Education:
Los Angeles City College; California State University, Los Angeles.
Career:
Came to Los Angeles at the age of 19 to attend college. While in college he got a part-time job as prod asst and ph of inserts at David Wolper Productions. Was
c.asst
for Mike Dugan [2nd unit] and Andrew Laszlo [1st unit] on a tvm shot in the
Bahamas. Ph some low-budget exploitation films in the early 70's. After his
study he had several non-union jobs until he became c.asst working for
doph David Walsh, Archie R. Dalzell [on the tv-series 'The Rookies'], Melvin
Sokolsky [commercials], Richard Kline and John Alonzo. Became c.op.
Ph a 'behind-the-scenes' doc
about the making of 'E.T.' [1981-82]. Started ph commercials in 1986 dir
by Hugh Hudson ['US
Marines'], Roland Emmerich [for DaimlerChrysler], a.o. Ph music
videos dir by David Hogan ['Tragedy', 2001; a: Marc Anthony], a.o. Married
to make-up artist Lois Burwell [1998-present]. Member of the ASC since 1995 and the
SOC.
Appeared in
the doc's 'Italian Soldiers' [2000, Francesco Cabras; 65m], 'Prelude to a Dream'
[2001; the making of 'Vanilla
Sky'; 6m], 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph:
J. Fauer,
Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan], 'Behind the Scenes of
'Seraphim Falls'' [2007; 19m] & 'The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life
and Work of John A. Alonzo' [2007, Axel Schill; ph: Volker Gläser; 78m].
Awards:
ASC TV Award nom [1990] for 'The Young Riders' [pilot 'The Kid']; 'Oscar'
AA [1995], ASC Film Award nom [1995] & Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1995] for 'Legends of the Fall';
'Oscar' AA [1996], ASC Film Award [1996], BAFTA Film Award [1996] & Camerimage
'Golden Frog' nom [1996] for ‘Braveheart’;
NYFCC Award [1998], ASC Film Award [1999], 'Oscar' AA nom [1999], BSC Award nom
[1999], Berlin IFF 'Honorable Mention' [1999] & CFCA Award [1999] for 'The
Thin Red Line';
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures 'Career Achievement Award for
Cinematography' [2003]; ASC Film Award nom [2003] & Golden Satellite Award
[2004] for 'The Last Samurai'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2008] for 'Breaking
Bad' [pilot].
FILMS
1981
E.T.: Behind the Scenes [?] c; doc/?m
1971
The Young Graduates [Robert
Anderson] c; cph: J. Barry Herron
1971The Hoax/The
Swiss Bank Account[Robert
Anderson] c
1985
The Beach Boys: An American Band [Malcolm Leo] c; doc/103m;
addph: Fritz Roland
1988
Tequila Sunrise
[Robert Towne] c; co-2uc; ph: Conrad Hall
