer [for 'Mazda Xedos', 'Coebergh' & 'Sony'], Wim Ubachs [for 'Rabobank'], Hans Jonkers [for 'Nuts' (cph)], Michael Haussman [for 'Levi's'], Traktor [for 'Diesel'], Wim Wenders [for 'Ariston'], Dante Ariola, a.o. Also active as director of doc's, tv-specials and music videos [a: Tina Turner, Elvis Costello, a.o.]. Made a photo novel [roman-photo], 'Chausses trappes' [1981; with Elieba Levine].

Member of the ASC since 1994.

Awards: Independent Spirit Award nom [1987] for 'True Stories'; Independent Spirit Award nom [1993] for 'Light Sleeper'; Hawaii FF Cinematography Award [1994]; Las Vegas Film Critics 'Sierra Award' nom [2000] for 'The Virgin Suicides'; Venice FF 'Outstanding Individual Contribution' [2002], LAFCA Award [2002], NYFCC Award [2002], BSFC Award [2002], Camerimage 'Silver Frog' [2002], 'Oscar' AA nom [2002], ASC Award nom [2002], CFCA Award [2003] & Independent Spirit Award [2003] for 'Far from Heaven'; Plus Camerimage 'Bronze Frog' Award [2007] for 'I'm Not There'.

1974        The Lords of Flatbush [Stephen F. Verona & Martin Davidson] c; cph: Joseph Mangine

1976        Scalpel/False Face [John Grissmer] c

1976        Stroszek [Werner Herzog] c; 2uc (+ asst dir); ph: Thomas Mauch

1978        King of the Gypsies [Frank Pierson] c; collab ph; ph: Sven Nykvist

1978        Last Embrace [Jonathan Demme] c; co-addph; ph: Tak Fujimoto

1979        Union City [Mark Reichert] c

1979        Blank Generation [Ulli Lommel] c

1981        She Dances Alone [Robert Dornhelm] c; addph; ph: Karl Kofler

1981        Al houroub al saghira/Les petites guerres/Little Wars [Maroun Baghdadi] c; cph: Heinz Hölscher

1984        Body Rock [Marcelo Epstein] c; co-addph New York; ph: Robby Müller

1984        Insignificance [Nicolas Roeg] c; addph New York; ph: Peter Hannan

1984        Desperately Seeking Susan [Susan Seidelman] c; addph: Francis Kenny

1985        Heart of the Garden [Lavinia M. Currier] c; 64m; cph: Arthur Ornitz

1985        True Stories [David Byrne] c; 2uc: Tom Sigel, George Tirl, Philip Pfeiffer, Don Reddy, a.o.

1986        Making Mr. Right [Susan Seidelman] c; addph: Francis Kenny

1986        El día que me quieras/The Day You Love Me [Sergio Dow] c

1987        Less Than Zero [Marek Kanievska] c

1990        Let the Music Dance [Pim de la Parra] b&w; cph: Tom Erisman

1990        Mississippi Masala [Mira Nair] c

1991        London Kills Me [Hanif Kureishi] c

1991        Light Sleeper [Paul Schrader] c

1991        My New Gun [Stacy Cochran] c

1993        Dark Blood [George Sluizer] unfinished

1994        My Family/Mi familia/Cafe con leche/East L.A. [Gregory Nava] c; river ph: Carroll Ballard; 2uc: Judy Irola

1996        Touch [Paul Schrader] c

1996        Selena [Gregory Nava] ws/c; 2uc: James Glennon, Kirk Gardner, Phil Pfeiffer & James L. Carter

1997        Why Do Fools Fall in Love [Gregory Nava] c; addph: Francis Kenny

1998        Dark Horse [Tommy Lee Wallace] announced; status unknown

1998        [Sofia Coppola's] The Virgin Suicides [Sofia Coppola] c

1998        The Limey [Steven Soderbergh] c

1999        Erin Brockovich [Steven Soderbergh] c

1999        Dr. T & the Women [Robert Altman] p/c; desert unit ph; ph: Jan Kiesser

2000        Road Kill [Yûichi Hibi] announced; in 2006 announced with ph Robert Reed Altman; status unknown

2000        Sweet November [Pat O'Connor] c; splinter unit ph: James L. Carter

2000        S1m0ne/Simone [Andrew Niccol] p/c; addph: Derek Glover

2001        Far from Heaven [Todd Haynes] c

2002        Ken Park [Larry Clark & Edward Lachman] c; cph: Larry Clark; digital efx: Reinier van Brummelen

2002        Bad Santa/Badder Santa [Terry Zwigoff] announced as doph, but replaced by Jamie Anderson

2004        Stryker [Noam Gonick] c

2004        Poslednij poezd so stancii roppongi [Vera Svechina] c; ?; ph: Sergei Astakhov

2004        Rumor Has It... [Ted Griffin (replaced by Rob Reiner)] replaced 10 days into prod by ph Peter Deming

2005        Import/Export [Ulrich Seidl] s16-35bu/c; cph: Wolfgang Thaler; filmed February & October

2005        A Prairie Home Companion [Robert Altman] HD-to-35mm/c

2005        The Music of Regret [Laurie Simmons] c; exp mus short/40m

2006        Hounddog [Deborah Kampmeier] c; left prod after 2 weeks; cph: Jim Denault (replaced E. Lachman) & Stephen

                    Thompson (finished prod) (+ addph/gaffer)

