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Owen Roizman

Ace cinematographer Owen Roizman was born September 22, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York. His father Sol was a cinematographer for Fox Movietone News and his uncle Morrie Roizman was a film editor. Owen studied math and physics at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. He began his career shooting TV commercials... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1995 French Kiss
 
1994 Wyatt Earp
 
1991 Grand Canyon
 
1991 The Addams Family (director of photography)
 
1990/I Havana
 
1990 I Love You to Death (director of photography)
 
1985 Vision Quest
 
1982 Tootsie (director of photography)
 
1981 Taps
 
1979 The Electric Horseman (director of photography)
 
1978 Straight Time
 
1976 Network (director of photography)
 
1976 Independence (short)
 
1975 The Stepford Wives (director of photography)
 
1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (director of photography)
 
1973 The Exorcist (director of photography)
 
1972 Liza with a Z (TV special)
 
1972 Play It Again, Sam (director of photography)
 
1971 The French Connection (director of photography)
 
1970 Stop
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1994 Wyatt Earp
Danny
 
1990/I Havana
Santos
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1979 The Rose (additional photographer: concert scenes)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2001 Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection' (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
1992 Visions of Light (documentary) (special thanks: AFI)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
2008 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Shadows of Suspense (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Cinematographer Style (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 'Network': The Style (video short)
Himself
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Linda Blair: Turning Heads (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Voice of the Camera (video)
Himself
 
2001 Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection' (TV documentary)
Himself - Cinematographer
 
2000 The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (TV documentary)
Himself - Director of Photography
 
1998 The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (TV documentary)
Himself - Director of Photography
 
1994 Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend (TV documentary)
Himself - Director of Photography
 
1992 Visions of Light (documentary)
Himself
 

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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos -- NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO AND VILMOS.
The lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond and their impact on American cinema. As film students in Hungary, Laszlo and Vilmos took to the war-torn streets of Budapest to shoot footage of the Russian invasion, and subsequently volunteered to smuggle it out of the country. Barely escaping with their lives, the two friends fled to America and settled in Hollywood, eventually saving enough money to buy their own 16mm camera. 

After working on a string of low-budget horror and biker movies, both men soon rose to prominence in the late 60's and 70's, shooting the films that defined what came to be known as the American New Wave: Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Deliverance, Paper Moon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more. Working with directors including Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Martin Scorsese, they helped create a new American film aesthetic, and pioneered innovative, fearless ways to tell stories.

“When it comes to Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, it's clear that the American New Wave of the late 1960's and early '70s wouldn't have flowered as it did without them." 	
 – Leonard  Maltin

Told through interviews with Laszlo (who died in 2007) and Vilmos, as well as directors including Rafelson, Bogdanovich, John Boorman, Graeme Clifford, Richard Donner, William Richert, Mark Rydell, composer John Williams and actors such as Jon Voight, Peter Fonda, Sandra Bullock, Karen Black, Dennis Hopper and Sharon Stone, NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY is an intimate portrait of two giants of modern imagemaking and their deep bond of brotherhood that transcended every imaginable boundary. Two heroes. One road.
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Film is a unique art form in the sense that no one person can express himself or herself alone. You rely on a lot of unsung heroes. It's not like an artist painting a picture where it's just him and the easel. There are 100 people I rely on. See more »

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Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Cinematographers Branch) [2002-] See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo