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Photo by Merie W. Wallace |
[Right] with dir Frank Miller - "The Spirit" [2007] |
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Photo by Merie W. Wallace |
[Right] with dir Frank Miller - "The Spirit" [2007] |
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Born: 19 June 1952, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA, as William Homer Pope.
Education: High School [John Carpenter and Tommy Lee Wallace were his classmates]; University of Virginia [Architecture]; Southwestern University [Law]; New York University [MA Fine Arts; he ph Barry Sonnenfeld's thesis film].
Career: Ph & dir music videos [see below]. Ph commercials dir by Mike Bigelow, John O'Hagan, Traktor [for Pepsi Cola], John Dolan ['Bourne Happens' for Volkswagen], a.o.
Appearances/Interviewee: 'Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography' [1991], 'Crash Course/The Freeway Chase/The Matrix Reloaded: The Freeway Chase' [2003, Josh Oreck; ph: Alan Hereford & Paul Warren; 31m], 'The Matrix Recalibrated/Revolutions Recalibrated' [2003, Josh Oreck; ph: Alan Hereford & Paul Warren; 27m & 39m], 'The Burly Man Chronicles' [2003, Josh Oreck; ph: various; 95m & 176m], "Team America': Up Close with Kim Jong-Il' [2004; 5m], "Team America': Capturing the Action' [2004; 7m], 'Clueless: We're History' [2005], 'Clueless: Driver's Ed' [2005] & 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].
Awards: MTV Music Video Award [1988] for 'We’ll Be Together'; Independent Spirit Award nom [1997] for 'Bound'; BAFTA Film Award nom [2000] for 'The Matrix'; Golden Satellite Award nom [2005; shared] for 'Spider-Man 2'.
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FILMS |
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198? |
The Sixth Week [?] ?; student doc/?m |
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1985 |
Horror House on Highway Five [Richard Casey] c; photographer; ph: David Golia; + small part |
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1987 |
[Michael Jackson:] Moonwalker [anthology seg dir by Jerry Kramer] co-c.op; ph: Fred Elmes, Tom Ackerman, a.o.; filmed February 1987-May 1988 |
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1989 |
Death Doll [William Mims] c |
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1989 |
Darkman [Sam Raimi] c; 2uc: Peter Deming; aph: Frank Holgate; miniature ph: Dennis Skotak |
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1990 |
Closet Land [Radha Bharadwaj] c |
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1990 |
The Addams Family [Barry Sonnenfeld] c; cph vfx unit; ph: Owen Roizman |
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1991 |
Army of Darkness/Evil Dead 3/The Medieval Dead [Sam Raimi] c; 2uc: Ken Arlidge, Andrea Dietrich & William Mesa |
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1992 |
Fire in the Sky [Robert Lieberman] p/c; sp vfx ph: Kim Marks |
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1993 |
Blank Check/Blank Cheque [Rupert Wainwright] c; 2uc: Don Reddy & Layton Blaylock |
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1994 |
Clueless/I Was a Teenage Teenager/No Worries [Amy Heckerling] c |
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1995 |
Bound [Larry & Andy Wachowski] c |
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1996 |
Gridlock'd [Vondie Curtis-Hall] c |
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1997 |
Zero Effect [Jake Kasdan] c |
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1998 |
The Matrix [Andy & Larry Wachowski] s35/c; 2uc: Ross Emery |
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1998 |
Wild Wild West [Barry Sonnenfeld] c; co-2uc; ph: Michael Ballhaus & Stefan Czapsky |
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2000 |
Bedazzled [Harold Ramis] p/c; London ph: Philip Meheux; 2uc: Lowell Peterson |
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2001 |
The Matrix Revisited [Josh Oreck] V/c; doc/123m; cph: Richard Henkels, Byron Shah, Paul Warren, a.o.; + appearance/special thanks |
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2001 |
The Matrix Reloaded [Andy & Larry Wachowski] s35/c; addph: Roger Lanser; 2uc: Ross Emery (Australia) & Kim Marks (USA); 3uc: Geoff Wharton (Australia); model unit high speed ph: Kim Marks; model unit motion control ph: Pete Kozachik; also IMAX (15/70) version |
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2002 |
The Matrix Revolutions [Andy & Larry Wachowski] s35/c; 2uc: Ross Emery; 3uc: Geoff Wharton; model unit high speed ph: Kim Marks; model unit motion control ph: Pete Kozachik; also IMAX (15/70) version |
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2002 |
Enter the Matrix [Andy & Larry Wachowski] vg/c; 2uc: Ross Emery; 3uc: Geoff Wharton; Alameda 2uc: Kim Marks |
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2003 |
Spider-Man 2 [Sam Raimi] s35/c; addph: Anette Haellmigk; New York ph: Peter Menzies Jr.; blue screen ph: Lowell Peterson; also IMAX (15/70) version |
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2004 |
Team America: World Police [Trey Parker] s35/c; puppet film/98m; addph: Rob Sweeney |
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2005 |
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus [Steven Shainberg] c; addph: Steven Fierberg; 'b' unit ph: John Foster |
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2006 |
Spider-Man 3 [Sam Raimi] s35/c; 2uc: John Bramley & Jonathan Taylor; aph: Steve Koster & (New York) David Norris; vfx ph: Bruce Dickson; also IMAX (15/70) version |
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2006 |
14 Women [Mary Lambert] c; doc/79m; cph: Elliot Klayman, Michael Cho, Guy Livneh, a.o. |
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2007 |
The Spirit [Frank Miller] HD-to-35mm scope & D-Cinema/c; 2uc: Bob Finley III; + small part |
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2009 |
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World [Edgar Wright] p+s35+HD-to-35mm/c; 2uc: David Franco |
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2010 |
Men in Black III [Barry Sonnenfeld] pre-production; scheduled to start filming in September |
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TELEVISION |
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1992 |
Mrs. Cage [Robert Allen Ackerman] tvm; ep PBS-tv series 'American Playhouse' |
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1997 |
Maximum Bob [pilot dir by Barry Sonnenfeld] 7-part series, 1998; other ph: Victor Hammer |
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1999 |
Freaks and Geeks [pilot dir by Jake Kasdan] 18-part series/s35, 1999-2000; series ph: Russ Alsobrook (17 ep) |
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1999 |
The Ten Commandments of Creativity/Die zehn Gebote der Kreativität [Hermann Vaske] doc + dram seq/180m; ph Los Angeles helicopter seq; ph: Stefan Jonas, Isabelle Furrer, Stephen Ley & Volker May |
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MUSIC VIDEOS [Selection ph & dir] |
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1986 |
Nasty [a: Janet Jackson; d: Mary Lambert] |
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1986 |
Mercy Street [a: Peter Gabriel; d: Matt Mahurin] |
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1987 |
Red Rain [a: Peter Gabriel; d: Matt Mahurin] |
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1987 |
We'll Be Together [a: Sting; d: Mary Lambert] |
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1987 |
Say You Will [a: Mick Jagger; d: Mary Lambert] |
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1988 |
In Your Room [a: The Bangles; d: Tamra Davis] |
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1988 |
One [a: Metallica; co-d: Steven Goldmann & Michael Salomon] ph: Andre Marcell |
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1995 |
Somebody’s Crying [a: Chris Isaak; dir] ph: ? |
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1995 |
Go Walkin' Down There [a: Chris Isaak; dir] ph: ? |
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1996 |
Graduation Day [a: Chris Isaak; dir] ph: ? |
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1999 |
Adagio [a: Lara Fabian; d: FrancoDragone] |