2006        I'm Not There [Todd Haynes] s16+s35-to-s35/c; uwph: Geoffroy Beauchemin

2008        Satisfaction [Miranda July] c

1972        Christo's Valley Curtain [Ellen Giffard, Albert & David Maysles] c; doc/28m; co-addph: Roger Brown & Bill Trautvetter;

                    ph: Albert & David Maysles

1973        Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner/The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner [Werner Herzog]

                    b&w-c; doc/45m; cph: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

1975        How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck... [-Beobachtungen zu einer neuen Sprache] [Werner Herzog]

                    16mm/c; doc/45m; 3uc; ph: Thomas Mauch

1978        Wings of Ash: Pilot for a Dramatization of the Life of Antonin Artaud [Marcus Reichert] 16mm/c; short/10m

1979        Lightning Over Water/Nick's Movie [Nicholas Ray & Wim Wenders] c; doc/91m; cph: Martin Schäfer & Tom Farrell;

                    + small part

1980        Letzte Reise nach Harrisburg/The Last Trip to Harrisburg/The Blue Train [Udo Kier, Bernd Brummbär & Ed

                    Lachman] 16mm/b&w; short/11m; released 1984

1980        Memories of the Duke [Gary Keys] 16mm/b&w-c; mus doc/85m; ph interview seq; concert footage shot in September

                    1968 in Mexico by ph ?

1982        Say Amen, Somebody - The Good News Musical [George T. Nierenberg] 16mm/c; doc/100m; cph: Don Lenzer

1982        Split Cherry Tree [Andrei Konchalovsky] c; short/?m

1982        Report from Hollywood [Edward Lachman] c; doc/59m; cph: Mitch Dubin; + prod

1982        In Our Hands [Robert Richter & Stanley Warnow] 16mm/c; doc/90m; cph: Steven Fierberg, Oliver Wood, Thomas Sigel,

                    Richard Leacock, Phil Parmet, Don Lenzer, a.o.

1983        Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph [Bob Eisenhardt] 16mm/c; doc/29m; cph: Don Lenzer & Mark Obenhaus

1983        Portfolio/The Look [Robert Guralnick] c; doc/83m; cph: Jimmy Glassberg

1983        Tôkyô-ga/A Tokyo Story [Wim Wenders] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/92m

1984        Docu Drama/I Played It for You [Ronee Blakley] 16mm/c; doc/70m; addph: Wim Wenders

1984        Ornette - Made in America [A Musical Journey] [Shirley Clarke] c; doc/85m; addph: Baird Bryant, Hilary Harris,

                    John Heller & Robert Elfstrom

1985        Stripper [Jerome Gary] c; doc/90m; addph: Haskell Wexler & David Myers

1985        Mother Teresa [Ann & Jeanette Petrie] 16mm-35bu/c; doc/83m; cph: Sandi Sissel; addph: Mitch Dubin, Peter Sturken,

                    a.o.; film took 5 years to make

1986        Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll [Taylor Hackford] c; mus doc/121m; co-doc ph (+ concert 2uc); ph: Oliver

                    Stapleton

1987        Karajan in Salzburg/Von Karajan's Salzburg [Deborah Dickson, Peter Gelb & Susan Frömke] c; doc/90m; ep PBS-tv

                    series 'Great Performances'

1989        Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt [Robert Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman] c; doc/75m; co-addph; ph: Dyanna

                    Taylor & Jean de Segonzac

1989        The Local Stigmatic [David F. Wheeler] 16mm/c; short/56m

1989        Fine Young Cannibals [- The Concert] [- Live at the Paramount] [Peter Care] c; concert film/60m

1990        Soldiers of Music: Rostropovich Returns to Russia [Bob Eisenhardt, Susan Frömke, Peter Gelb & Albert Maysles] c;

                    doc/88m; cph: Wolfgang Becker, Albert Maysles & Martin Schaer

1992        Let's Ask the Experts [Michael Moore] 16mm/c; ?/3m

1993        Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey [Steven Martin] b&w-c; doc/83m; ph 'Clara Rockmore' concert; ph: Frank DeMarco

1999        Gott und die Beladenen/2000 Jahre Christentum - Neue Welten/The Lord and the Laden [Werner Herzog] v/c;

                    doc/43m; 2uc; ph: Jorge Vignati

2003        [Carmen Electra's] Aerobic Striptease [Edward Lachman] V/c; 53m; volume 1 of 'Aerobic Striptease'-series

2004        Street Stories [Edward Lachman] 5 short exp doc's ('Bear', 'Dog', 'Fiona', 'Taxi' & 'Wrong Number'); ph with the Motorola

