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#1: From the USC School of Cinematic Arts website
JUDY IROLA
Born: 23 November 1943, Fresno, CA, USA, as Judith Carol Irola. Her grandparents, Basque sheepherders, immigrated to Fresno in 1917 to escape poverty and forge their own business, the sheep business.
Died: 21 February 2021, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Education: Central California Commercial College, Fresno, Calif., USA.
Career: Moved to London, UK, and worked there as a secretary. Became librarian at an air force base in Sevilla, Spain. Served with the US Peace Corps in Niger, Africa [1966-68]. In 1968 she became a secretary at KQED-tv, the PBS affiliate in San Francisco; was transferred into the camera department and began shooting a PBS-tv doc series and KQED's nightly news. In 1972 she joined the Marxist film collective 'Cine Manifest'. Moved to New York in 1978 and ph news, doc's and entertainment for US and European tv-stations in Brazil, Jamaica, Cuba, France, Poland, Mozambique, Kenya, the Soviet Union and throughout the USA. Returned to California in 1989 and became associate professor [1992] and head of Cinematography [since September 1999] at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California [USC]. She was named the Conrad Hall Endowed Chair in Cinematography and Color Timing at USC in October 2005. She is cred on numerous student films as 'faculty advisor'.
Ph commercials [dir by John O'Hagan, a.o.] and videos for CD ROM.
Became a member of the ASC in 1995.
Was a member of the IDFA jury, Amsterdam, 1988, and of the Ojai FF jury, 2000.
Worked on the project '20th Century Fox - Storytelling, Murals, and Film' in Los Angeles in 1997-98 producing a b&w video with Gardner Monks and children of the Melrose Avenue Elementary School.
An interview with her appeared in the book 'Women Behind the Camera - Conversations with Camerawomen' by Alexis Krasilovsky [1997].
Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].
Awards: Cannes IFF 'Camera d'Or' [1979] for 'Northern Lights'; Sundance FF Award [1993] for 'An Ambush of Ghosts'; Women in Film 'Kodak Vision Award' [1997]; Nat Tiffen Award for Excellence in Cinematography Education [2014].
| FILMS | |
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1977 |
The Yellow Wallpaper [Marie Ashton] c; short/14m |
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1978 |
Song of the Canary [Josh Hanig & David Davis] 16mm/c; doc/58m; co-addph; ph: Michael Anderson & Jon Else |
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1978 |
Northern Lights [John Hanson & Rob Nilsson] b&w |
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1978 |
Controlling Interest: The World of the Multinational Corporation [Larry Adelman] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/45m; cph: Ting Barrow |
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1979 |
The Wobblies [Stewart Bird & Deborah Shaffer] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/89m; cph: Sandi Sissel, Peter Gessner & Bonnie Friedman |
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1979 |
The Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists [Joel Sucher & Steven Fischler] b&w-c; doc/55m; addph: Sandi Sissel, a.o. |
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1980 |
The Willmar 8 [Lee Grant] 16mm/c; doc/55m |
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1980 |
Steppin' [: Michael Manley in Jamaica] [Saul Landau] c; doc/45m |
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1981 |
'Fundi': the Story of Ella Baker [Joanne Grant] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/45m & 60m; addph: Doug Harris |
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1981 |
Artists at Work: A Film on the New Deal Art Projects [Mary Lance] b&w-c; doc/35m; cph: Ted Churchill, Jerry Pantzer, a.o. |
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1981 |
Anarchism in America [Steven Fischler & Joel Sucher] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/74m; Mexico unit ph; ph: J. Sucher; addph: Sandi Sissel, Joan Churchill & Gordon Quinn |
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1982 |
Running My Way [Lynne Littman] c; short/27m |
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1982 |
In the King of Prussia [Emile de Antonio] c; doc + dram seq/92m; cred as camera dir; camera: Julian Abbio |
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1983 |
Los marielitos [Estela Bravo] 16mm/c; doc/57m; cph: Tom Sigel |
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1984 |
Hard Winter [Mat Brauchitsch] ?; short/58m; cph: Joseph Friedman; this film, set in Morristown, N.J., in the winter of 1779, portrays the impact that the encampment of 1779-1780 had on the local community; for the Morris County Historical Society |
