Born: 22 January 1951, New York, N.Y., USA, as Nicholas Josef von Sternberg, son of dir Josef von Sternberg [1894-1969].

Education: Film Department of the University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA] [graduated 1973].

Career: He was first introduced to the film set during the prod of 'The Saga of Anatahan/The Last Woman on Earth' [dir + ph: Josef von Sternberg], filmed in Kyoto, Japan, in 1952. While at UCLA he became an apprentice to doph Hal Mohr.

Appeared in the doc's 'Josef von Sternberg, the Man Who Made Dietrich' [1994, David Thompson; BBC-tv] & 'Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song' [2000, David Riva; ph: Adolfo Bartoli, Christine Burrill & Uli Kudicke]. Was interviewed for the book 'A Woman at War. Marlene Dietrich Remembered' [2006; edited by J. David Riva].

1974        Dolemite [D'Urville Martin] c

1976        Kill Alex Kill [Tony Zarindast] c

1976        Disco 9000/Fass Black [D'Urville Martin] c

1976        Alex Joseph and His Wives/Obediah: 18/The Rebel Breed [Ted V. Mikels] c

1976        Invisible Strangler [John Florea; Gene Fowler Jr. & Arthur C. Pierce (uncred)] c; 2uc; ph: Alan Stensvold

1977        Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell [Larry Buchanan] c

1977        Petey Wheatstraw [, the Devil's Son-In-Law] [Cliff Roquemore] c; cph: Arledge Armenaki

1978        The Great Skycopter Rescue [Lawrence D. Foldes] c

1978        Tourist Trap [David Schmoeller] c

1978        Mistress of the Apes [Larry Buchanan] c; shot in 10 days

1978        Gas Pump Girls [Joel Bender] c

1979        [On the Air Live with] Captain Midnight [Beverly & Ferd Sebastian] c

1979        Disco Godfather/Avenging Godfather/Avenging Disco Godfather [J. Robert Wagoner] c; addph; ph: Arledge

                    Armenaki

1979        A Time to Die/Seven Graves for Rogan [Matt Cimber] c; 2uc; ph: Thomas F. Denove & Eduard van der Enden

1980        Hospital Massacre/Be My Valentine, or Else.../Ward 13/X-Ray [Boaz Davidson] c

1981        One from the Heart [Francis Coppola] tvi/35mm & 70mm/c; publicity ph; ph: Ronald Victor García & Vittorio Storaro 

1981        Wacko [Greydon Clark] c

1982        Pink Motel/Motel [Michael J. Macfarland] c

1982        Río abajo/On the Line/Downstream [José Luis Borau] c; co-addph; ph: Teodoro Escamilla

1983        Joysticks/Video Madness [Greydon Clark] c

1983        Euer Weg führt durch die Hölle/Jungle Warriors [Ernst R. von Theumer & Billy Fine] c

1983        Down on Us/Beyond the Doors [Larry Buchanan] c

1984        Midnight Movie Massacre/Attack from Mars/Space Patrol [Mark Stock & Larry Jacobs] c; space patrol seq ph;

                    ph: David Dart; released 1988

1984        Final Justice [Greydon Clark] c

1985        Appointment with Fear/Deadly Presence [Alan Smithee = Ramzi Thomas] c

1985        Valet Girls [Rafal Zielinski] c; cph: Nikolai Romanov

1987        No Retreat, No Surrender II [: Raging Thunder]/Karate Tiger 2 [Corey Yuen] c; cph: Ma Kam-cheung

1987        The Uninvited [Greydon Clark] c; 2uc: Michael Mileham

1987        Slaughterhouse Rock/Hell Island [Dimitri Logothetis] c

1988        Dangerous Love [Marty Ollstein] c; 2uc: Josh Morton

1988        Dr. Alien/I Was a Teenage Sex Maniac/I Was a Teenage Sex Mutant [David DeCoteau] c

1988        Skinheads [: The Second Coming of Hate] [Greydon Clark] c

1988        Ghost Writer [Kenneth J. Hall] c

1989        Life on the Edge [Andrew Yates] c; cph: Tom Fraser

1989        Texasville [Peter Bogdanovich] c; addph: Antonia Bogdanovich

1989        Out of Sight, Out of Mind/Sight Unseen [Greydon Clark] c

1990        The Closer [Dimitri Logothetis] c

1991        Perfume [Roland S. Jefferson] c

1991        Mad Dog Coll/Killer Instinct [Greydon Clark & Ken Stein] c/V; addph; ph: Janusz Kaminski

1991        Hit the Dutchman [Menahem Golan] c/V

1993        Crime and Punishment [Menahem Golan] c; released 2002

1992        Body Shot [Dimitri Logothetis] c/V

1993        Stone Soup [Mitchell Cohen] c

1994        Dark Future [Greydon Clark] c

1994        Americanski Blues/Amerikanskiy Blyuz/American Cop [Wayne Crawford] c/V

1995        Spill/Acid Death/Virus [Allan A. Goldstein] c; Vancouver ph: A.J. Vesak

1996        Solitaire [Gareth O'Neil] c

1996        Stargames [Greydon Clark] c/V

1996        Jungle Boy [Allan A. Goldstein] c/V

1996        Hungry for You [Dimitri Logothetis] c

1996        Encounters [Daniel Rogosin] c

1996        Club V.R. [Gary Hudson] c

1996        Cheyenne [Dimitri Logothetis] c

1997        Search [?] ?

1997        Papertrail/Trail of a Serial Killer/Serial Cops [Damian Lee] c/V; 2uc: Dennis Beauchamp

1998        Mike Hammer: Song Bird [Jonathan Winfrey] c; comp of 2 ep tv-series (1997)

1998        Killing Moon [John Bradshaw] c

1999        Fall: The Price of Silence/Price of Silence [Daniel Baldwin] c

1978        Death Drug/Angel Dust: The Wack Attack [Oscar Williams] tvm

1996        Legend of the Lost Tomb [Jonathan Winfrey] tvm

1997        Mike Hammer, Private Eye [various] 26-part series, 1997-98; 2uc: Philip Hurn

1998        Air America [various] 22-part series/16mm, 1998-99; 2uc: Philip Hurn

1976        The First Nudie Musical [Mark Haggard & Bruce Kimmel] best boy; ph: Douglas H. Knapp

1977        Mag Wheels/Summer School [Bethel Buckalew] gaffer; ph: William E. Hines

1989        The Sleeping Car [Douglas Curtis] co-c.op 2u; 2uc: Misha Suslov & Clinton Dougherty; ph: David Lewis