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Sarah Cawley is an American cinematographer known for 'Manifest,' 'Golden Boy,' and 'Ringer.' Variety Magazine placed her on their list of '10 Cinematographers to Watch' in 2006 citing her work on both feature films and network television, including her first episodic stint on ABC's 'Ugly Betty,' stating "Sarah Cawley seems to know how to make any medium work visually."
In 2014 Cawley photographed the historic period pilot for 'Salem,' which won multiple awards and launched original programming for WGN/Tribune network with a record-breaking 1.5 million viewers for the show's debut.
Her films have screened at the Sundance, GenArt, Telluride, Toronto International and Berlinale Film Festivals with recent festival wins at the New York Shorts International Film Festival (2019,) Southeast New England Film Festival (2019,) and Middleburg New Filmmakers Festival (2018.)
Music video highlights include REM's 'Crush with Eyeliner' with director Jim McKay, 'Tree's Lounge' with Steve Buscemi, and various projects with Jem Cohen.
In addition to Variety, her work has received favorable press and reviews in American Cinematographer magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and the Hollywood Reporter.
Her cinematography projects have taken her to international destinations including Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Thailand, Malaysia, Venezuela, Cuba, Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Turkey.
A distance runner and triathlete, Cawley was an architectural lighting designer at Kugler Tillotson Associates in Manhattan before committing to cinematography as a career.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Joe Collins is a Director/DP based out of Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication at Arizona State University with a BS in Broadcasting in 1987. After graduating, he spent 2 years working as a camera prep tech at General Camera in NY, joining local 644, now the International Cinematographers Guild, in 1990. Joe spent the next decade working as a Camera Assistant, initially as a trainee under East Coast 1st AC legends Scott Rathner and Vinny Gerardo, then working his way up as a 2nd AC, and ultimately to 1st AC. He worked on a wide variety of productions, from commercials, music videos, tv series, to feature films during the 90's. His feature credits include "A Bronx Tale", "Glengarry GlenRoss", "Forest Gump", "Carlito's Way" and John Singleton's remake of "Shaft". His music video credits include shoots for ACDC, Madonna, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Anthrax, Naughty By Nature, Paul McCartney, and Mariah Carey. TV credits included "Spin City", "NYPD Blue", and "Sex And The City". Notable DP's he worked for included Tak Fulimoto ASC, Ed Lachman ASC, John Alonzo ASC, Andrzej Batkowiak ASC, Crescenzo Notarile ASC, Peter Deming ASC, and Stuart Dryburgh ASC. In 2001, while on "Sex And The City", Joe changed his card to operator and spent the next 8 years behind the camera, working mostly on feature films and occasionally on episodic series. His feature credits here include "Michael Clayton", "PS I Love You", "27 Dresses" and "Sex And The City-The Movie". While operating, he also began shooting 2nd Units, and additional photography for the projects he was working on. Notable DP's he operated and shot for include Robert Elswit ASC, John Bailey ASC, Checco Varese ASC, Terry Stacey ASC, and Alik Sakharov ASC. In 2009, Joe took over the DP duties on the series "Ugly Betty" and has been shooting ever since. He has shot Emmy winning series for HBO, HBO Max, Amazon, Apple, Showtime, CBS, NBC, ABC, AMC, and the USA Network. His features include movies for Fox Searchlight, Universal/Dreamworks/Amblin, and Hulu. Joe's work has taken him all over the USA and all around the world. Countries include Ireland, England, Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Hungary, South Africa, Hong Kong, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean. In 2013, Joe joined the DGA and is an active episodic director in addition to his work as a Cinematographer. He is repped by David Morris at UTA.- Camera and Electrical Department
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David S. Tuttman was born in 1960. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Blindspot (2015), Damages (2007) and The Following (2013).- Cinematographer
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Jim Denault is a cinematographer known for his work in feature films and television. He is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the American Society of Cinematographers. He received a BFA in Photographic Illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology.- Cinematographer
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Michael Slovis was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Breaking Bad (2008), New Amsterdam (2018) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).- Camera and Electrical Department
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David M. Dunlap was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Men in Black (1997), Virus (1999) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Michael Caracciolo is known for Men in Black (1997), Executive Decision (1996) and The Siege (1998).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Stephen's first memories of great films was Doctor Zhivago (1965) as seen at a drive in from the back of the family station wagon! Stephen started his lighting career just after school touring with bands and dance companies. After a stint at some lighting rental houses in 1981 he was hired as a best boy on the Canadian feature The Grey Fox (1982) then the classic First Blood (1982) and he never looked back. After that, Stephen became a gaffer in 1987. He then worked with many talented and award winning DP's from all over the world, learning the craft as he went. Some of his influences were Bruce Surtees , David Watkin and Guillermo Navarro In the year 2000, after more than 60 credits of TV and feature films he transitioned into cinematography, shooting second units and then to the main director of photography unit on television series and features for the past 20 years.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Dagmar Weaver-Madsen is known for A League of Their Own (2022), Only Murders in the Building (2021) and High Maintenance (2016).- Cinematographer
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Blake McClure was born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Blake is known for The Dropout (2022), Minx (2022) and Hollywood (2020).- Cinematographer
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David was born in Jasper, Alberta and moved to British Columbia's beautiful Okanagan Valley at the age of three.
