IEC
Born: 1955, Moscow, USSR. Went to the USA in 1974.
Education: Film School of New York University; American Film Institute, Los Angeles.
Career: Ph music videos [a: Amy Grant, Smokey Robinson, Stanley Clark, a.o.] and commercials [dir by Kevin Dole, Michel Lichtenstein, Jose Avila, a.o.].
Member of the ASC since 2000.
Appeared in the doc 'Narc: The Visual Trip' [2002].
Awards: Sundance FF 'Cinematography Award' [1988] for 'Beirut: The Last Home Movie'; ASC Award nom [1989] for 'Sable'; BSFC Award [1995] for 'Safe'; Independent Spirit Award nom [2003] for 'Narc'.
Website: Alex Nepomniaschy
FILMS | |
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1984 |
A Stroke of Genius [Jyll Rosenfeld] c; cph: John Corso |
1985 |
Last Resort/She Knew No Other Way/Club Sandwich [Zane Buzby] c; cph: Stephen M. Katz |
1986 |
Wanted: Dead or Alive [Gary Sherman] c; 2uc: Bob Yeoman & Steve Sealy |
1987 |
Beirut: The Last Home Movie [Jennifer Fox] c; doc/123m |
1987 |
Poltergeist III [Gary Sherman] c; ending reshoot filmed in March 1988 |
1988 |
The End of Innocence [Dyan Cannon] c; addph: Javier GarcĂa Carbo |
1989 |
Lisa/Candlelight Killer [Gary Sherman] c; addph: Stanley Lazan |
1990 |
Whore [Ken Russell] c; addph; ph: Amir Mokri |
1994 |
[Safe] [Todd Haynes] c |
1995 |
Mrs. Winterbourne [Richard Benjamin] c; 2uc: Brian Heller |
1995 |
The Associate [Donald Petrie] c; 2uc: Tom Weston |
1996 |
As Good As It Gets [James L. Brooks] c; 2uc; ph: John Bailey |
1997 |
The Alarmist/Life During Wartime [Evan Dunsky] c; + small part |
1997 |
Never Been Kissed [Raja Gosnell] s35/c; 2uc: Anette Haellmigk |
1998 |
All the Rage/It's the Rage [James D. Stern] c |
2000 |
A Time for Dancing [Peter Gilbert] c |
2000 |
Life and Debt [Stephanie Black] c; doc/86m; cph: Malik Hassan Sayeed, Kyle Kibbe & Richard Lannaman; uses some footage from 'Land of Our Birth' (1976, Saul Landau & Haskell Wexler) |
2001 |
Narc/Narco [Joe Carnahan] c; 2uc: Ryan McMaster |
2003 |
Taking Lives [D.J. Caruso] s35/c; addph; ph: Amir Mokri |
2003 |
The Prince and Me [Martha Coolidge] c; 2uc: David Perrault (Toronto) & Ervin Sanders (Prague) |
2004 |
10th & Wolf [Robert Moresco] s35/c |
2004 |
Venom [Jim Gillespie] s35/c; 2uc; ph: Steve Mason |
2005 |
Take the Lead [Liz Friedlander] c; 2uc: Renato Di Giuseppe; ph New York: Welles Hackett |
2005 |
The Last Face [Erin Dignam] announced; status unknown |
2005 |
Hard Luck [Mario Van Peebles] c/V; 2uc: Peter Fernberger |
2006 |
The Education of Charlie Banks [Fred Durst] s35/c |
2007 |
Taking the Face - The Portuguese Bullfight [Juliusz Kossakowski & Matthew Bishop] HD (Sony HVR-V1E)/c; doc/58m & 79m; addph: M. Bishop & Fernando Linares Vieira |
2007 |
Adventures in Appletown/The Kings of Appletown [Robert Moresco] s35-to-35mm/c; uncred addph; ph: Daniel Pearl |
2007 |
Eagle Eye [D.J. Caruso] s35 (+ IMAX-70bu & D-Cinema)/c; uncred addph; ph: Dariusz Wolski |
2008 |
The Disembodied [Brett Donowho] scheduled to start filming in September, but prod was suspended; back on track in February 2009; status unknown |
2009 |
Draw the Line [Jonathan Sachar or Peter Iliff] pre-production; status unknown |
2010 |
Country Strong/Love Don't Let Me Down [Shana Feste] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc; ph: John Bailey |
2010 |
I Am Number Four [D.J. Caruso] s35-to-35mm (+ IMAX-70bu & D-Cinema)/c; uncred addph; ph: Guillermo Navarro |
2010 |
Rites of Passage/The Final Rites [W. Peter Iliff] HD/c; 2uc: Mark Young & Joseph Arena |
2011 |
Standing Up/Goat Island/The Goats [D.J. Caruso] scope/c |
2011 |
Fast Flash to Bang Time [W. Peter Iliff] announced; project never got off the ground |
2013 |
Driving Tinseltown [ Mark Amin] c; short/15m |
TELEVISION & INTERNET | |
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1987 |