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1984 |
Maurice [Estela Bravo] c; doc/27m |
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1985 |
Working Girls [Lizzie Borden] s16-35bu/c; addph: Joey Forsyte & Larry Banks (+ lighting des) |
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1985 |
Seven Minutes in Heaven [Linda Feferman] c; addph; ph: Steven Fierberg |
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1986 |
Dead End Kids [: A Story of Nuclear Power] [JoAnne Akalaitis] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/90m |
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1986 |
Jeg elsker dig/I Love You [Li Vilstrup] c; cph: Soren Berthelin |
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1986 |
Antigone: Rites for the Dead/Antigone - Rites of Passion [Amy Greenfield] 16mm/c; dance perf/85m; ph architectural settings; natural loc ph: Hillary Harris |
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1987 |
Painted Landscapes of the Times [Helene Klodawsky] 16mm/c; doc/26m |
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1987 |
The King James Version/The Birth [Robert Gardner] 16mm/c |
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1988 |
The Uncompromising Revolution/Fidel at 60 [Saul Landau] c; doc/78m; cph: Peter Chappell |
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1988 |
Calling the Shots [Holly Dale & Janis Cole] 16mm/c; doc/118m; cph: Sandi Sissel & John Walker |
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1988 |
Massage for Health [Johanna Demetrakas] c; doc/70m |
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1989 |
Metamorphosis: Man Into Woman [Lisa Leeman] 16mm/c; doc/58m; cph: John Hart, Madelyn Most, Sandra Chandler & Kathleen Beeler |
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1992 |
An Ambush of Ghosts [Everett Lewis] c |
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1994 |
Carmen Miranda - Bananas Is My Business [Helena Solberg] b&w-c; doc/92m; co-addph; ph: Tomasz Magierski |
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1994 |
My Family/Mi familia/Cafe con leche/East L.A. [Gregory Nava] c; 2uc; ph: Edward Lachman |
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1994 |
Ava's Magical Adventure [Patrick Dempsey & Rocky Parker] c |
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1996 |
Eat Your Heart Out/American Shrimps [Felix O. Adlon] c/V |
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1998 |
The Settlement [Mark Steilen] c |
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1999 |
Eban and Charley [James Bolton] dv-to-35mm/c |
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1999 |
The Gold Cup [Lucas Reiner] HD-to-35mm/c |
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1999 |
I Remember Me [Kim Snyder] c; doc/74m; co-addph; ph: Sam Counter, Lee Daniel & Don Lenzer |
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2000 |
R3 [Betty Thomas] DigiBeta/c/V; mockumentary/?m; addph: Sandi Sissel |
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2006 |
Cine Manifest [Judy Irola] dv/c; doc/75m; + co-prod/appearance |
| TELEVISION | |
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Ph items for '60 Minutes' [news magazine for CBS-tv], 'Nova' [doc series for WGBH-tv, Boston], 'Odyssey' [?], BBC-tv, Channel 4 and Canal+. |
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1978 |
NBC's Saturday Night Live [8 shorts, e.g. 'La Dolce Gilda' & 'Don't Look Back in Anger'] comedy-variety show, 1975-? |
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1978 |
20/20 [various] news magazine; for ABC-tv |
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1978 |
Max Frisch, Journal I-III [Richard Dindo] tvm; cph: Robert Boner, Hugues Ryffel, Renato Berta & Rainer Trinkler |
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1979 |
A Plague on Our Children [Robert Richter] c; doc/116m; cph: Don Lenzer & Burleigh Wartes; ep of PBS-tv series 'Nova' (7th season) |
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1981 |
Seguin [Jesús Salvador Treviño] tvm; ep PBS-tv series 'American Playhouse' |
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1983 |
Vietnam: A Television History [ep 'The End of the Tunnel (1973-1975)/The Fall of Saigon' written & prod by Elizabeth Deane] 13-part doc series (for PBS-tv, 1983) & 11-part series (for PBS-tv series 'American Experience', 1997); cph: Hiro Narita, John Gordon, Peter Hoving, Gerry Pinches & Jerry Hogrewe |
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1987 |
Gangs [, a Brother's Life] [Jesús Salvador Treviño] tvm/60m; a CBS-tv 'Schoolbreak Special' |
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1988 |
Date Rape [Jesús Salvador Treviño] tvm/60m; an ABC-tv 'Afterschool Special' |
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1988 |
