Owen Roizman
Owen I. Roizman (born September 22, 1936 in Brooklyn , New York City , New York ) is an American cameraman .
Life
Owen I. Roizman was born to Sol Roizman, a cameraman for Fox Movietone News, and the nephew of Morrie Roizman , a film editor. After studying at Gettysburg College , which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics in 1958 , he began working as a camera assistant for commercials. He worked his way up to becoming a cameraman and was able to work for the first time in 1970 with the low-budget drama Stop as the main cameraman for a feature film. As a result, William Friedkin and Phil D'Antoni became aware of his work, so they hired him as a cameraman in their thriller French Connection - Focal Point Brooklyn . With his first Hollywood film, Roizman was able to celebrate his first of five Academy Award nominations for Best Camera .
Owen Roizman was President of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 1997 and has been a board member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2002 . In 2017 he was awarded the Oscar of Honor for his services as a cameraman .
Filmography (selection)
- 1970: stop
- 1971: French Connection - Focal Point Brooklyn (The French Connection)
- 1971: Where gangsters pop around the corner (The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight)
- 1972: Do It Again, Sam (Play It Again, Sam)
- 1972: Changing horses on their wedding night (The Heartbreak Kid)
- 1973: The Exorcist (The Exorcist)
- 1974: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three stops the subway 123's death ride
- 1975: Three Days of the Condor (Three Days of the Condor)
- 1975: The Stepford Wives (The Stepford Wives)
- 1976: Network (Network)
- 1976: The Man They Called Horse - Part 2 (The Return of a Man Called Horse)
- 1978: Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- 1978: hour of probation (straight time)
- 1979: The Electric Horseman (The Electric Horseman)
- 1981: The Cadets of Bunker Hill (Taps)
- 1981: The Shackles of Power (True Confessions)
- 1981: The Sensational Reporter (Absence of Malice)
- 1982: Tootsie (Tootsie)
- 1985: Crazy for You (Vision Quest)
- 1990: I Love You to Death (I Love You to Death)
- 1990: Havana (Havana)
- 1991: Addams Family (The Addams Family)
- 1991: Grand Canyon - In the heart of the city
- 1994: Wyatt Earp - The Life of a Legend (Wyatt Earp)
- 1995: French Kiss
Awards
- Oscar of Honor : Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)
- 5 Oscar nominations
- 1 ASC Award nomination for: Wyatt Earp - The Life of a Legend
- Camerimage 2001 : Lifetime Achievement Award
Web links
- Owen Roizman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Distinguished Alumni Awards ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at gettysburg.edu , accessed January 21, 2012
- ↑ Owen Roizman, ASC ( Memento from December 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) at ucla.edu (English), accessed on January 21, 2012
- ↑ Owen Roizman on cinematographers.nl (English), accessed on January 21, 2012
- ↑ Susan King: Cameraman turns his lens on his peers on latimes.com of February 7, 2011 (English), accessed January 21, 2012
- ↑ "THE ACADEMY TO HONOR CHARLES BURNETT, Owen Roizman, DONALD SUTHERLAND AND AGNÈS VARDA WITH OSCARS AT 2017 GOVERNORS AWARDS | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ". Accessed September 7, 2017. http://www.oscars.org/news/academy-honor-charles-burnett-owen-roizman-donald-sutherland-and-agnes-varda-oscars-2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roizman, Owen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roizman, Owen I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City, New York, United States |