Sable [ep #1 'Toy Gun' dir by Gary Sherman (GS), #4 'Serial Killer' dir by GS & #6 'Watchdogs' dir by Kees van Oostrum] 7-part series, 1987-88; cph (#6): David Spitz; addph: Paul Vom Brack (#1), George Kohut (#4) & John Connor (#6); other ph: John Connor & David Spitz |
1989 |
[HBO's] Tales from the Crypt [ep #12 'The Thing from the Grave' dir by Fred Dekker] 93-part series, 1989-96; 2nd season, 1990 |
1990 |
After the Shock [Gary Sherman] tvm |
1990 |
Murderous Vision [Gary Sherman] tvm |
1991 |
[Stephen King's] Golden Years [Kenneth Fink, Stephen Tolkin, Allen Coulter & Michael Gornick] 7-part miniseries; the miniseries was to lead into a regular series, and therefore ended on a cliffhanger. CBS, however, decided not to pick up the option on the full series. The home video version changed the last few minutes of the final aired episode to give the story an optimistic ending |
1993 |
Missing Persons [pilot dir by Gary Sherman + 10 ep dir by various] 17-part series, 1993-94; other ph: Peter Gilbert |
1993 |
[Danielle Steel's] Star [Michael Miller] tvm |
1994 |
Tall, Dark and Deadly [Kenneth Fink] tvm |
1996 |
Crisis Center [various] 6-part series, 1997; other ph: Gordon Lonsdale & Ross Maehl |
1996 |
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction [various] 45-part series, 1997-2002; 1st season, 1997; other ph: Christopher Taylor; for Fox-tv |
1997 |
To Live Again [Steven Schachter] tvm |
1997 |
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction [various] 2nd season, 1998; other ph: Christopher Taylor; see 1996 |
1999 |
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction [ep #23 'E-Mail/Blood Donor/Epitaph/Stitches in Time/Soldier' dir by various, #27 'Creepy Comics/Louie the Dip/The Wailing/The Landlady/Curse' dir by various & #28 'For the Record/Halloween/Precious/Get Your Kicks at Motel 66/Phantom Drifter' dir by various] 3rd season, 2000; cph: Jeff Jur (#23) & Christopher Taylor (#23 & 27-28); 2uc: Robert Bennett; see 1996 |
2001 |
Warning: Parental Advisory [Mark S. Waters] tvm |
2005 |
Criminal Minds [pilot 'Extreme Aggressor' dir by Richard Shepard] series, 2005-present; 1st season, 2005-06; other ph: Glenn Kershaw; 2uc: Karl Herrmann |
2007 |
I'm in Hell [Frank Coraci] pilot/HD; for CBS-tv |
2009 |
Big Love [ep #36 'The Greater Good' dir by David Knoller (DK), #38 'The Mighty and Strong' dir by Daniel Attias (DA), #40 'Under One Roof' dir by DA & #42 'Next Ticket Out' dir by DK] 53-part series, 2006-11; 4th season, 2010 |
2010 |
Supah Ninjas [pilot 'Hero of the Shadows' dir by Clark Mathis + 25 ep dir by various] 39-part series/RED, 2011-13; 1st season (26 ep), 2011-12; for Nickelodeon-tv |
2012 |
Bunheads/Strut [10 ep dir by various] 18-part series/HD, 2012-13; other ph: Anette Haellmigk; for ABC Family |
2013 |
Blue Bloods [11 ep dir by various] series, 2010-present; 4th season/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2013-14 (22 ep) |
2014 |
The Mentalist [6 ep dir by various] 151-part series, 2008-15; 7th season/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2014-15 (13 ep) |
2014 |
Blue Bloods [ep #108 'Through the Looking Glass' dir by Eric Laneuville & #110 'New Rules' dir by John Behring] 5th season/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2014-15 (22 ep); see 2013 |
2015 |
The Americans [ep #40 'The Glanders' dir by Thomas Schlamme & #52 'Persona Non Grata' dir by Chris Long] series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2013-present; 4th season, 2016 (13 ep); addph (#40): Joseph Bradley Smith |
2016 |
Gilmore Girls: Seasons [Amy Sherman-Palladino & Daniel Palladino] 4-part miniseries; for Netflix |
MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1985 |
Molly's Pilgrim [Jeffrey D. Brown; short] gaffer; ph: Mark Trottenberg |