The Supreme Court's Holy Battles [Karen Thomas] doc/60m; cph: Erich Roland, Terry Hopkins & Don Sellars |
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1988 |
Castro's Cuba: Two Views [Saul Landau ('The Uncompromising Revolution'); Jorge Ulla & Nestor Almendros ('Nobody Listened')] doc/120m; ph 'The Uncompromising Revolution'; cph: Peter Chappell; see Films (1988); for PBS-tv |
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1989 |
Wilfrid's Special Christmas [Jesús Salvador Treviño] tvm/30m; a CBS-tv 'Schoolbreak Special' |
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1990 |
Lies of the Heart/Golden Boy [Barra Grant] tvm/60m; a CBS-tv 'Schoolbreak Special' |
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1991 |
L'homme qui a voulu s'offrir Hollywood/The Man Who Tried to Buy Hollywood: Giancarlo Parretti [Jean-Pierre Moscardo] doc/?m; for Canal+ |
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1991 |
Lifestories [ep 'Steve Burdick' dir by Aaron Lipstadt, 'Darryl Tevis' dir by Jesús Salvador Treviño, 'Frank Brody' dir by Jeff Bleckner, 'Art Conforti' dir by Don Ohlmeyer & 'Jerry Forchette' dir by Bruce Seth Green] 9-part series, 1990-91 |
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1991 |
American Families [Wendy Apple] doc/60m; co-cam; ph: Catherine Cummings |
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1991 |
Summer Stories: The Mall [seg 'First Impressions' dir by John Rubinstein] 3-part ABC-tv 'Afterschool Special' (180m); other ph: Daniel Shulman |
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1992 |
Faith Even to the Fire [Jean Victor] doc/60m; cph: Emiko Omori, Dorothy Thigpen & Ron DeVeaux; ep PBS-tv series 'P.O.V.' |
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1992 |
Switching Parents/Gregory K. [: A Place to Be] [Linda Otto] tvm |
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1993 |
Grandfather Sky [Victress Hitchcock] tvm/50m |
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1994 |
The History of Rock 'n' Roll [Andrew Solt, a.o.] 10-part mus doc series, 1995; cph: Ralf Bode, Stephen Lighthill, David Myers, Claudia Raschke, Jeff Victor, Geoff Schaaf, a.o. |
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1994 |
Override [Danny Glover] tvm/30m; 2uc: Bernard Salzmann; ep Showtime-tv series 'Directed by' |
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1995 |
Reflections on Vatican II [Mark Birnbaum] 2-hour special/16mm; edited from the 5-part doc series 'The Faithful Revolution: Vatican II'; for PBS-tv |
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1995 |
In der glanzvollen Welt des Hotel Adlon/The Glamorous World of the Adlon Hotel [Percy Adlon] docudrama/75m/16mm; cph: Martin Hilton, Chad Wilson, a.o. |
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1996 |
I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American [Sam Pollard (part 1 & 2), Tracy Heather Strain (3 & 4) & Denise Greene (5 & 6)] 6-part doc series; co-add cam; ph: John Hazard & Robert Shepard; for PBS-tv |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1974 |
Ta' det som en mand, frue!/Take It Like a Man, Ma'am! [Mette Knudsen, Elisabeth Rygård & Li Vilstrup] gaffer/co-c.asst; ph: Katja Forbert Petersen |
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1976 |
Running Fence [Charlotte Zwerin, Albert & David Maysles; doc] co-c.asst; ph: Albert & David Maysles |
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1977 |
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives [Peter & Nancy Adair, Robert Epstein, a.o.] 16mm/c; doc/130m; co-tech cons; ph: Andrew Brown, Veronica Selver, a.o. |
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1977 |
Over-Under, Sideways–Down [Eugene Corr, Peter Gessner & Steve Wax] decor; ph: Stephen Lighthill |
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2003 |
The Journey Home [Elia Petridis] b&w; short/6m; co-faculty adv; ph: Jeffrey Allen; prod USC |
| FILMS AS DIRECTOR | |
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1974 |
Self-Health [co-dir; doc/23m] ph: ?; instruction in breast and pelvic self-examination for the purpose of discovery and preventative medical care |
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2006 |
Cine Manifest [+ co-prod/ph/appearance] see Films |
With ph Robert Potter - "Niger '66 - A Peace Corps Diary" [2007]
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2007 |
Niger '66 - A Peace Corps Diary [doc/75m/dv; + co-prod] ph: Robert Potter & Rob Connolly; filmed 2005, 2007 & 2008 |
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2011 |
First Peace Corps Volunteer - Jake Feldman [doc/b&w-c/7m] + co-prod; ph interv: ? |
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2014 |
The Sheepherder's Daughters/Artzain alabak [doc/b&w-c/20m] archive (8mm + stills) & interv (ph by Josh Morton) |
