ALEX NEPOMNIASCHY   ASC

 

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

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

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

1985

Molly's Pilgrim [Jeffrey D. Brown; short] gaffer; ph: Mark Trottenberg