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The Mod Squad (1999) -- Big screen version of the trend-setting 1960s television series, contemporizing the premise for the '90s. A trio of juvenile delinquents become undercover cops to infiltrate a drug ring in the ultra-hip L.A. club scene.
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008) -- NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO AND VILMOS. The lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond and their impact on American cinema. As film students in Hungary, Laszlo and Vilmos took to the war-torn streets of Budapest to shoot footage of the Russian invasion, and subsequently volunteered to smuggle it out of the country. Barely escaping with their lives, the two friends fled to America and settled in Hollywood, eventually saving enough money to buy their own 16mm camera. After working on a string of low-budget horror and biker movies, both men soon rose to prominence in the late 60's and 70's, shooting the films that defined what came to be known as the American New Wave: Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Deliverance, Paper Moon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more. Working with directors including Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Martin Scorsese, they helped create a new American film aesthetic, and pioneered innovative, fearless ways to tell stories. “When it comes to Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, it's clear that the American New Wave of the late 1960's and early '70s wouldn't have flowered as it did without them." – Leonard Maltin Told through interviews with Laszlo (who died in 2007) and Vilmos, as well as directors including Rafelson, Bogdanovich, John Boorman, Graeme Clifford, Richard Donner, William Richert, Mark Rydell, composer John Williams and actors such as Jon Voight, Peter Fonda, Sandra Bullock, Karen Black, Dennis Hopper and Sharon Stone, NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY is an intimate portrait of two giants of modern imagemaking and their deep bond of brotherhood that transcended every imaginable boundary. Two heroes. One road.
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008) -- The epic story of a family forced to emigrate from Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the U.S...
Unzipped (1995) -- Isaac Mizrahi, one of the most successful designers in high fashion, plans his fall 1994 collection...
Blow (2001) -- The story of George Jung, the man who established the American cocaine market in the 1970's.

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Date of Birth:
10 July 1959, New Jersey, USA more
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Trivia:
Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. more
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations more
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(35 articles)
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Away We Go’ Proves Impossible to Resist
 (From HollywoodChicago.com. 28 September 2009, 2:10 PM, PDT)
Away We Go Review
 (From Atomic Popcorn. 11 June 2009, 9:44 PM, PDT)

