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#1: From interview [by Craft Truck]
#2: [Left] with dir Craig Gillespie & dir Bennett Miller [2007]
ADAM KIMMEL ASC
Born: 14 October 1960, New York, USA, as Adam John Kimmel.
Career: Started at age 17 as apprentice to doph Michael Chapman & Ralf Bode. Became c.asst in 1981. Became doph on commercials & music videos in 1986. Worked with dir Ted Demme [nephew of dir Jonathan Demme] at MTV [e.g. the 'Yo! MTV Raps'-series].
Ph commercials dir by Peter Salmi [for Volvo], Jörgen Loof [for Ericsson], Brian Aldrich [for DaimlerChrysler], Bennett Miller, Albert Watson [for Emerson Electronics], Traktor [for Miller Brewing Co.], Baker Smith [for Toyota & Compaq], a.o.
Ph music videos, e.g. 'One' [1992; a: U2; d: Mark Pellington], 'Streets of Philadelphia' [1994; a: Bruce Springsteen; d: Jonathan & Ted Demme] & 'Sapokanikan' [5m] + 'Divers' [7m] [2015; a: Joanna Newsom; d: Paul Thomas Anderson; cph: Aaron Tichenor].
Member of the ASC since 2009.
His brother Steve is a prod designer.
Awards: Independent Spirit Award nom [2005] for 'Capote'; Independent Spirit Award nom [2011] for 'Never Let Me Go'.
Website: Adam Kimmel
| FILMS | |
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1990 |
Red Hot + Blue [seg #8 (3m) 'I Get a Kick' dir by Mark Pellington; a: The Jungle Brothers] b&w-c/V; mus comp/111m; other ph: Tom Sigel, Ed Lachman, Declan Quinn, a.o.; this film (18 music videos + art breaks) accompanied the comp album (20 tracks) from the Red Hot Organization (an AIDS Benefit project); also an ABC-tv special |
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1992 |
The Bet [Ted Demme] c; short/21m |
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1992 |
Who Do I Gotta Kill?/Me and the Mob [Frank Rainone] c |
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1992 |
Who's the Man? [Ted Demme] c |
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1993 |
The Ref/Hostile Hostages [Ted Demme] c |
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1994 |
New Jersey Drive [Nick Gomez] c; addph: Peter Fernberger |
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1994 |
Bed of Roses/Amelia and the King of Plants [Michael Goldenberg] c; aph: Dylan Gross & Michael Kelem |
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1995 |
Red Hot + Country [John Carlin & Richie Vetter] c; concert film/70m; filmed February (The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee); fifth in a series of AIDS Awareness Projects |
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1995 |
Beautiful Girls [Ted Demme] c; 2uc: Tony Jannelli |
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1996 |
Almost Heroes/Edwards and Hunt [Christopher Guest] c; cph: Kenneth MacMillan; addph: Jeffrey Jur; 2uc: Alan Caso & Brian Sullivan |
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1997 |
Monument Ave./Snitch/Noose [Ted Demme] c |
"Jesus' Son"
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1999 |
Jesus' Son [Alison Maclean] c |
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2003 |
Chrystal [Ray McKinnon] c |
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2004 |
Capote [Bennett Miller] s35/c; + small part |
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2005 |
Gray Matters/Southern Comfort [Sue Kramer] HD (Thomson Viper)-to-35mm/c; co-addph New York; ph: John S. Bartley |
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2006 |
Lars and the Real Girl [Craig Gillespie] c |
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2007 |
Abbey Lincoln: The Music Is the Magic [Carol Friedman] 16mm/b&w-c; mus doc/90m; cph: Anthony Hardwick, Crescenzo Notarile & Ruben O'Malley; shot over a period of 19 years; in 2010 seeking funds to complete the editing |
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2007 |
Rudo y Cursi [Carlos Cuarón] c; addph: John Grillo |
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2008 |
Eve [Natalie Portman] c; short/21m |
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2008 |
These Vagabond Shoes [Scarlett Johansson] HD (Genesis)-to-35mm/b&w (tinted); short/12m; prod for comp film 'New York, I Love You', but was left out of finished film (10 seg [originally 12] + transitions) |
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2009 |
Never Let Me Go [Mark Romanek] s35/c |
