Film Faculty
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László Kovacs, ASC
A master cinematographer, László Kovacs has photographed 74 films including the classics Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Paper Moon, Frances, and Radio Flyer. He is the recipient of the ASC 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award and the 1998 CamerImage Lifetime Achievement Award. His career parallels that of his lifelong friend, Vilmos Zsigmond. |
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Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
A master cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond has photographed 78 films including the classics Close Encounters of the Third Kind for which he won an Academy Award, The Deer Hunter (Oscar nomination), The Rose, Heaven’s Gate, Deliverance, McCabe and Mrs. Miller and The River (Oscar nomination). He is the recipient of the 1999 ASC Lifetime Achievement Award. His career parallels that of his lifelong friend, László Kovacs.
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Allen Daviau, ASC
A master cinematographer, Allen Daviau photographed ET- the Extra Terrestrial, The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun, Avalon, and Bugsy, all honored with Academy Award nominations. His most recent film is Van Helsing. His work has been strongly influenced by the honorees.
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Wally Pfister, ASC
Wally Pfister began his career as a documentary filmmaker in Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s where he was honored with two Emmy Awards for separate episodes of the prestigious Frontline series for PBS. He studied cinematography at the American Film Institute and was nominated for an Academy Award [1990] in the short film category for his thesis film Sen-Zen-Ni-Na. Mr. Pfister won the cinematography award at the 1999 Santa Monica International Film Festival for The Hi Line which brought him to the attention of Christopher Nolan for the photography of Memento [Independent Spirt Award nomination] and eventually Batman Begins. Important credits include The Italian Job and Laurel Canyon. Variety named him as one of the top ten cinematographers to watch. He is a member of the International Camera Guild and The Directors Guild of America.
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James Chressanthis, ASC
Cinematographer James Chressanthis, ASC, is a two-time Emmy nominee for Four Minutes (2006) and Life with Judy Garland (2001). He also contributed additional photography to Chicago. Currently he is a Director of Photography and Director of Ghost Whisperer. He is a graduate of the American Film Institute and served as cinematography intern to Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC on The Witches of Eastwick.
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Steven Poster, ASC
Dedicated to the art and technology of cinematography, Steven Poster is a pioneer in High Definition Television. Mr. Poster has been President of the ASC, Vice President of the International Cinematographers Guild, member of the Executive Board of the International Documentary Association and is currently on the committee of the Nicholl Fellowship of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His numerous credits include an ASC nomination for Best Cinematography for Someone To Watch Over Me. His latest film is Mrs. Harris. Mr. Poster worked as Second Unit Director of Photography on Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Blade Runner.
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Steven Bernstein, ASC
Bernstein was born in Buffalo, New York, and educated in London, England. He was in the first wave of the music video revolution that swept through England during the early 1980s. Bernstein also worked on documentaries, commercials and low-budget movies in the U.K. He moved to Los Angeles during the mid-1990s to do additional photography for a feature film project and decided to make that city his home. Bernstein has compiled an eclectic range of more than 30 narrative film credits, including Bulletproof, Murder at 1600, Mr. Jealousy, The Waterboy, Scary Movie 2, Monster, White Chicks, Christmas in the Clouds, Little Man and the recent release of One Night With the King.
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Axel Schill
The Man Who Shot Chinatown – The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo represents Axel Schill’s directorial debut. He began his career as a stage actor after completing drama studies in Germany and the USA, then trained in script supervision at the Hollywood Technical Institute.
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Stephanie Bahr
Stephanie Bahr is the producer of The Man Who Shot Chinatown – The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo for Montagnola Productions Ltd. which she founded with Axel Schill. Her talents include acting and voice overs; she headed the acting department at the International Film School in Cologne for two years. She currently produces short films and stage plays.
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Volker Gläser
Volker Gläser studied cinematography at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, at Columbia University in New York and participated in a masterclass in Budapest with Vilmos Zsigmond. He was assistant professor for cinematography studies at the Filmacademy Baden-Wuerttemberg and continues to teach visual storytelling. He was a camera operator on Polanski’s The Pianist. He is the cinematographer in collaboration with Axel Schill and Stephanie Bahr on the Alonzo documentary.
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Bob Fisher
Bob Fisher has interviewed hundreds of cinematographers and other filmmakers in many different countries and has authored more than two thousand articles about their art and craft. Fisher is an honorary member of the American Society of Cinematographers. |
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