Photo by Andrzej Lew [2007] |
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ROBBIE GREENBERG ASC |
Born: ?, New York City, N.Y., USA.
Education: The City College of New York [Social Theory].
Career: Left New York in 1969 and moved to San Francisco where he became involved with a group of young filmmakers who produced doc's, pre-MTV concert films, and ultra-low budget features. He worked as a c.asst, gaffer and grip. Went to Los Angeles in 1975 and ph music films for Warner Brothers with a number of their recording artists.
Ph and directed commercials.
Member of the ASC since 1988.
Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].
Awards: 'Emmy' Award [1999] & ASC TV Award [1999] for 'Winchell'; 'Emmy' Award [2000] & ASC TV Award [2000] for 'Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2002] for 'James Dean'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2004] & ASC TV Award [2004] for 'Iron Jawed Angels'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2004-05] & ASC TV Award [2005] for 'Warm Springs'.
FILMS |
1973 |
Brain Child [?] ?; unreleased |
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1975 |
Doctor Dracula/Svengali [Paul Aratow & Al Adamson] c; cph: Gary Graver |
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1976 |
Youngblood [Noel Nosseck] c |
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1978 |
A Rainy Day [Beth Brickell] c; short/30m; cph: J.T. Gillie & Timothy Greenfield-Sanders |
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1978 |
Rust Never Sleeps [Bernard Shakey (= Neil Young)] c; concert film/103m; cph: Hiro Narita, Jon Else, David Myers, Paul Goldsmith, Richard Pearce, Larry A. Johnson & Daniel Pearl |
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1981 |
Night Warning/Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker/The Evil Protégé/Momma's Boy/Nightmare Maker/Thrilled to Death [William Asher] c; uncred cph: Jan de Bont |
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1982 |
Swamp Thing [Wes Craven] c; as Robin Goodwin |
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1982 |
Time Walker/Being from Another Planet [Tom Kennedy] c |
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1984 |
Creator/The Big Picture [Ivan Passer] c |
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1984 |
Movers and Shakers [William Asher] c; addph: Michael A. Jones & Michael Gershman |
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1985 |
Sweet Dreams [Karel Reisz] c |
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1986 |
The Milagro Beanfield War [Robert Redford] c; 2uc: Jack Couffer |
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1987 |
Far North [Sam Shepard] c; 2uc: George Kohut |
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1991 |
All I Want for Christmas [Robert Lieberman] c; matte ph: Wade Childress |
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1992 |
Free Willy [Simon Wincer] p/c; uwph: Pete Romano & Marty Snyderman; miniature ph: Pete Romano; wildlife ph: Bob Talbot |
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1993 |
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale/The Last Great Warrior [Xavier Koller] c; 2uc: Steve Danyluk |
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1994 |
Under Siege 2 [: Dark Territory] [Geoff Murphy] c; addph: Alexander Witt & Rick Bota; 2uc: Michael Gershman; aph: Frank Holgate & Don Morgan; vfx ph: Richard Yuricich |
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1995 |
Sunset Park [Steve Gomer] c |
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1996 |
Fools Rush In [Andy Tennant] c; 2uc: Michael Carmine |
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1999 |
Snow Day [Chris Koch] c; 2uc: Peter Wunstorf; stop motion ph: Robert Ennis |
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1999 |
Save the Last Dance [Thomas Carter] c; uncred cph: Robert A. Hudecek |
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2001 |
Marci X [Richard Benjamin] c; replaced scheduled ph Shane Hurlbut; + reshoots in May 2002 |
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2001 |
A Guy Thing [Chris Koch] c; 2uc Vancouver: Les Erskine; aph: David B. Nowell |
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2005 |
Even Money/Jump Shot [Mark Rydell] c |
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2005 |
The Santa Clause 3 - The Escape Clause [Michael Lembeck] c; 2uc: Kenneth Zunder |
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2006 |
Wild Hogs [Walt Becker] s35/c; aph: Dylan M. Gross |
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2006 |
The Great Buck Howard [Sean McGinly] c; add unit ph; ph: Tak Fujimoto |
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2008 |
Crazy on the Outside [Tim Allen] c; aph SpaceCam: Ron Goodman |
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2011 |
The Odd Life of Timothy Green [Peter Hedges] 35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (+ 2ud); ph: John Toll |
TELEVISION |
1979 |
The Lathe of Heaven [David Loxton & Fred Barzyk] tvm; for PBS-tv |
1983 |
This Girl for Hire [Jerry Jameson] pilot |
1983 |
[John Steinbeck's] The Winter of Our Discontent [Waris Hussein] tvm; ep #258 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series |
1983 |
My Mother's Secret Life [Robert Markowitz] tvm |
1985 |
Second Serve/I Change My Life [Anthony Page] tvm |
1993 |
South of Sunset [pilot dir by Andy Tennant] 6-part series; other ph: Jerry Callaway; cancelled by CBS-tv after airing of pilot; remaining ep aired on VH1-tv in 1994 |
1998 |
Winchell [Paul Mazursky] tvm |
1998 |
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge [Martha Coolidge] tvm |
1999 |
If These Walls Could Talk 2 [seg '1972' dir by Martha Coolidge] tvm/b&w-c; 3 seg; other ph: Peter Deming & Paul Elliott |
2000 |
James Dean [Mark Rydell] tvm |
2002 |
Iron Jawed Angels [Katja von Garnier] tvm; 2uc: Frank DeMarco |
2004 |
Warm Springs [Joseph Sargent] tvm/b&w-c |
2005 |
Prison Break [ep #2 'Allen' dir by Michael Watkins & #3 'Cell Test' dir by Brad Turner] 81-part series, 2005-09; 1st season, 2005-06; other ph: Dante Spinotti (pilot, 2004), Chris Manley & Robert LaBonge |
MISCELLANEOUS |
1978 |
Human Highway [Bernard Shakey (= Neil Young) & Dean Stockwell] co-c.op dream seq; ph: David Myers |