AMY VINCENT   ASC

Born: 1959, Boston, Mass., USA, as Amelia Vincent.

Education: University of California, Santa Cruz [Theatre Arts & Film]; American Film Institute [AFI] [1991-93; Cinematography].

Career: Her first industry job was in the archive dept at Warner Bros. Became an assistant [sound] editor. In 1987 she earned an internship in the camera dept at Warner Bros and became a member of the union [ICG Local 600]. 'I came up in a very old school way - interning in the camera department, loading, assisting, and operating with people like John Lindley, Bob Richardson, Bill Pope. I didn't even realize how much I learned from those guys until I finally got to shoot a film myself.'

Also active as theatrical lighting designer.

Member of the ASC since 2002.

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

Awards: Golden Satellite Award nom [1998] for 'Eve's Bayou'; Women in Film 'Kodak Vision Award' [2001]; Sundance FF 'Cinematography Award' [2005] for 'Hustle & Flow'.

Website: Amelia Vincent

1984        Missing in Action [Joseph Zito] co-asst sound ed; ph: João Fernandes

1984        American Ninja/American Warrior/American Fighter [Sam Firstenberg] co-asst sound efx ed; ph: Hanania Baer

1985        Rappin' [Joel Silberg] co-sound ed; ph: David Gurfinkel

1985        Invasion U.S.A. [Joseph Zito] co-sound ed; ph: João Fernandes

1985        Rainbow War [Bob Rogers; short] sound efx; ph: Reed Smoot

1986        The Bedroom Window [Curtis Hanson] co-asst sound ed; ph: Gilbert Taylor

1986        Nothing in Common [Garry Marshall] asst sound ed; ph: John Alonzo

1986        Stand by Me [Rob Reiner] asst sound ed; ph: Thomas Del Ruth

1987        And God Created Woman [Roger Vadim] prod asst; ph: Stephen M. Katz

1987        Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers/Hollywood Hookers [Fred Olen Ray] 2nd c.asst; ph: Scott Ressler

1987        The Serpent and the Rainbow [Wes Craven] co-sound ed; ph: John Lindley

1987        18 Again! [Paul Flaherty] 2nd c.asst 2nd cam; ph: Stephen M. Katz

1988        Eyes of an Angel/The Tender [Robert Harmon] 2nd c.asst 3u; 3uc: Alexander Gruszynski; ph: Theo van de Sande

1988        Dead Solid Perfect [Bobby Roth; tvm] 2nd c.asst; ph: Timothy Suhrstedt

1988        Who's Harry Crumb? [Paul Flaherty] 2nd c.asst Los Angeles; ph: Stephen M. Katz

1988        Ginger Ale Afternoon [Rafal Zielinski] 2nd c.asst; ph: Yuri Neyman

1988        Heathers/Fatal Game/Lethal Attraction [Michael Lehmann] uncred 2nd c.asst; ph: Francis Kenny

1988        Why Me? [Gene Quintano] co-2nd c.asst; ph: Peter Deming

1989        Vital Signs [Marisa Silver] 2nd c.asst; ph: John Lindley

1989        By Dawn's Early Light/Red Alert [Jack Sholder; tvm] 2nd c.asst; ph: Alexander Gruszynski

1989        [William Peter Blatty's ] The Exorcist III [: Legion] [William Peter Blatty] co-c.asst Los Angeles; ph L.A.: Jacek

                    Laskus; ph: Gerry Fisher

1989        Freeway Maniac/Breakdown [Paul Winters] co-c.asst; ph: Ronald Vidor

1990        Little Man Tate [Jodie Foster] 2nd c.asst; ph: Mike Southon

1990        Dying Young/The Choice of Love [Joel Schumacher] c.asst; ph: Juan Ruiz Anchía

1991        Cast a Deadly Spell [Martin Campbell; tvm] 1st c.asst 2u; ph: Alexander Gruszynski

1991        Father of the Bride [Charles Shyer] 2nd c.asst; ph: John Lindley

1991        Sneakers [Phil Alden Robinson] 2nd c.asst; ph: John Lindley

1992        Fire in the Sky [Robert Lieberman] 2nd c.asst; ph: Bill Pope

1993        Natural Born Killers [Oliver Stone] 2nd c.asst; ph: Robert Richardson

1994        Clueless/I Was a Teenage Teenager/No Worries [Amy Heckerling] uncred add c.op; ph: Bill Pope

1995        Feeling Minnesota [Steven Baigelman] c.op; ph: Walt Lloyd

1996        Gridlock'd [Vondie Curtis-Hall] c.op; ph: Bill Pope

1997        Pleasantville [Gary Ross] co-c.op; ph: John Lindley

2003        I Heart Huckabees/I Love Huckabees [David O. Russell] co-c.op 'b' cam; ph: Peter Deming