His start in the film industry came, as he likes to say, "at age 11; no, not as a child actor promoting the latest cereal or fancy new toy, but with his father's 8mm camera". David made all kinds of home movies growing up. Many "productions" were very involved requiring scores of neighborhood kids and "raiding" his mother's makeup cabinet to acquire the necessary materials to fake a black eye or mix a jar of "stage blood". No one will ever forget the day the dummy was thrown from the cliff and the "neighbour lady" called the authorities thinking someone had fallen! As everyone got older it became more difficult to convince friends to be actors on screen. Inspired by many animators working for The National Film Board of Canada, David turned to making animated films. With friends, David made a plastacine animation called "The Salesman". Their hard work paid off and in 1978 were awarded first place in the British Columbia Student Film Festival.
After completing high school David worked for a year to decide what road to take next. He moved to St. Catharines, Ontario and attended Brock University where he studied theatre and film. During the summer between his first and second university years he obtained work as a local production assistant for Atlantis productions, now famed Alliance Atlantis Communications. David enthusiastically jumped into the local film industry. He was soon hired full time as a production assistant at Schultz productions, a top ranking very busy commercial house. David worked for 18 months on many television commercials: McDonalds, Gm, Ford, Molson, Labatt's to name a few. With the advent of music videos, David had the opportunity to explore this new craze extensively. Working with several bands of the day, David was able to hone his skills in the camera, grip and lighting departments.
In 1985 he applied and was accepted into the Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople starting as a trainee with the electric and grip department on the long running, dramatic, Nelvana television show The Edison Twins. This gave David a "hands on" opportunity to work on set with professional actors and technicians on a dramatic show. In the fall of 1985 David joined the lighting team of renowned Canadian cinematographer Rene Ohashi on the Atlantis mini series production of Philip Marlowe Private Eye. In 1988 Rene hired David to be his Gaffer (Chief Lighting Technician) on the critically acclaimed, award winning, film Where The Spirit Lives. Over the next 11 years David worked with his mentor, Rene, on numerous films many of which received both Genie and Gemini awards and nominations. In 1993, while working with Rene on the film Kissinger and Nixon starring Beau Bridges, David was accepted into I.A.T.S.E. Local 873. The International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees is the largest film technicians union in the world.
Projects on the forefront of technology and vision seemed to find their way to David. In 1986 David was the Gaffer on the television series, Captain Power and the Soldiers Of The Future. Funded largely by Mattel Toys this show allowed the viewer to interact with the characters on screen using toys manufactured by Mattel. This was long before the video games of today. The series was very expensive to produce costing more than 20 million dollars for twenty-two 1/2 hour shows. This size of budget was unheard of in the television market. Ultimately the show was ahead of its time and lasted only one season. David has had the opportunity to work on many productions with award winning Director's and Cinematographer's including, David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Ann Wheeler, Fred Murphy ASC, Robert Richardson ASC, Paul Sarossy BSC CSC to name a few.
Many projects have given David the opportunity to travel and work around the globe including almost every province in Canada, the Yukon, Europe, New York, New Jersey, California and Kenya. A highlight came in 1990 while working in Luxembourg on Dracula: The Series David's son was born.
In 1999 after shooting many commercials and short films, David was given the opportunity to shoot the television series Gene Rodenberry's Earth: Final Conflict. David had climbed yet another rung in the ladder and could now put all his years of learning to the test. 1999 also saw David gain full membership into the Canadian Society of Cinematographers. He could now put csc behind his name in the credit roll. This honor was truly a sign of acceptance by his peers to a list of elite Canadian cinematographers.
