Allen Daviau

Peter RJ Deyell, Steven Spielberg and Allen Daviau (2008)

John Allen Daviau (born June 14, 1942 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † April 15, 2020 in Los Angeles ) was an American cameraman .

Life

Allen Daviau began his career in the 1960s as a cameraman on commercials for musicians including Jimi Hendrix and The Who .

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he began to expand his work to television and feature films. Especially his collaboration with director Steven Spielberg was decisive for his further career. As recorded Daviau among others in 1982 for the camera while ET - The Extra-Terrestrial , The Color Purple and Empire of the Sun responsible. Daviau was also the cameraman for 2nd Unit in 1977 for Close Encounters of the Third Kind and in 1984 for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom .

Daviau directed the family drama Avalon and the mafia comedy Bugsy with Barry Levinson . Daviau was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Cinematography for these two films and his three Spielberg feature films , but the trophy was denied every time. In 2007 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) .

On April 15, 2020, Daviau died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital at the age of 77 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States as a result of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Animator Ann Sullivan and actor Allen Garfield had previously died in the same home as a result of COVID-19.

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↑ Tobias Kniebe: Cameraman Allen Daviau has died. Retrieved June 10, 2020 .
↑ Dave McNary: 'ET' Cinematographer Allen Daviau Dies of COVID-19 at 77. In: variety.com . April 16, 2020, accessed on April 16, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Daviau, Allen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Daviau, John Allen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH	June 14, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Orleans , Louisiana , United States
DATE OF DEATH	April 15, 2020
Place of death	Los Angeles , California , United States