The Cinematographer

Larry Smith was born in London, England, UK. He is known for Only God Forgives (2013), Trafficker (2015) and The Guard (2011).

Dana Gonzales is an acclaimed Emmy-winning Cinematographer who is now directing. A longtime collaborator of Noah Hawley, Dana directed four episodes of the latest installment of FX's "Fargo", including the season finale. Previously, Dana directed episodes of FX's "Legion's" second and third season.

Dana shot both "Fargo" and "Legion" earning one win and six Emmy nominations for his work, including a recent 2021 nomination for "Fargo", and he has been recognized twice by his peers in the American Society of Cinematographers for his achievements in shooting and nominated in the television pilot category at the prestigious Camerimage festival for "Legion". In 2022 Dana was also nominated for a BSC award in the TV drama category for "Fargo" season 4. Dana's other TV directing credits include episodes for Netflix and The CW. Dana is currently developing and attached to direct the feature "Footprint" for Roy Lee's Vertigo. He also recently directed two episodes of the upcoming final season of Hulu's "The Handmades Tale", and will next be directing an episode of Apple TV+'s highly anticipated series "The Changeling". Dana is based in Los Angeles.

After graduating from USC's film program as well a degree from the prestigious Art Center College of Design, Core started his career as a Director of Photography on such films as "187" for Kevin Reynolds, "Payback" for Brian Hegleland, "Mumford" for Lawrence Kasdan, "Dancing at the Blue Iguana" for Michael Radford, "The Fast and the Furious" for Rob Cohen and "Daredevil" for Mark Steven Johnson. After focusing on directing commercials, Core was hired to direct the very successful "Invincible" for Disney. The film was produced by Mayhem Pictures and it starred Mark Wahlberg as a 30-yeard-old rookie in the NFL. Core was also the cinematographer on the film. Core is working on a film for New Line Cinema called "Conrail". He resides in Venice, CA with his wife and child.

Donald Peterman was born on 3 January 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Flashdance (1983) and Men in Black (1997). He was married to Sally. He died on 5 February 2011 in Palos Verdes Estates, California, USA.

Chung-hoon Chung was born on 15 June 1970 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for The Handmaiden (2016), Oldboy (2003) and Last Night in Soho (2021).

Dante Spinotti was born in Tolmezzo, Udine, in the northeastern Italian Region of Friuli. He began his career at RAI (Italian TV), before that he spent lot of time in Kenia as cinematographer for his uncle. In 1985, producer Dino De Laurentiis offered him a chance to work in USA for the first time with Michael Mann for the feature Manhunter (1986). From that experience, Spinotti became one of the most appreciated cinematographer in Hollywood. His particular vision gives a movie a great sense of reality. Among his works are: The Last of the Mohicans (1992) (Academy Nomination), Heat (1995), L.A. Confidential (1997) (Academy Nomination), The Insider (1999) (Academy Nomination), and Wonder Boys (2000). He married his wife Marcella, and they live in Los Angeles, Rome, and Tolmezzo.

Oliver Wood was born on 21 February 1942 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Other Guys (2010) and Face/Off (1997). He was married to Jane Forth and Sabine Groh. He died on 13 February 2023 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Mark Irwin was born on 7 August 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a cinematographer, known for Old School (2003), RoboCop 2 (1990) and There's Something About Mary (1998).

Newton Thomas Sigel was born in August 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Cherry (2021), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). He is married to Lisa Chang.

Ted Moore was born on 7 August 1914 in Western Cape, South Africa. He was a cinematographer, known for From Russia with Love (1963), A Man for All Seasons (1966) and Dr. No (1962). He died in 1987 in Surrey, England, UK.

Australian cinematographer Peter Menzies, Jr., ACS Director of Photography, is internationally known for his diverse and critically acclaimed body of work which spans more than 30 major feature films, along with numerous television pilots, mini-series and commercials.

He is probably most recognized for his work on action/adventure dramas including Die Hard with a Vengeance, The General's Daughter, Shooter, Four Brothers, White Sand, The Getaway, Hard Rain, A Time to Kill, and the period adventures The Thirteenth Warrior and The Great Raid.

