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Filmography

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2013 Anita (documentary)
 
2012 Wagner's Dream (documentary)
 
2011 Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind (TV series documentary)
Annie Leibovitz (2011)
 
2011 When Strangers Click (TV documentary)
 
2011 On the Shoulders of Giants (documentary)
 
2010 Generation 9/11 (documentary)
 
2010 Smash His Camera (documentary)
 
2009 Craft in America: Origins (TV documentary)
 
2007-2008 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series)
The Audition (2008) (camera)
 
2008 Gramercy Stories (documentary)
 
2007 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Craft in America (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2006 Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story (documentary short)
 
2006 The New Medicine (TV documentary)
 
2005 Xiara's Song (TV documentary)
 
1985-2005 Nova (TV series documentary)
Tornado! (1985)
 
2004 Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family (documentary)
 
2002 Throwing Curves: Eva Zeisel (documentary)
 
2002 Confident for Life: Kids & Body Image (video documentary)
 
2002 The Hamptons (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2002 Thoth (documentary short)
 
1990-2001 Great Performances: Dance in America (TV series)
Free to Dance (2001)
 
2000 I Remember Me (documentary)
 
2000 Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (documentary) (director of photography)
 
2000 A Little Curious (TV series)
Push Pull Rock (2000) (director of photography)
 
1999/I Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock (video documentary)
 
1999 Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment (documentary)
 
1997 The Long Way Home (documentary)
 
1996 Animal ER (TV documentary)
 
1996 Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse (documentary)
 
1994 Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (documentary)
 
1994 Umbrellas (documentary)
 
1992 Baroque Duet
 
1991 One Hand Don't Clap (documentary)
 
1991 Wildlife Wars USA: Bears Under Siege (TV documentary)
 
1991 Soldiers of Music (documentary)
 
1990 Letter to the Next Generation (documentary)
 
1988 First Look (documentary)
 
1987 Horowitz Plays Mozart (video documentary)
 
1985 Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic (TV documentary)
 
1985 The Work I'Ve Done (documentary)
 
1984 In Our Hands (documentary)
 
1983 He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (documentary)
 
1983 Dreamland (documentary)
 
1983 Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph (documentary short)
 
1982 Say Amen, Somebody (documentary)
 
1982 De kooning on de kooning (documentary)
 
1978-1979 Operation: Lifeline (TV series documentary)
Dr. Morgan I (1979)
Morgan: II (1979)
Dr. Morgan: I (1979)
 
1979 The Body Human: The Sexes (TV documentary)
 
1979 A Plague on Our Children (documentary)
 
1978 Rush It
 
1974 Road Movie
 
1970 Street Scenes (documentary)
 
1970 Woodstock (documentary) (photographed by)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (40 titles)
2011 Give Me the Banjo (documentary) (videographer)
 
2011 Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (documentary) (additional camera)
 
2011 The Storm That Swept Mexico (TV documentary) (additional camera)
 
2011 Give It Up for Greg Giraldo (TV documentary) (cinematographer)
 
2011 Sing Your Song (documentary) (additional camera)
 
2010 Saving Lieb House (documentary short) (additional photography)
 
2010 My Trip to Al-Qaeda (documentary) (additional cinematographer)
 
2009 You Cannot Start Without Me: Valery Gergiev, Maestro (documentary) (camera: New York unit)
 
2009 The Alzheimer's Project (TV series documentary) (camera - 1 episode)
Momentum in Science (2009) (camera)
 
2008 Food, Inc. (documentary) (additional photography)
 
1993-2008 Great Performances (TV series) (camera operator - 2 episodes)
Maestro: Portrait of Valery Gergiev (2008) (camera operator)
Oedipus Rex (1993) (camera operator)
 
2008 Carrier (TV series documentary) (camera operator)
 
2008 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (documentary) (additional cinematographer)
 
2008 Locks of Love: The Kindest Cut (video documentary short) (additional photography)
 
2007 Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts (TV documentary) (additional cinematographer)
 
2007 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series) (camera operator - 1 episode)
The First Emperor (2007) (camera operator)
 
2006 The Rape of Europa (documentary) (additional camera)
 
2006 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (additional cinematographer - 1 episode)
Music from the Inside Out (2006) (additional cinematographer)
 
2006 Toots (documentary) (additional camera operator)
 
2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (documentary) (additional camera operator)
 
2003 A Decade Under the Influence (documentary) (additional camera operator)
 
American Masters (TV series documentary) (additional camera operator - 2 episodes, 1998-2001) (camera - 1 episode, 1990)
Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (2001) (additional camera operator)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1998) (additional camera operator)
 
2001 Nature (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 1 episode)
Dogs: The Early Years (2001) (camera operator)
 
2001 Kindergarten (TV mini-series) (camera operator)
 
2001 Frontline (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 1 episode)
The Merchants of Cool (2001) (camera operator)
 
1999 The American Experience (TV series documentary) (additional cinematographer - 1 episode, 1999) (additional photographer - 1 episode, 1999) (additional videography - 1 episode, 1999)
New York: Part V - Cosmopolis (1999) (additional cinematographer)
New York: Part IV - The Power and the People (1999) (additional photographer)
New York: Part II - Order and Disorder (1999) (additional videography)
 
1999 New York: A Documentary Film (TV series documentary) (additional director of photography)
 
1997 Nova (TV series documentary) (additional cinematographer - 1 episode)
Coma (1997) (additional cinematographer)
 
1995 Small Wonders (documentary) (additional cinematographer)
 
1994 ER (TV series) (camera operator: hand held camera)
 
1993 Switched at Birth: Kimberly's Story (TV documentary) (additional photography)
 
1992 Baroque Duet (additional photographer)
 
1990 Christo in Paris (documentary) (additional photographer)
 
1989 High Fidelity (documentary) (additional cameraman)
 
1987 Eddie Murphy Raw (documentary) (camera operator)
 
1985 One Night with Blue Note (video) (camera operator)
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary) (camera operator)
 
1981 Hopper's Silence (documentary) (additional camerawork)
 
1974 Janis (documentary) (additional photography)
 
1973 NBC Children's Theatre (TV series) (camera operator - 1 episode)
The Street of the Flower Boxes (1973) (camera operator)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1995 Great Performances (TV series)
Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House (1995) (co-director)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1968 Have You Heard of the San Francisco Mime Troupe? (documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2008 Food, Inc. (documentary) (special thanks)