Eric Saarinen
Eric Saarinen (born June 26, 1942 ) is an American cameraman .
Live and act
The son of the famous Finnish architect Eero Saarinen and the sculptor Lilian Swann Saarinen received training in painting and graphic design. At UCLA , Saarinen was trained in all cinematographic issues. During this time, on June 5, 1968, he witnessed the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles with the camera running . These pictures went around the world. Saarinen graduated in 1969 and switched to cinema at the end of the same year.
Even his first job as a simple cameraman led him to one of the most legendary documentaries in pop rock history: On December 6, 1969, Saarinen filmed the Rolling Stones with a number of colleagues for the film Gimme Shelter during a concert on Altamont Speedway . Saarinen had chaotic memories of the organizational processes: "If everything was perfect at Woodstock, Altamont was the upsidedown underbelly of nature." Saarinen also captured the killing of drugged adolescent Meredith Hunter during the concert on camera.
In the following years Saarinen worked sometimes as a simple cameraman, sometimes as a chief cameraman. He also photographed documentaries and feature films. These were mostly cheap productions made fast with the charm of the primitive, which were often characterized by a high speed. Probably the best-known feature film work in Saarinen's short film career was Wes Craven's 1977 horror film Hill of Bloody Eyes . In the same year, the soulful singer-melodrama Star of my Life was written . Other well-known works by Saarinen are the first three productions by comedian and director Albert Brooks .
In the mid-1980s, Saarinen turned away from Hollywood and fiction and towards advertising. There he worked as a director and as a cameraman. Saarinen later became a partner at Plum Productions in Santa Monica . In this role, he oversaw advertising campaigns for brands such as Chevrolet , Nissan , Jeep Eagle , Fiat , Levi's and Reebok .
His sister Susan Saarinen (* 1945) chose her father's and grandfather's profession and works as an architect.
Filmography (as head cameraman)
- 1971: Jimi Plays Berkeley (documentary)
- 1972: Fillmore (documentary)
- 1972: FTA (documentary)
- 1974: Summer School Teachers
- 1975: Eat My Dust
- 1977: Star of my Life (You Light Up My Life)
- 1977: Hill of Bloody Eyes
- 1977: Starhops
- 1978: Real Life
- 1979: A Great Bunch of Girls
- 1979: Headin 'for Broadway
- 1980: Modern Romance - Does love have to be a nightmare? (Modern Romance)
- 1982: Box office
- 1982: The Golden Seal
- 1983: Rooster: Spurs of Death!
- 1985: head over in America (Lost in America)
- 1995: Mindripper
Remarks
- ↑ Life data according to the Kay Less film archive , based on the US Public Records Index
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2011 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.
Web links
- Eric Saarinen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Eric Saarinen biography
- Eric Saarinen ASC website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saarinen, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1942 |