Jamie Anderson (cinematographer)

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James M. "Jamie" Anderson (* in New York City ) is an American cameraman and grandson of the American playwright Maxwell Anderson .

Life

Although Jamie M. Anderson grew up as the grandson of the playwright Maxwell Anderson and the son of a television director in New York City , he aimed to study architecture at Syracuse University , which he dropped out after the first year. In the summer he moved to New York University to study as a cameraman . With the help of his father's contacts, he got his assistant job at Howard Zieff , with whom he shot some commercials. After he left university without a degree, his fellow student Jon Davison referred him to Roger Corman , where he worked as a camera assistant for low-budget filmsworked. Through further engagements as a documentary and commercial filmmaker, it was in 1976 the two comedies Hollywood Boulevard and The Great Texas Dynamite Chase that Anderson first worked independently as a cameraman. Since then he has mainly worked as a cameraman for films such as Still a Strange Couple , Small Soldiers and The Girl Next Door .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bob Fisher Jamie Anderson on cameraguild.com (English), accessed December 30, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Anderson, Jamie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anderson, James M. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York