FRED SCHULER ASC

Born: 15 March 1940, Munich, Germany, as Alfred Schuler. Went to the USA when he was 23 [1963].

Career: Started in 1967 as c.asst working with doph Haskell Wexler.

Ph commercials for AT&T, Telefonica, Evian, Hitachi, Pedigree Pal [d: Jelle Oortman Gerlings], a.o.

Member of the ASC since 1986.

His work is discussed in the book 'Kamerastile im aktuellen Film' [1997].

FILMS

1974	Salut Philibert [Victor Lallouz] unfinished; prod in Canada
1976	Love in the Hamptons [Tom Folino] c; short/24m; + assoc prod
1979	Simon [Marshall Brickman] c; co-addph (+ c.op); ph: Adam Holender
1979	Gloria [John Cassavetes] c; aph: Peter Gabarini
1979	Love and Money [James Toback] c
1980	Stir Crazy [Sidney Poitier] c
1980	Arthur [Steve Gordon] c; addph: David Quaid
1981	The King of Comedy [Martin Scorsese] c
1981	Soup For One [Jonathan Kaufer] b&w-c
1982	Nothing Lasts Forever [Tom Schiller] b&w-c
1982	Easy Money [James Signorelli] c
1983	Amityville 3-D/Amityville III: The Demon [Richard Fleischer] av 3-D/c; 3-D coordinator: Tibor Sands
1983	The Woman in Red [Gene Wilder] c
1984	Fletch [Michael Ritchie] c; 2uc: Gary Kibbe
1984	Maxie/Free Spirit [Paul Aaron] c
1985	Wise Guys [Brian De Palma] c
1985	Haunted Honeymoon [Gene Wilder] c; sfx ph: Les Dear
1986	Armed and Dangerous [Mark L. Lester] c; 2uc: Roger Shearman; c.op add camera crew: Fred Smith
1995	Der Totmacher/Deathmaker [Romuald Karmakar] c
1997	The New World [Franc Roddam] pre-production; status unknown
1997	Lesser Prophets/The Last Bet [William DeVizia] c
1998	Just Looking [Jason Alexander] c
1998	Manila [Romuald Karmakar] c
1999	Der Himmel kann warten/Exit to Heaven [Brigitte Müller] s35/c; cph: Tom Fährmann
1999	...und das ist erst der Anfang/Just the Beginning [Pierre Franckh] c
2001	Germanikus [Hanns Christian Müller] s35/c; 2uc: Harald Ortenburger
2002	Lassie [Sinan Akkus] b&w-c; short/11m
2002	Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder/Nightsongs [Romuald Karmakar] c
2005	Hamburger Lektionen/Hamburg Lectures [Romuald Karmakar] DigiBeta/c; doc/133m; cph: Frank Müller & Casey Campell

TELEVISION

1973	We the Women [Jack Kuney] special/60m; live action, anim & archive
1983	A Good Sport [Lou Antonio] tvm
1987	Das Tor des Feuers [Kaspar Heidelbach] tvm
1996	FireHouse [Alan Smithee (= John McNaughton)] unaired pilot/60m; cph: Frank Prinzi; re-edited as a tvm (83m)
1997	12 Angry Men [William Friedkin] tvm
1997	Das Frankfurter Kreuz/Frankfurt - Millennium [Romuald Karmakar] tvm/b&w/55m/s16-35bu; ep series '2000 Seen By'
1999	Falcone/Excellent Cadavers [Ricky Tognazzi] tvm; New York ph; ph: Alessio Gelsini Torresi

FILMS AS CAMERA OPERATOR

1967	The Thomas Crown Affair [Norman Jewison] c.asst; ph: Haskell Wexler
1969	Mastermind [Alex March] c.asst; ph: Gerald Hirschfeld; released in 1976

[Left] - "Across 110th Street"

1972	Across 110th Street [Barry Shear] 1st c.asst; ph: Jack Priestley
1974	Amazing Grace [Stan Lathan] co-c.op; ph: Edward R. Brown & Sol Negrin
1974	Law and Disorder [Ivan Passer] ph: Arthur Ornitz
1974	Jaws [Steven Spielberg] uncred add c.op; ph: Bill Butler
1974	Man on a Swing [Frank Perry] c.op; ph: Adam Holender
1974	Dog Day Afternoon [Sidney Lumet] ph: Victor Kemper
1975	Taxi Driver [Martin Scorsese] ph: Michael Chapman
1975	The Front [Martin Ritt] ph: Michael Chapman
1976	Annie Hall [Woody Allen] co-c.op; ph: Gordon Willis
1976	Network [Sidney Lumet] ph: Owen Roizman
1976	The Last Waltz [Martin Scorsese; concert film] co-c.op; ph: Michael Chapman
1977	Fingers [James Toback] ph: Michael Chapman
1977	Siege [Richard Pearce; tvm] ph: Alan Metzger
1977	Slow Dancing in the Big City [John Avildsen] co-c.op Lincoln Center ballet seq; LC ballet seq ph: Gerald Hirschfeld
1977	The Deer Hunter [Michael Cimino] co-c.op; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond
1978	King of the Gypsies [Frank Pierson] ph: Sven Nykvist
1978	Hide in Plain Sight [James Caan] ph: Paul Lohmann
1978	Manhattan [Woody Allen] ph: Gordon Willis
1978	Starting Over [Alan Pakula] ph: Sven Nykvist
1979	Simon [Marshall Brickman] c.op (+ co-addph); ph: Adam Holender
1979	Willie & Phil [Paul Mazursky] ph: Sven Nykvist