Nicolas
Roeg - Mikael
Salomon - Sándor
Sára - Xaver
Schwarzenberger
Barry
Sonnenfeld
- Ted
Tetzlaff
Born:
15 August 1928, London, UK, as Nicolas Jack Roeg.
After
National Service he joined the film industry as tea-maker and clapper-boy ['The
Miniver Story', 1950, H.C. Potter; ph: Joseph Ruttenberg] at Marylebone
Studios, working his way up to c.op on Ken
Hughes's 'The Trials of Oscar Wilde' [1959;
ph: Ted Moore], Fred Zinnemann's
'The Sundowners' [1959; ph: Jack Hildyard], etc. Became doph
in 1960. Moved into direction in 1968, paired with the painter and writer Donald
Cammell on 'Performance'. Cockney accents,
graphic violence, a sympathetic view of London's hallucinatory drug culture, and
a complex narrative concerned with identity and power, proved too heady a brew
for Warner Bros. executives
and the release of the film was delayed for two years. By that time Roeg was in
Australia directing and photographing 'Walkabout', his solo
debut. Was
married
to actress Theresa Russell [1982-?]. Received many awards/nominations,
e.g. BAFTA Film Award nom [1968] for 'Far from the Madding Crowd', BAFTA
Film Award nom 'Best Director' [1974] for 'Don't Look Now', Cannes FF 'Palme
d'or' nom [1985] for 'Insignificance' & British Independent Film
Award 'Lifetime Achievement Award' [1999]. [Using quotes from article by Neil
Sinyard on the screenonline website.]
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CINEMATOGRAPHER
[Selection] |
|
1960 |
Jazz
Boat
[Ken Hughes] b&w; + c.op; cph: Ted Moore |
|
1961 |
Lawrence
of Arabia
[David Lean] sp70/c; co-2uc; ph: F.A. Young |
|
1962 |
Dr.
Crippen
[Robert Lynn] b&w |
|
1963 |
The
Caretaker/The Guest
[Clive Donner] b&w |
|
1964 |
The
Masque of the Red Death
[Roger Corman] p/c |
|
1966 |
Fahrenheit
451
[François Truffaut] c |
|
1967 |
Far
from the Madding Crowd
[John Schlesinger] p/c |
|
1968 |
Petulia
[Richard Lester] c |
|
1969 |
Walkabout
[Nicolas Roeg] c |
|
1968 |
Performance
[co-d: Donald Cammell] ph: Nicolas Roeg; released 1970 |
|
1969 |
Walkabout
[ph: Nicolas Roeg] |
|
1972 |
Nightmare
Honeymoon/Deadly Honeymoon
[replaced by Elliot Silverstein after 5 days] |
|
1973 |
Don't
Look Now
[ph: Anthony Richmond & (uncred) Nicolas Roeg] |
|
1975 |
The
Man Who Fell to Earth
[ph: Anthony Richmond] |
|
1979 |
Bad
Timing [: A Sensual Obsession]
[ph: Anthony Richmond] |
|
1982 |
Eureka
[ph: Alex Thomson] |
|
1985 |
Insignificance
[ph: Peter Hannan] |
|
1988 |
The
Witches
[ph: Harvey Harrison] |
|
1989 |
Cold
Heaven
[ph: Francis Kenny] |
|
1994 |
Two
Deaths
[ph: Witold Stok] |
|
2006 |
Puffball
[: The Devil's Eyeball]
[ph: Nigel Willoughby] |
|
|
[Left]
with doph Ben Nott [2006] - © Jan Thijs
|
 |
Born:
24 February 1945, Malmö, Sweden.
Lived
most of his early life in Copenhagen, Denmark. Went to the USA in 1986. Ph his
first film, a doc, when he was 17, and his first theatrical feature when he was
20. Member of the ASC and DFF [now honorary member]. Made his debut as dir
in 1992 with the pilot ['Fort Hope'] for the 6-part CBS-tv series 'Space Rangers'
[1993]. Directed his first
feature, 'A Far Off Place', in 1992.