Menzies' work in the fantasy/action genre and his expertise in VFX production on films such as Clash of the Titans, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Incredible Hulk, and Gods of Egypt made him uniquely qualified to film Director Will Gluck's blockbuster hybrid interpretation of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit in 2018 and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway in 2021.

Other recent projects include 2019's A Dog's Way Home, an American family adventure film directed by Charles Martin Smith for Columbia Pictures, starring Ashley Judd and Edward James Olmos. The movie was made for $18 million and garnered $80 million at the box office.

Like most DPs, Menzies enjoys the unique director/cinematographer creative collaboration, and has worked with a variety of legendary directors from across the globe, including Bruce Beresford, John Singleton, Simon West, Mikael Salomon, Jon Turteltaub, Roger Donaldson, Sam Raimi, Joel Schumacher, John Dahl, David Nutter, Charles Martin Smith, John McTiernan, Gabrielle Muccino, Will Gluck and Alex Proyas.

Menzies has been married for over 25 years to his wife and business partner, Denise. The couple have three daughters. He is a keen sailor and sports enthusiast; particularly when it comes to Formula One racing or international rugby. He is also a member of the Australian Cinematographer's Society and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

London-born Douglas Slocombe has long been regarded as one of the film industry's premiere cinematographers, but he began his career as a photojournalist for Life magazine and the Paris-Match newspaper before World War II. During the war he became a newsreel cameraman, and at war's end he went to work for Ealing Studios as a camera operator, making his debut as a full-fledged cinematographer on Ealing's Dead of Night (1945). Slocombe is credited with giving Ealing's films the unique, realistic look it was famous for. He left Ealing and went freelance, not wanting to be tied down to a single studio, and divided his time between England and America. He won the BAFTA--the British equivalent of the Oscar--three times, for The Servant (1963), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Julia (1977). A favorite of director Steven Spielberg, he was noted for never having used a light meter while shooting Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), an almost indispensable tool for most cinematographers.

Jost Vacano was born on 15 March 1934 in Osnabrück, Germany. He is a cinematographer, known for Das Boot (1981), Starship Troopers (1997) and RoboCop (1987).

Shelly Johnson was born in Pasadena, California, USA. Shelly is a cinematographer and assistant director, known for Greyhound (2020), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and The Wolfman (2010).

Jan de Bont was one of 17 children born into a Roman Catholic Dutch family in Eindhoven on 22 October 1943. Credited with being creative and having a good mentality for camera techniques, he became a popular cinematographer. He worked on a huge number of films before finding himself on the production of Speed (1994), his first film as a director. He has resided in Los Angeles since 1968.

The film was a success and took him onto the next set for Twister (1996), which he also directed. But then the total flops started coming his way: firstly, Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), which he wrote and directed but without the company of Keanu Reeves. He also directed the star-packed The Haunting (1999) but that also failed at the box office. Later, he directed Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003). He is still active in cinema.

Stefan Czapsky is an American Cinematographer of Ukrainian descent. At the age of five months he emigrated from Germany to the USA as a DP of a different sort, a Displaced Person, settling in Cleveland Ohio. His interest in film making began at Case Western Reserve University where he took an introduction to film class and fell in love with the art form.

Graduating with a BFA in Humanities with a concentration in film history and criticism, Stefan left Cleveland for NYC to attend the graduate film studies program at Columbia University. There he made the transition from studying films to making them in the independent film market. Czapsky worked as an Assistant Cameraman, Gaffer and Key Grip on productions with directors including Martin Scorsese (AFTER HOURS) John Sayles (MATEWAN) and Larry Cohen (Q). After 11 years of working in supportive positions, he shot his first feature film ON THE EDGE starring Bruce Dern and Pam Grier. This was followed by Errol Morris's groundbreaking documentary THE THIN BLUE LINE, the cult classic VAMPIRE'S KISS with Nicholas Cage, and LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN starring Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Stefan has lensed visually iconic films such as EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, BATMAN RETURNS, and ED WOOD with director Tim Burton. For ED WOOD Czapsky won four Cinematography awards from the National Society of Film Critics, as well as the Los Angeles, New York, and Boston Film Critics. In addition to the emotional MAX, Czapsky's features include comedic films MATILDA and BLADES OF GLORY along with the action films SAFE and FIGHTING.

