Born: 1940, Munich, Germany, as Fred Schüler. Went to the USA when he was 18.

Career: Started as c.asst working with doph Haskell Wexler. Ph commercials for AT&T, Telefonica, Evian, Hitachi, Pedigree Pal [d: Jelle Ortmanns], a.o. Member of the ASC since 1986. His work is discussed in the book 'Kamerastile im aktuellen Film' [1997].

1974        Salut Philibert [Victor Lallouz] unfinished; prod in Canada

1979        Simon [Marshall Brickman] c; co-addph (+ c.op); ph: Adam Holender

1979        Gloria [John Cassavetes] c; aph: Peter Gabarini

1979        Love and Money [James Toback] c

1980        Stir Crazy [Sidney Poitier] c

1980        Arthur [Steve Gordon] c; addph: David Quaid

1981        The King of Comedy [Martin Scorsese] c

1981        Soup for One [Jonathan Kaufer] c

1982        Easy Money [James Signorelli] c

1983        Amityville 3-D/Amityville III: The Demon [Richard Fleischer] av-3D/c; cph: Jack Cardiff

1983        The Woman in Red [Gene Wilder] c

1984        Nothing Lasts Forever [Tom Schiller] b&w-c

1984        Fletch [Michael Ritchie] c; 2uc: Gary Kibbe

1985        Maxie/Free Spirit [Paul Aaron] c

1985        Wise Guys [Brian De Palma] c

1985        Haunted Honeymoon [Gene Wilder] c

1986        Armed and Dangerous [Mark L. Lester] c; addph: Frederic Smith

1995        Der Totmacher/Deathmaker [Romuald Karmakar] c

1997        The New World [Franc Roddam] pre-production; status unknown

1997        Lesser Prophets/The Last Bet [William DeVizia] c

1998        Just Looking [Jason Alexander] c

1998        Manila [Romuald Karmakar] c

1999        Der Himmel kann warten/Exit to Heaven [Brigitte Müller] s35/c; cph: Tom Fährmann

1999        Und das ist erst der Anfang [Pierre Franckh] c

2001        Germanikus [Hanns Christian Müller] s35/c; 2uc: Harald Ortenburger

2002        Lassie [Sinan Akkus] c; short/11m

2002        Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder/Nightsongs [Romuald Karmakar] c

2005        Hamburger Lektionen/Hamburg Lectures [Romuald Karmakar] DigiBeta/c; doc/133m; cph: Frank Müller & Casey

                    Campell

1973        We the Women [Jack Kuney] special/60m; live action, anim & archive

1983        A Good Sport [Lou Antonio] tvm

1987        Das Tor des Feuers [Kaspar Heidelbach] tvm

1996        12 Angry Men [William Friedkin] tvm

1996        FireHouse [Alan Smithee = ?] unaired pilot/60m; cph: Frank Prinzi; re-edited as a tvm (83m)

1997        Das Frankfurter Kreuz/Frankfurt - Millennium [Romuald Karmakar] tvm/b&w/55m/s16; ep series '2000 Seen By'

1999        Falcone/Excellent Cadavers [Ricky Tognazzi] tvm; New York ph; ph: Alessio Gelsini Torresi

1969        Mastermind [Alex March] c.asst; ph: Gerald Hirschfeld; released in 1976

1972        Across 110th Street [Barry Shear] c.asst; ph: Jack Priestley

1974        Amazing Grace [Stan Lathan] co-c.op; ph: Edward R. Brown & Sol Negrin

1974        Law and Disorder [Ivan Passer] ph: Arthur Ornitz

1974        Jaws [Steven Spielberg] uncred add c.op; ph: Bill Butler

1974        Man on a Swing [Frank Perry] c.op; ph: Adam Holender

1975        Taxi Driver [Martin Scorsese] ph: Michael Chapman

1975        Dog Day Afternoon [Sidney Lumet] ph: Victor Kemper

1975        The Front [Martin Ritt] ph: Michael Chapman

1976        Annie Hall [Woody Allen] co-c.op; ph: Gordon Willis

1976        Network [Sidney Lumet] ph: Owen Roizman

1976        The Last Waltz [Martin Scorsese; mus doc] ph: Michael Chapman

1977        Fingers [James Toback] ph: Michael Chapman

1977        Siege [Richard Pearce; tvm] ph: Alan Metzger

1977        Slow Dancing in the Big City [John Avildsen] co-c.op Lincoln Center ballet seq; LC ballet seq ph: Gerald Hirschfeld

1977        The Deer Hunter [Michael Cimino] co-c.op; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond

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

1978        Hide in Plain Sight [James Caan] ph: Paul Lohmann

1978        Manhattan [Woody Allen] ph: Gordon Willis

1978        Starting Over [Alan Pakula] ph: Sven Nykvist

1979        Simon [Marshall Brickman] c.op (+ co-addph); ph: Adam Holender

1979        Willie & Phil [Paul Mazursky] ph: Sven Nykvist