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Cinematographer, Camera and Electrical Department, Director, Writer, Producer, Sound Department, Thanks, Self
Cinematographer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "P.O.V." (1988)   (1 episode, 2009) 2009 - 8.6 (17)
- 2. Away We Go (2009) 2009 - 7.5 (7,423)
- 3. Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1) (2009) (V) 2009 - -
- 4. The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008) 2008 - 7.6 (176)
- 5. Be Kind Rewind (2008) 2008 - 6.6 (37,620)
- 6. Berlin (2007)   2007 - 7.6 (324)
AKAs:
  • Lou Reed's Berlin (Australia: DVD title) (New Zealand: English title: DVD title)
- 7. Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) 2006 - 7.8 (1,346)
- 8. Block Party (2005)   2005 - 7.2 (4,949)
AKAs:
  • Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Canada: English title: festival title) (International: English title) (USA: complete title)
- 9. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)   2005 - 8.6 (5,820)
AKAs:
  • Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (Australia)
- 10. The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) 2005 - 6.8 (4,656)
- 11. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 2004 $48.7M 8.5 (194,656)
- 12. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) (segments "Renee" and "No Problem") 2003 - 6.8 (17,517)
- 13. Analyze That (2002) 2002 - 5.6 (21,636)
- 14. Jim Brown: All American (2002) (TV) 2002 - 6.0 (190)
- 15. Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)   2002 - 6.6 (2,347)
AKAs:
  • Personal Velocity (USA: short title)
- 16. A Huey P. Newton Story (2001) (TV) 2001 - 6.8 (328)
- 17. Blow (2001) 2001 - 7.4 (61,736)
- 18. Bamboozled (2000) 2000 - 6.3 (5,539)
- 19. Summer of Sam (1999) 1999 - 6.5 (17,405)
- 20. The Mod Squad (1999) (director of photography) 1999 - 3.9 (5,194)
- 21. Just the Ticket (1999/I)   1999 - 5.4 (1,163)
AKAs:
  • Gary & Linda (France)
- 22. He Got Game (1998) 1998 - 6.8 (13,261)
- 23. 4 Little Girls (1997) 1997 - 7.7 (1,227)
- 24. My Perfect Journey (1997) 1997 - -
- 25. Scratch the Surface (1997) 1997 - 5.0 (31)
- 26. Poverty Outlaw (1997) 1997 - 1.3 (5)
- 27. If These Walls Could Talk (1996) (TV) (segment "1952") 1996 - 6.8 (1,713)
- 28. The Dadshuttle (1996) 1996 - 7.2 (66)
- 29. I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) 1996 - 6.4 (3,257)
- 30. "American Cinema" (1995)   (1 episode, 1995) 1995 - 7.0 (56)
- 31. Angela (1995) 1995 - 6.2 (373)
- 32. Unzipped (1995) 1995 - 6.0 (623)
- 33. Roy Cohn/Jack Smith (1994) 1994 - 4.5 (13)
- 34. Post Cards from America (1994) 1994 - 5.7 (125)
- 35. "A Century of Women" (1994) 1994 - 5.6 (41)
- 36. Romance de Valentía (1993)   1993 - 6.0 (9)
AKAs:
  • Only the Brave (International: English title)
- 37. Geoffrey Beene 30 (1993) 1993 - -
- 38. Swoon (1992) 1992 - 6.8 (742)
- 39. Nation (1992) 1992 - -
- 40. Danger: Kids at Work (1991) (TV) 1991 - -
- 41. Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia (1990) 1990 - -
Camera and Electrical Department
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Shine a Light (2008)   (camera operator) 2008 $6.96M 7.3 (4,169)
AKAs:
  • Shine a Light: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
- 2. The Key to Reserva (2007)   (additional photographer) 2007 - 8.3 (1,254)
AKAs:
  • La clave Reserva (Spain)
- 3. Berlin (2007)   (camera operator) 2007 - 7.6 (324)
AKAs:
  • Lou Reed's Berlin (Australia: DVD title) (New Zealand: English title: DVD title)
- 4. Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) (lighting designer) 2006 - 7.8 (1,346)
- 5. A Decade Under the Influence (2003) (additional camera operator) 2003 - 7.6 (1,028)
- 6. 25th Hour (2002) (director of photography: second unit) 2002 - 7.9 (52,620)
- 7. The Shvitz (1993) (director of photography: additional photography) 1993 - 8.2 (20)
- 8. He Was Once (1989) (assistant camera) 1989 - 6.9 (52)
- 9. Death Collector (1988)   (assistant camera) 1988 - 3.2 (28)
AKAs:
  • Tin Star Void (USA: alternative title)
Director
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "P.O.V." (1988)   (1 episode, 2009) 2009 - 8.6 (17)
- 2. The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008) 2008 - 7.6 (176)
Writer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "P.O.V." (1988)   (1 episode, 2009) 2009 - 8.6 (17)
- 2. The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008) (writer) 2008 - 7.6 (176)
Producer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "P.O.V." (1988)   producer (1 episode, 2009) 2009 - 8.6 (17)
- 2. The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008) (producer) 2008 - 7.6 (176)
Sound Department
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "P.O.V." (1988)   sound recordist (1 episode, 2009) 2009 - 8.6 (17)
1 TV episode:
Thanks
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Eagle vs Shark (2007) (special thanks) 2007 - 6.8 (7,106)
- 2. The Truth About Charlie (2002)   (very special thanks) 2002 - 4.7 (5,316)
AKAs:
  • Die Wahrheit über Charlie (Germany)
- 3. Swoon (1992) (special thanks) 1992 - 6.8 (742)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Festival Updates" (2008) Herself (2008) 2008 - -
- 2. Shooting Women (2008) Herself 2008 - -
- 3. No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008) Herself 2008 - 9.8 (21)
- 4. Women Behind the Camera (2007) Herself 2007 - 9.6 (7)
- 5. Cinematographer Style (2006) Herself 2006 - 7.1 (61)
- 6. Inside the Mind of Michel Gondry (2005) (V) Herself 2005 - 5.8 (29)
- 7. Women on Top: Hollywood and Power (2003) (TV) Herself 2003 - 4.5 (37)
- 8. Personal Velocity: Creating 'Personal Velocity' (2003) (V) Herself 2003 - 6.0 (13)
- 9. The Making of 'Bamboozled' (2001) (V) 2001 - 5.5 (50)

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Other Works:
Director of photography for Adidas TV commercial "Intelligent Shoes" (2005). more
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