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Michael Chapman is an American cinematographer. He is best known for Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), The Fugitive (1993), and Primal Fear (1996).
Chapman began his film career as a camera operator before making the leap to cinematographer. As a cinematographer, he became famous for his two collaborations with Martin Scorsese.
He was also cinematographer for the hit remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).
In 1987, Chapman collaborated again with Martin Scorsese on the 18-minute short film that served as the music video for Michael Jackson: Bad (1987).- Cinematographer
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Takao Saitô was born on 5 March 1929 in Kyoto, Japan. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Ran (1985), Dreams (1990) and Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980). He died on 6 December 2014 in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan.- Cinematographer
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Shôji Ueda was born on 1 January 1938 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. He is a cinematographer, known for Ran (1985), Dreams (1990) and Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980).- Cinematographer
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Peter Suschitzky was born on 25 July 1941 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Dead Ringers (1988), Eastern Promises (2007) and Naked Lunch (1991).- Cinematographer
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Donald McAlpine was born in 1934 in Quandialla, New South Wales, Australia. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Moulin Rouge! (2001), Romeo + Juliet (1996) and The Dressmaker (2015).[LINK=tt0080310]- Cinematographer
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Zygmunt Samosiuk was born on 10 March 1939 in Kalisz, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for The Gorgon Case (1977), Zapis zbrodni (1974) and ... gdziekolwiek jestes, panie prezydencie... (1978). He was married to Irena Karel and Krystyna Szablowska. He died on 24 November 1983 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Cinematographer
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William Lubtchansky was born on 26 October 1937 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Regular Lovers (2005), Safari diamants (1966) and La tête du client (1965). He was married to Nicole Lubtchansky. He died on 4 May 2010 in Paris, France.- Cinematographer
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Renato Berta was born on 2 March 1945 in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Goodbye, Children (1987), The Hole (2021) and The King of Laughter (2021).- Cinematographer
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Jean-Bernard Menoud was born in 1954 in Bulle, Switzerland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Jour et nuit (1986), Signé Renart (1985) and Après après-demain (1990).- Cinematographer
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American cinematographer, originally from Germany. At fourteen, Bode came to the United States, where he was schooled at the University of Vermont. An avid photographer, he taught combat photography and made training films while serving with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Following his military service, he made a brief foray into acting in the New York theatre, then studied directing as a graduate student at the Yale Drama School. He began landing commercial cinematography jobs in the early Seventies, graduating to independent features in 1974. A second-unit job shooting the Philadelphia Museum of Art-steps sequence in _Rocky (1976)_ led to his first studio feature, Saturday Night Fever (1977). Thereafter he was in great demand for A-features. He shot several films for director Jonathan Kaplan. He also filmed several television adaptations of Broadway plays, winning an Emmy nomination for Annie (1999). He taught cinematography at the Los Angeles Film School. Though Bode was a non-smoker, he contracted lung cancer and died at 59 in 2001.- Cinematographer
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Multiple award-winning cinematographer Dean Cundey, ASC, CSC who was nominated for an Oscar for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and took home the BAFTA for the same film, has a career spanning decades with awards and nominations including a Primetime Emmy (2023 "The Mandalorian") a Daytime Emmy (2001 "The Face: Jesus in Art"), a Chicago Film Critics Association award ("Apollo 13"), to American Society of Cinematographers awards ("Apollo 13," "Hook"). His prolific career also includes a Lifetime Achievement Award from the ASC and a President's Award from the SOC, and he's still not done shooting. Born in Alhambra, California, Cundey spent his childhood building miniature sets and reading "American Cinematographer." Following graduation from UCLA film school, where he was taught by James Wong Howe, ASC, Cundey's first job on set was as a makeup artist on Roger Corman's "Gas!" or "It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It." Cundey's first assignment as a director of photography was on the revenge film "The No Mercy Man." He continued with other horror and exploitation movies, then began a collaboration with director John Carpenter on five films for which he received accolades: "Halloween," "The Fog," "Escape from New York," "The Thing" and "Big Trouble in Little China." Cundey transitioned into a collaboration with Robert Zemeckis on impressive features such as "Romancing the Stone," all three "Back to the Future" films, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Death Becomes Her." Not content to settle for that, he also dabbled in directing with his debut on "Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves" and was also the second-unit director on "Deep Rising" and "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties." .- Cinematographer
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Jacek Petrycki was born on 1 December 1948 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for Journey to the Sun (1999), 14 dni. Prowokacja bydgoska (2008) and The Offsiders (2008).