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2010 |
Moneyball [Bennett Miller (replaced Steven Soderbergh in 2009)] scheduled as doph, but replaced by Wally Pfister |
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2012 |
Foxcatcher [Bennett Miller] s35-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/b&w (archive) & c; 2uc; ph: Greig Fraser; filmed 2012-13 |
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2016 |
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House/The Silent Man/Felt [Peter Landesman] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/scope)-to-D-Cinema (2.00:1)/c |
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2018 |
Untitled documentary [Bennett Miller] pre-production |
| TELEVISION & INTERNET | |
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1990 |
Century 21 Marriage Counselors [James Signorelli] commercial parody for 'Saturday Night Live'-series (15th season, 1989-90) |
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1990 |
Nikey Turkey [James Signorelli] commercial parody (1m) for 'Saturday Night Live'-series (16th season, 1990-91) |
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199? |
Mmmph? [James Signorelli] commercial parody for 'Saturday Night Live'-series |
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1991 |
MTV, Give Me Back My Life: A Harvard Lampoon Parody [Iain Paterson] tvm/60m |
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1992 |
[Denis Leary:] No Cure for Cancer [Ted Demme] comedy special/65m |
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1994 |
Conversations with the Rolling Stones [Susan Froemke, Kathy Dougherty & Albert Maysles] c; mus special/24m; cph: Albert Maysles & Susan Froemke; for VH1 |
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1996 |
Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground [seg 'Manhattan Miracle' dir by Ted Demme] tvm/82m (10 seg); other ph: Tom Hurwitz (seg dir by Craig McKay), Ken Kelsch (7 seg) & Tony Jannelli (seg dir by Jonathan Demme) |
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1997 |
Denis Leary: Lock 'N' Load [Ted Demme] comedy perf/60m; ep 'HBO Comedy Hour'-series |
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1999 |
Auggie Rose/Beyond Suspicion [Matthew Tabak] tvm; also released theatrically |
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2009 |
I'm Here [Spike Jonze] c; comm short/30m; for Absolut Vodka (for internet) |
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2015 |
Dead & Company [Brett Ratner] HD/c; mus perf/168m; ep 'American Express UNSTAGED'-series, in collab with VEVO & YouTube; filmed (live stream) 7 November (Madison Square Garden, New York City) |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1978 |
The Wanderers [Philip Kaufman] apprentice (+ small part); ph: Michael Chapman |
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1979 |
Raging Bull [Martin Scorsese] apprentice; ph: Michael Chapman |
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1979 |
Dressed to Kill [Brian De Palma] apprentice; ph: Ralf Bode |
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1980 |
Tribute [Bob Clark] 2nd c.asst New York (as Alan Kimmel); ph: Reginald H. Morris |
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1981 |
My Favorite Year [Richard Benjamin] 2nd c.asst; ph: Gerald Hirschfeld |
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1981 |
Genesis - Three Sides Live [Stuart Orme; doc + concert film] co-c.asst (concert); cameramen (concert): Alan Almond, Jerry Kaufmann, Wayne Paul & Dick Brookes; lighting cameraman (+ loc dir): Peter Mackay |
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1982 |
The Verdict [Sidney Lumet] co-c.asst; ph: Andrzej Bartkowiak |
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1984 |
Falling in Love [Ulu Grosbard] c.asst; ph: Peter Suschitzky |
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1984 |
Birdy [Alan Parker] co-Steadicam asst; ph: Michael Seresin |
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1986 |
Angel Heart [Alan Parker] c.asst; ph: Michael Seresin |
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1990 |
Dice Rules [Jay Dubin; comedy sketches + concert film] co-c.op (concert crew); ph: Michael Negrin (concert) & Charlie Lieberman ('A Day in the Life' seg) |