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CINEMATOGRAPHER
[Selection] |
|
1963 |
Hurra
for os [Hagen Hasselbalch] b&w; doc/304mtr; cph: Dirk Brüel
& Henrik Heger |
|
1967 |
Fantasterne/The
Phantasts/The Dreamers
[Kirsten Stenbćk] b&w |
|
1970 |
Welcome
to the Club
[Walter Shenson] c |
|
1975 |
Strřmer/Copper
[Anders Refn] p/c |
|
1978 |
Slaegten/The
Heritage/The Baron
[Anders Refn] p/c |
|
1986 |
Oviri/The
Wolf at the Door
[Henning Carlsen] c |
|
1987 |
The
Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
[Daniel Mann] tvm |
|
1987 |
Zelly
and Me/Phoebe
[Tina Rathbone] c; addph: Francis Kenny |
|
1987 |
Stealing
Heaven
[Clive Donner] c |
|
1988 |
The
Abyss
[James Cameron] s35/c; uwph: Al Giddings |
|
1989 |
Always
[Steven
Spielberg] c; aph: Frank Holgate & Alexander Witt |
|
1990 |
Backdraft
[Ron Howard] s35/c; 2uc: Don Burgess |
|
1991 |
Far
and Away
[Ron Howard] p70/c |
|
1992 |
A
Far Off Place
[replaced René Manzor 3 weeks into filming] ph: Juan Ruiz-Anchía |
|
1996 |
Hard
Rain/Flood
[ph: Peter Menzies Jr.] |
|
1999 |
Aftershock:
Earthquake in New York
[ph: Jon Joffin] 2-part tvm |
|
2000 |
A
Glimpse of Hell
[ph: Jon Joffin] tvm |
|
2000 |
Benedict
Arnold: A Question of Honor
[ph: Seamus Deasy] tvm |
|
2004 |
Rome
[ep #11 'The Spoils'] tv-series; ph: Marco Pontecorvo |
|
2006 |
Fallen
[ph: Jon Joffin] tvm |
|
2006 |
Nightmares & Dreamscapes [ep #4 'The End of the Whole Mess'
& #7 'Autopsy Room Four'] 8-part tv-series; ph: Ben Nott &
John Stokes |
|
2007 |
The Andromeda Strain [ph: Jon Joffin] tvm |
see
entry
|
|
[Left - behind camera] with dir Rainer Werner Fassbinder
[right] |
Born:
21 April 1946, Vienna, Austria, as Franz Xaver Schwarzenberger.
Became
dir of [some] features and numerous tvm's in 1982. Ph most of the films he directed.
Awarded DKP 'Ehrenkameramann' in 2004.
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CINEMATOGRAPHER
[Selection] |
|
1979 |
Berlin
Alexanderplatz
[Rainer Werner Fassbinder] 13-part tv-series |
|
1980 |
Lili
Marleen
[Rainer Werner Fassbinder] c; cph: Michael Ballhaus |
|
1981 |
Die
Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss
[Rainer Werner Fassbinder] c |
|
1981 |
Lola
[Rainer Werner Fassbinder] c |
|
1981 |
Querelle
[Rainer Werner Fassbinder] c |
|
1985 |
Momo
[Johannes Schaaf] c |
|
1986 |
Mitridate
[Jean-Pierre Ponnelle] tvm |
|
1991 |
Schtonk!
[Helmut Dietl] c |
|
1982 |
Der
stille Ozean
[tvm] + ph |
|
1983 |
Donauwalzer
[tvm] + ph |
|
1985 |
Otto
- der Film
[co-d: Otto Waalkes] + ph |
|
1989 |
Absturz
[tvm] + ph |
|
1992 |
Duett
[tvm] + ph |
|
1993 |
Die
skandalösen Frauen
[tvm] + ph |
|
1995 |
Lovers
[tvm] + ph |
|
1996 |
Lamorte
[tvm] + ph |
|
1997 |
Krambambuli
[tvm] + ph |
|
2002 |
Eine
Liebe in Afrika
[tvm] + ph |
|
2005 |
Margarete
Steiff
[tvm] + ph |
|
2005 |
Feine
Dame
[tvm] + ph |
|
2006 |
Muttis
Liebling
[tvm] + ph |
|
2007 |
Die Liebe ein Traum [tvm] + ph |
|
2008 |
Der Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno [tvm] + ph |
Born:
1 April 1953, New York City, N.Y., USA.
Graduated
from the Film School of New York University in 1978. Worked in hardcore cinema
for a short time. Made his
debut as dir in 1991. Also active as prod, e.g. 'Enchanted' [2006, Kevin
Lima; ph: Don Burgess].
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CINEMATOGRAPHER
[Selection] |
|
1981 |
In
Our Water
[Meg Switzgable] c; doc/60m; cph: Ken Kelsch, Robert Chappell & Dick
Blofson |
|
1983 |
Blood
Simple
[Joel Coen] c |
|
1985 |
Welcome
Home, Bobby
[Herbert Wise] tvm |
|
1986 |
Raising
Arizona
[Joel Coen] c |
|
1987 |
Big
[Penny Marshall] c |
|
1988 |
When
Harry Met Sally…
[Rob Reiner] c |
|
1989 |
Miller's
Crossing
[Joel Coen] c |
|
1989 |
Goodfellas
[Martin Scorsese] c; finished prod; ph: Michael Ballhaus |
|
1990 |
The
Reebok Pump
[Greg Carter] c; comm doc/?m; cph: Dan Yarussi & Steven Finestone; for
Reebok |
|
1990 |
Misery
[Rob
Reiner] c; + 2ud |
|
1990 |
The
Addams Family
[ph: Owen Roizman] |
|
1993 |
Addams
Family Values
[ph: Don Peterman] |
|
1995 |
Get
Shorty
[ph: Don Peterman] |
|
1996 |
Men
in Black
[ph: Don Peterman] |
|
1998 |
Wild
Wild West
[ph: Michael Ballhaus & Stefan Czapsky] |
|
2001 |
Men
in Black II/MIB II/MIIB
[ph: Greg Gardiner] |
|
2005 |
RV
[: Runaway Vacation]
[ph: Fred Murphy] |
|
2005 |
White
Noise
[announced] |
|
2006 |
Andrew
Henry's Meadow
[in development] |
|
2007 |
Hackett
[tv-pilot] ph: Greg Gardiner |
|
[Left]
with actor Guy Standing & dir Alexander Hall [r]
"Annapolis
Farewell" [1935] |
Born:
3 June 1903, Los Angeles, Calif., USA, as Dale H. Tetzlaff, son of racecar
driver 'Terrible' Teddy H. Tetzlaff [1883-1929].