For his commercial work Czapsky has won four CLIO Best Cinematography awards, the Communication Arts Award Of Excellence, and an AICP Best Cinematography Award as well as being an AICP at MOMA Honoree. He recently completed shooting two seasons of CBS's GOD FRIENDED ME.

Stefan lives in NYC with his wife and five daughters.

Barry Peterson is known for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Game Night (2018) and Jumper (2008).

Peter Levy was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is known for Predator 2 (1990), Lost in Space (1998) and Broken Arrow (1996).

Lukas Ettlin is a director and cinematographer, most well-known for his work on Black Sails, Lincoln Lawyer and Battle Los Angeles. He was born in Luzern, Switzerland and started his career as a teenager, remaking Back to the Future in German, shot for shot, VCR to VCR. After graduating from NYU film school, he won the ASC heritage award and started working as a cinematographer in music videos and commercials. After acclaimed short films like Rings, Genesis and Catastrophe and Fast Forward, he had his break through shooting Michael Bay's Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and additional photography for Transformers. Following a successful career as a cinematographer, Lukas has become a prolific TV director, with shows like Power, Counterpart, Daredevil, Jack Ryan and Barkskins to his credit. He has also stepped up to the role of producing director on multiple seasons of Black Sails, See and 2020's The Old Man.

Andrzej Bartkowiak, the celebrated cinematographer, is the recipient of the ASC 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award-a testament to a remarkable career that has spanned over five decades. Trained at the renowned Polish Film School in his hometown of Lodz, Bartkowiak broke into U.S. cinema working with Sidney Lumet on the gritty urban thriller Prince of the City. This collaboration launched him into the world of iconic filmmakers, leading to him working on 11 more films with Lumet, including The Verdict, starring Paul Newman and Charlotte Rampling. Renowned for his unparalleled visual sense and his ability to glide effortlessly between genres, Bartkowiak is a true master of his craft. A legend in his own right, he has collaborated with some of the greatest directors in the business. His cinematic achievements include the character-driven drama Terms of Endearment, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, and Jack Nicholson; Barbra Streisand's The Mirror Has Two Faces; John Huston's dark comedy Prizzi's Honor, starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner; the adrenaline-packed Speed, directed by Jan de Bont, starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock; Lethal Weapon 4, directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson; and the legal thriller The Devil's Advocate, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, and Charlize Theron. His work in over 2,000 commercials is also nothing short of extraordinary, further cementing his place as one of the most sought-after cinematographers in the industry. In addition to his work behind the camera, Andrzej is also an accomplished film director, best known for the action-packed dramas Romeo Must Die, starring Jet Li and Aaliyah, and Cradle 2 the Grave, starring Jet Li and DMX. Doom was recently re released on Netflix and ranked among the top 15 action films ever made. In his most recent interview with ASC, ahead of accepting his Lifetime Achievement Award, Andrzej credited much of his success to fate and timing, showcasing his characteristic humility: "I believe the old saying that 50 percent of success is luck. You've got to be good, but if you don't get the opportunity, people never know it."

Woody Omens is currently a teacher at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. He was once a student at this very institute of higher learning. After first entering the industry in the 1960s, he considered changing his name to Vladimir Ominsky, as cinematographers with European-sounding names were en vogue and tended to find more work. Took the role of the ringside announcer in Harlem Nights, at director/star Eddie Murphy's urging. Omens received a SAG card for his performance, yet has stated that he has little desire to act in films. Has photographed only one film in the anamorphic (panavision) format: History of The World, Part I (1981).

Eric Steelberg was born in Northridge, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Saturday Night (2024), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Up in the Air (2009).

