ADAM GREENBERG ASC

Born: 1939, Krakow, Poland, as Adam Grinberg.

Career: Raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. Became lab technician [1958], newsreel and doc cameraman [1961].

Ph some 120 short doc's.

Moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and became US citizen in 1986.

Became active member of the ASC in April 1990.

Appeared in the doc's 'Samuel Fuller and the Big Red One' [1978, Thys Ockersen; ph: Hans den Bezemer (Israel) & Stephen Posey (USA); sound: Albert Steeman (Israel)], 'Bright Light: A Look by Cameramen at Israeli Newsreels 1955-1968' [1999, Uri Shine & Yachin Hirsch], 'Living in Darkness' [2002, David Gregory; 47m] & 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].

Awards: ASC Award nom [1990] for 'Ghost'; BSC Award nom [1991], 'Oscar' AA nom [1991] & ASC Award nom [1991] for 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'.

FILMS

1963	B'Yerushalaim/In Jerusalem [David Perlov] c; doc/32m
1966	Shnei kuni leml/Two Kuni Lemel [Israel Becker] c; cph: Romulo Grounni
1967	Hol ba'eynayim [?] c
1968	Le'at yoter/Slow Down [Avraham Heffner] ?; short/?m
1969	Lifnei maher/Before Tomorrow [Ellida Geira] ?; cph: Amnon Salomon
1969	42:6 - Ben Gurion [David Perlov] c; cph: Erwin Hillier; spec pfx: Michael Graham-Smith
1970	Madron/His Name Was Madron [Jerry Hopper] c; cph: Marcel Grignon
1971	Ani ohev otach Rosa/I Love You, Rosa [Moshe Mizrahi] c
1971	Hasamba/Get Zorkin/Hasamba vena'arei hasusim [Joel Silberg] ?
1971	Ani Yerushalami/I Was Born in Jerusalem [Yehoram Gaon] c; mus doc/100m
1972	Ha-tzad hasheni/Take Two [Baruch Dienar] c; cph: Baruch Dienar
1972	Metzitzim/Peeping Toms [Uri Zohar] c
1972	Ha-glula/The Pill [David Perlov] ?
1973	Abu el banat/Daughters, Daughters [Moshe Mizrahi] c
1973	Ha-bayit berechov Chelouche/The House on Chelouche Street [Moshe Mizrahi] c
1974	Diamonds/Diamond Shaft/Yahlumim [Menahem Golan] p/c
1974	Michael sheli/My Michael [Dan Wolman] c
1974	Warhead/Prisoner in the Middle [John O'Connor] c
1976	The Passover Plot [Michael Campus] c
1976	Mivtza Yonatan/Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt [Menahem Golan] p/c
1977	Eskimo Limon/Lemon Popsicle [Boaz Davidson] c
1977	Belfer [Yigal Burstein] c
1977	The Uranium Conspiracy/Kesher ha'uranium/Agenten kennen keine Tränen [Menahem Golan & Frank G. Carroll (= Gianfranco Baldanello)] c; cph: Antonio Modica
1977	Hamesh ma'ot elef shahor/Half a Million Back [Shaike Ophir] c
1977	Seret v'aruhat boker/A Movie and Breakfast [Alfred Steinhardt] c

With dir Samuel Fuller [right] - "The Big Red One"

Photo by Albert Steeman

With dir Samuel Fuller [left] - "The Big Red One"

Photo by Albert Steeman

1978	The Big Red One [Samuel Fuller] b&w-c; 113m & 158m (reconstruction, 2004)
1978	Yisraelim matzhikim/It's a Funny, Funny World [Zvi Shissel] b&w; cph: Amnon Salomon
1978	Yotz'im kavua/Going Steady/Lemon Popsicle II [Boaz Davidson] scope/c
1980	Seed of Innocence/Teen Mothers [Boaz Davidson] c
1980	Safari 3000 [Harry Hurwitz] p/c
1981	Paradise [Stuart Gillard] c
1981	The Last American Virgin [Boaz Davidson] c
1982	Sapiches/Private Popsicle/Lemon Popsicle IV [Boaz Davidson] c; addph: Avi Koren, Nissan Mofkadi & Rami Siman-Tov
1983	Over the Brooklyn Bridge/My Darling Shiksa [Menahem Golan] c
1983	10 to Midnight [J. Lee Thompson] c
1983	Sababa/Lemon Popsicle/Private Manoeuvres [Zvi Shissel] c
1983	The Ambassador/Peacemaker [J. Lee Thompson] c
1983	War and Love/The Children's War [Moshe Mizrahi] c
1984	The Terminator [James Cameron] c; 2uc: Chuck Colwell; spec vfx ph: John Huneck; process ph: Austin McKinney; insert ph: Anne Coffey
1984	The Ladies Club/The Violated/The Sisterhood [A.K. Allen (= Janet Greek)] c
1984	Jocks/Road Trip [Steve Carver] c
1985	Once Bitten [Howard Storm] c; addph: Robert D. Yeoman; 2uc: Jon Kranhouse
1985	Iron Eagle [Sidney J. Furie] c; graphic ph: Bruce Williams; aph: Frank Holgate
1985	Private Resort [George Bowers] c
1985	A Walk on the Moon [Raphael Silver] c
1986	Wisdom [Emilio Estevez & (uncred) Robert Wise] c; 2uc: Moshe Levin
1986	La Bamba [Luis Valdez] c; 2uc: Chuck Colwell
1986	Near Dark [Kathryn Bigelow] c; 2uc: Chuck Colwell