Died:
7 January 1995, Fort Baker, Calif., USA.
Entered
the film industry as a lab assistant before becoming a c.asst. Became doph in
1926. Directed his first film, 'World Premiere', in 1941, but the onset
of World War II drew him into the army, where he achieved the rank of major. On
his return to civilian life, he returned to the cinematographer's spot on films
like 'The Enchanted Cottage' [1944] and 'Notorious', before switching to directing permanently in
1947. Retired at the end of the 1950s. Received an 'Oscar' AA nom [1942; b&w] for 'The Talk of the Town'.
The extremely well
photographed and staged film noir 'The Window'
[based on a story by Cornell Woolrich] is considered his best directorial
effort. 'Set in the tenement section of
New York's Lower East Side, this incredibly tense nail-biter stars Bobby
Driscoll as a young boy who has a habit of 'crying wolf'. One night, while trying
to beat the heat by making his bed on the fire escape, he climbs up to the next
floor and sees his neighbors murder a drunken seaman. Of course, no one, not
even the boy's parents, believes him. Director and onetime cameraman Tetzlaff
adroitly injects a maximum of suspense into the film, enabling the audience to
identify with the boy's predicament. By casting the 12-year-old Driscoll,
Tetzlaff was able to twist the idyllic Disney image of childhood into a
nightmare world of death and violence, in which parents and neighbors are the
child's worst fears come true. Adding to the film's effect is the on-location
photography and the dark ambience of the tenements, where evil and death seem to
lurk in every shadow and where the pursued boy is nearly killed. 'The Window',
which cost only $210,000 to produce and made many times that at the box office,
was voted the best mystery film of the year by the Mystery Writers of America.
An exceptional film.' [From TV Guide.]
|
"You Were Never Lovelier" |
"Notorious" |
|
CINEMATOGRAPHER
[Selection] |
|
1926 |
Atta
Boy
[Edward H. Griffith] b&w; 6 reels; cph: William Rees & Blake Wagner |
|
1928 |
The
Power of the Press
[Frank Capra] b&w; 62m; cph: Chester A. Lyons |
|
1928 |
The
Younger Generation
[Frank Capra] b&w; sound seq ph: Ben Reynolds; silent with sound seq |
|
1929 |
Wall
Street
[Roy William Neill] b&w; 68m; sound & silent versions |
|
1930 |
The
Criminal Code
[Howard Hawks] b&w; cph: James Wong Howe & L. William O'Connell |
|
1934 |
College
Rhythm
[Norman Taurog] b&w; cph: Leo Tover |
|
1935 |
Annapolis Farewell/Gentlemen of the Navy [Alexander Hall] b&w |
|
1936 |
My
Man Godfrey
[Gregory La Cava] b&w |
|
1938 |
Man
About Town
[Mark Sandrich] b&w |
|
1940 |
Road
to Zanzibar
[Victor Schertzinger] b&w |
|
1942 |
The
Talk of the Town
[George Stevens] b&w |
|
1942 |
I
Married a Witch
[René Clair] b&w |
|
1942 |
You
Were Never Lovelier
[William A. Seiter] b&w |
|
1945 |
Notorious
[Alfred Hitchcock] b&w; uncred 2uc: Gregg Toland |
|
1941 |
World
Premiere
[ph: Daniel L. Fapp] |
|
1947 |
Riffraff
[ph: George E. Diskant] |
|
1948 |
Fighting
Father Dunne
[ph: George E. Diskant] |
|
1949 |
The
Window
[ph: William Steiner] |
|
1950 |
The
White Tower
[ph: Ray Rennahan & (assoc) Tony Braun] |
|
1953 |
Time
Bomb/Terror on a Train
[ph: Freddie Young] |
|
1953 |
Son
of Sinbad/Nights in a Harem
[ph: William Snyder] |
|
1957 |
The
Young Land
[ph: Winton C. Hoch & Henry Sharp] |
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