American cinematographer who spent the bulk of his career at Paramount (1923-1959). After two years apprenticed in the studio lab, Fapp first worked the movie camera as an assistant in 1925. By 1941, he had graduated to full director of photography at the behest of cinematographer, turned director, Ted Tetzlaff. Fapp joined the American Society of Cinematographers that same year. Though he was generally confined to shooting B-grade material, he was allowed to shine whenever bigger budgeted productions came his way. He did arguably his best work for the director Mitchell Leisen, who, as a former art director and costume designer, had a famously keen eye for visual style.

Fapp excelled shooting Leisen's sumptuous-looking period romance Kitty (1945) (a true example of style trumping content). He was equally effective on another Leisen film, lensing Olivia de Havilland (as she aged in the course of three decades) in the superior tearjerker To Each His Own (1946). Other efforts in contrasting style: the noirish crime flic The Big Clock (1948) in stark, austere black & white; the vivid Technicolor frontier adventure The Far Horizons (1955), its stunning scenery expertly captured in Vista Vision (directed by another former cinematographer, Rudolph Maté); the frantic Billy Wilder farce One, Two, Three (1961); and West Side Story (1961), which finally won Fapp an Oscar (and a Golden Laurel Award) for Best Color Cinematography. After leaving Paramount in 1959, Fapp free-lanced for another decade and retired in 1969.

Robert Richardson has won three Academy Awards and earned seven Academy Award nominations for his cinematography. His work on director Oliver Stone's JFK earned him his first Oscar. His second and third came with The Aviator and Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese. These two films also garnered him BAFTA nominations for Best Cinematographer.

Prior to regularly collaborating with well-known directors like Oliver Stone and Quentin Tarantino, Richardson served an apprenticeship shooting second unit on Repo Man while filming television documentaries for PBS and the BBC. His work in television led Stone to hire Richardson to shoot both Salvador and Platoon. From there, he worked almost exclusively with Stone, filming Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July and The Doors, while occasionally branching out to shoot films like John Sayles' Eight Men Out and City of Hope.

Richardson also shot Stone's Natural Born Killers, Nixon and U-Turn. He then began collaborating with Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. Scorsese chose him as DP on 1999's Bringing Out the Dead, while Tarantino snapped him up for Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and Kill Bill, Vol. 2.

Richardson continued to make his mark as Tarantino's DP on 2012's Django Unchained and 2015's The Hateful Eight, as well as on Ben Affleck's 2016 film Live By Night. He shot Director Andy Serkis's 2017 Breathe starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy; 2018's Adrift for Director Balthasar Kormakur starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin for STX, and 2018's A Private War for Director Matthew Heineman starring Rosamund Pike. Richardson then shot Tarantino's 2020 hit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, and 2021's Venom 2 for Sony/Director Andy Serkis.

Recent credits include 2022's Emancipation again with Fuqua for Apple Studios, 2023's Air directed by Ben Affleck for Amazon Studios, and The Equalizer 3 for Director Antoine Fuqua and for Columbia Pictures.

Goeffrey Unsworth was one of the great cinematographers of the 20th Century, the winner of two Oscars, five BAFTA awards, and three awards from the British Society of Cinematographers for his work as a director of photography. Born in 1914 in Lancashire, England, Unsworth started in the industry in 1932 at Gaumont-British before joining Technicolor in 1937. He worked as a camera assistant and operator on a many of the most important color movies made in England.

In contrast to the Technicolor aesthetic, when Unsworth became a director of photography (starting in 1946 with the musical The Laughing Lady (1946), he used a somber palette. Moving to Rank at Pinewood Studios, he shot adventure films, comedies, and thrillers in black and white.

His breakthrough into the top ranks of cinematographers was Becket (1964) in 1964, for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. He did not get Oscar-nominated for his spectacular work on 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) because Stanley Kubrick generally was given credit for the visual style of the film, but his ability to integrate cinematography and special effects was put to great effect with Superman (1978) (1978). He was in demand for period pieces, winning his first Oscar for Bob Fosse's Cabaret (1972) and his second Oscar posthumously for shooting Roman Polanski's Tess (1979).

Geoffrey Unsworth died in Brittany on the set of "Tess" after suffering a heart attack. He was 64 years old.