[Right] with Leonard Nimoy - "Three Men and a Baby"

1987	Three Men and a Baby [Leonard Nimoy] c
1987	Alien Nation [Graham Baker] c; 2uc: Frank Holgate
1988	Spellbinder [Janet Greek] c
1988	Lool [Boaz Davidson & Uri Zohar] b&w; cph: David Gurfinkel; re-edited tv-series (see Television)
1988	Worth Winning [Will Mackenzie] c
1988	Love Hurts [Bud Yorkin] c; took over from doph David Bridges
1989	Turner & Hooch [Roger Spottiswoode] c; 2uc: Michael Benson
1989	Ghost [Jerry Zucker] c; 2uc: Cary Fisher; spec elements ph: Virgil Mirano & Garry Waller
1990	Three Men and a Little Lady [Emile Ardolino] c
1990	Terminator 2: Judgment Day [James Cameron] s35/c; 2uc: Michael Benson; aph: David L. Butler; spec vfx ph: Dennis Skotak
1991	Sister Act [Emile Ardolino] c

"Toys" - photo by Sidney Baldwin

1992	Toys [Barry Levinson] c
1992	Son of the Pink Panther [Blake Edwards] p/c; main title seq ph (dir by Geoffrey Edwards); ph: Dick Bush
1992	Dave [Ivan Reitman] c; 2uc: Peter Norman; aph: James Gavin
1993	Private Lessons II [Seiji Izumi] c; ph re-shoots (+ dir); ph (September-October 1992): Hiroaki Sugimura
1993	North [Rob Reiner] c; Alaska ph: Mark Vargo
1993	Renaissance Man/By the Book/Army Intelligence [Penny Marshall] c
1994	Junior [Ivan Reitman] c; 2uc: Earl Clark; aph: David Nowell

[Right] with Jerry Zucker - "First Knight"

Photo by Frank Connor

1994	First Knight [Jerry Zucker] c
1995	Eraser [Charles Russell] p/c; 2uc: Mike Benson & Tom Priestley
1997	Sphere [Barry Levinson] s35/c; 2uc: Gary Capo; aph: Kurt Soderling; sfx ph: David Stump; miniature ph: Gregory McMurry
1997	Rush Hour [Brett Ratner] p/c; 2uc: Mike Benson; vfx ph: Michael Hofstein
1998	Inspector Gadget [David Kellogg] c; uncred 2uc (+ 2ud): Alexander Witt; addph (+ c.op): Craig Haagensen; uncred insert ph (+ c.op 'b' cam): Moshe Levin
2000	Collateral Damage [Andrew Davis] c; 2uc: Craig Haagensen; aph: Phil Pastuhov
2002	The Santa Clause 2 [: The Mrs. Clause] [Michael Lembeck] c; 2uc + d: Craig Haagensen; vfx ph: Tom Turnbull

"Snakes on a Plane"

2005

Snakes on a Plane/Pacific Air Flight 121 [David Ellis] s35/c; 2uc: Craig Haagensen

TELEVISION

1969	Lool [Boaz Davidson & Uri Zohar] series/b&w; cph: David Gurfinkel; re-edited into the feature film 'Lool' (1988/94m)
1979	Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith [Eric Till] tvm
1981	A Woman Called Golda [Alan Gibson] 2-part tvm
1982	[Holocaust Survivors...] Remembrance of Love [Jack Smight] tvm
1983	Heritage: Civilization and the Jews [ep #4 'The Crucible of Europe' dir by Julian Krainin (JK)] 9-part doc series for PBS-tv (1984); cph (#4): JK, Ilan Rosenberg & Hank Holton