In 2000 the producers of Earth: Final Conflict decided to shoot that season on 24p High Definition video. This would be the first episodic television series in the world to use 24p HD Technology. Never being shy to explore new technology David took on the task with increased enthusiasm. Comparing notes with the team preparing to shoot Star Wars with George Lucas in 24p HD David learned the system inside and out. The season went off without a hitch and David was involved in yet another first.
In 2001 David won a Kodak Spectrum Award and a Gemini Nomination for Best Cinematography for his innovative work on Earth: Final Conflict.
2002 -2003 saw David film the critically acclaimed series Witchblade for Warner Bros./TNT also in High Definition. He followed that by shooting Veritas: The Quest for Disney/Touchstone Productions.
2003 - 2004 David was back shooting on film the series Tru Calling for FOX.
2004 - 2005 David completed the UPN series Kevin Hill produced by Icon Production and Mel Gibson. Nominated for a CSC award for Cinematography 2006.
2005 David shot Reunion a series with Warner Bros./FOX in Vancouver
2006-2007 David lensed Smallville for Warner Bros. and the CW Network in Vancouver. This adventure earned David the prestigious 2006 ASC Award for Outstanding Cinematography in a Regular Series, a CSC nomination for Best Cinematography in a Television Series and a LEO nomination for Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Series.
In the fall of 2007 David went back in time to shoot the feature film Alien Trespass. A 1950s styled sci-fi picture produced and directed by Robert Goodwin (X-Files and Fugitive television series) staring Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), Jenni Baird (4400), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) and Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years).
Shooting in 2008 started immediately for David shooting the television pilot The Cody Rivers Show collaborating once again with Robert Goodwin. David followed that shooting the television movie Spectacular for Nickelodeon directed by Robert Iscove. David's 2008 summer was filled with dragons, humans, goblins and elves shooting a 4-hour medieval mini series for RHI Entertainment titled Dragons Of Black Roc (Knights Of Bloodsteel) directed by Philip Spink. David's busy year finished with him in Toronto shooting 5 episodes of The Listener for NBC.- Camera and Electrical Department
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David Geddes was born in 1949 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Messengers (2007), Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) and DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016).- Cinematographer
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Fred Murphy was born in 1942 in New York, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Metro (1997), Stir of Echoes (1999) and Secret Window (2004).- Cinematographer
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Michael Bonvillain was born in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He is known for Cloverfield (2008), Zombieland (2009) and Peacemaker (2022).- Cinematographer
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Bruce Chun was born on 6 February 1963 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a cinematographer, known for Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006), Nitro (2007) and La vie, la vie (2001).- Cinematographer
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Tony Westman was born on 24 November 1946 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Sentinel (1996), The 4400 (2004) and UC: Undercover (2001).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Barry Baz Idoine is known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), The Mandalorian (2019) and There Will Be Blood (2007). He is married to Cynthia Pusheck.- Cinematographer
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David Klein was born in December 1972. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Mandalorian (2019), The Book of Boba Fett (2021) and Deadwood: The Movie (2019). He has been married to Marnie Shelton since 24 November 2001.- Cinematographer
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Greig Fraser was born on 3 October 1975 in Melbourne, Australia. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Dune (2021), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). He is married to Jodie Fried. They have three children.- Cinematographer
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Matthew Jensen was born in Indiana, USA. He is known for Wonder Woman (2017), Game of Thrones (2011) and Chronicle (2012).- Cinematographer
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Danny Nowak was born on 25 December, 1959. He is known for his work on The Big Hit (1998), Hard Core Logo (1996) and Blood Ties (2007). He has won several awards for his work, including a Gemini (Canada's Emmy) for The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess (2004).- Cinematographer
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Gyula Pados is a Hungarian born, Los Angeles based Director of Photography who has worked on dozens of incredibly successful films, music videos, and international commercial campaigns. His European carrier started with the Hungarian film KONTROLL that won the Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. He won one of the most prestigious cinematography awards, the Golden Frog Award, at Camerimage International Film Festival for cinematography in FATELESS. His other film, THE DUCHESS, was nominated for the Golden Frog as well. FATELESS was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Cinematography and it won several other cinematography prizes around the world. After, Gyula moved to America where he collaborated with Craig Gillespie on MILLION DOLLAR ARM. Then, he worked on the extremely successful Maze Runner trilogy, THE SCORCH TRIALS and THE DEATH CURE, with director Wes Ball. Gyula was the cinematographer on the block buster movie, JUMANJI : WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, and the upcoming sequel, JUMANJI : THE NEXT LEVEL, with director Jake Kasdan.