                    V710 camera phone for the Motorola website

1976        La Soufrière [- Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe] [Werner Herzog] doc/31m/16mm; cph: Jörg

                    Schmidt-Reitwein

1980        Huies Sermon/Huie's Predigt [Werner Herzog] doc/43m/16mm; 2uc; ph: Thomas Mauch

1984        The Little Sister/The Tender Age/Forbidden [Jan Egleson] tvm; ep PBS-tv series 'American Playhouse'

1986        A Gathering of Old Men/Murder on the Bayou/Ein Aufstand alter Männer [Volker Schlöndorff] tvm

1988        That Rhythm... Those Blues [George T. Nierenberg] mus doc/b&w-c/58m/16mm; cph: Francis Kenny, Sandi Sissel, Gary

                    Steele, Don Lenzer & Mitch Dubin; ep PBS-tv series 'American Experience'

1988        Backtrack/Catchfire/Do It the Hard Way [Alan Smithee = Dennis Hopper] tvm (USA) & theatres (Europe); aph: Fred

                    M. Waugh

1989        Imagining America [seg 'Get Your Kicks on Route 66' dir by Ed Lachman] tvm/60m/4 seg; other ph: Kent Wakeford

                    ('This Ain't Bebop' dir by Ralph Bakshi), Matt Mahurin ('Tribe') & Robert Rudis ('Reflections of a Native Son' dir by

                    Mustapha Khan); ep PBS-tv series 'American Playhouse'

1989        Songs for 'Drella: Lou Reed, John Cale [Ed Lachman] concert film/55m for PBS-tv; c.op: Sandi Sissel, Paul Cameron,

                    Francis Kenny & Igor Sunara

1990        An American Story [Terry Bedford] tvm/60m; addph: Chuck Lofthouse, Mark Trottenberg & Bob Baldwin

1990        Red Hot + Blue [video 'Well, Did you Evah!' dir by Alex Cox] mus special/88m for ABC-tv; other ph: Tom Sigel, Robby

                    Müller, Steven Chivers, a.o.; also released on DVD (AIDS Benefit collection of 18 music videos)

1991        Abbado in Berlin: The First Year [Brian Large (concert), Bob Eisenhardt, Peter Gelb & Susan Frömke] mus doc/concert

                    film/120m; cph: Don Lenzer, Dyanna Taylor, Martin Kukula, Daniel Vogel, a.o.; ep PBS-tv series 'Great Performances'

1991        Toonces, the Cat Who Could Drive a Car/Toonces and Friends [John Fortenberry] pilot/30m

1992        Tribeca [ep #1 'The Box' dir by Michael Dinner] 7-part series, 1993; other ph: Ron Fortunato, Stephen McNutt & Rufus

                    Standefer

1992        Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint [Michael Moore] doc/23m; ep PBS-tv series 'P.O.V.'

1992        Rock the Vote [various] variety special/60m for Fox-tv; cph: Andrzej Bartkowiak, Robert Leacock, Geoff Schaaf, a.o.

1993        Horse Opera [Bob Baldwin] tvm

1993        A Day in the Life of Country Music [exec prod: Ken Kragen] mus special for CBS-tv/120m; Fairfax ph; other ph: Daniel

                    Pearl (Dallas), David Connell (Fort Worth), Anghel Decca (Nashville), a.o.; shot on one day (7 May)

1969        Woodstock/Woodstock, 3 Days of Peace & Music [Michael Wadleigh; mus doc] c.asst; ph: David Myers, a.o.

1976        Der amerikanische Freund/The American Friend [Wim Wenders] co-c.asst (+ still ph New York); ph: Robby Müller

1978        Hurricane [Jan Troell] c.op; ph: Sven Nykvist

1978        La Luna [Bernardo Bertolucci] co-c.op; ph: Vittorio Storaro

1979        [The Muse Concert:] No Nukes [various] co-c.op Madison Square Garden; ph: Haskell Wexler

1980        They All Laughed [Peter Bogdanovich] c.op; ph: Robby Müller

1982        Legs [Jerrold Freedman; tvm] co-c.op; ph: Allen Daviau

1980        Letzte Reise nach Harrisburg/The Last Trip to Harrisburg/The Blue Train [co-d; + ph] see Shorts &

                    Documentaries

1982        Report from Hollywood [+ prod/cph] see Shorts & Documentaries

1989        Imagining America [seg 'Get Your Kicks on Route 66'; + ph] see Television

1989        Songs for 'Drella: Lou Reed, John Cale [+ ph] see Television

1990        Red Hot + Blue [video 'Every Time We Say Goodbye'; a: Annie Lennox] ph: Steven Chivers; see Television

1999        Ken Park [co-d; + cph] see Films

2003        [Carmen Electra's] Aerobic Striptease [+ ph] see Shorts & Documentaries

2004        Street Stories [+ ph] see Shorts & Documentaries

2007        Life for a Child [comm doc/16m] ph: Wolfgang Thaler & Brian Jackson