LISA WIEGAND

#1: From interview [Women in Film, 2013]

LISA WIEGAND ASC

Born: 1969, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA, as Lisa Marie Wiegand.

Education: Wayne State University [graduated in 1989], Detroit; UCLA [1993-98; MFA in Cinematography; one of her teachers was doph Tom Denove]; American Film Institute [AFI] [1995; Masters Program in Cinematography].

Career: After many years of still ph and printing in her father's darkroom and shooting Super 8 films [e.g. 'Mommy, Where Do Ants Come From?'], Wiegand became interested in the art of motion pictures. Graduating summa cum laude with a degree in film and television from Wayne State University, Wiegand worked at the Magic Bag Theatre before being hired as a production assistant at Detroit's Midwest Video, where she ended up directing three-camera shoots on commercials and industrial films. 'But it wasn't what I wanted to do. So my mom and I started looking at film schools.' One of only 20 students accepted in the graduate program at UCLA, she signed up, as do most graduate students, in the directing program. The school then had no official course of study in cinematography. In 1995 she took a year off at the American Film Institute as a Cinematography Fellow. She returned to UCLA with the proviso that her thesis work be exclusively in cinematography. In 1997, Wiegand attended the Színház-es Filmmûvészeti Foiskola [Academy of Drama and Film, Faculty of Film and Television] in Budapest, Hungary, one of only 16 students from around the world who were invited that year to participate in the annual cinematography master class taught by László Kovács and Billy Williams. Graduated from UCLA in 1998. Her studies were partially funded by grants from the Motion Picture Association of America, The Hollywood Radio and Television Society, Federico DeLaurentiis and doph Owen Roizman.

Was co-c.op on reality tv-shows for VH1 [8-part series 'Celebrity Fit Club', 2004], Bravo ['Sports Kids', 2005], Discovery Health Channel ['National Body Challenge 2006'], etc.

Ph music videos. Directed & ph 40 videos showing new products of the Ford Motor Company.

Active as cinematography professor at California State University [Long Beach], UCLA [Beginning Digital Filmmaking, 2006], American Film Institute, AMC Movie Academy & Loyola Marymount University [Los Angeles].

Member of the ASC since 2014.

Awards: ASC 'Karl Struss Heritage Award' [1998]; UCLA FF 'Best Cinematography' [1999] for 'Jornada del Muerto'; Women in Film Chicago 'Focus Award' [2013].

Website: Lisa Wiegand

FILMS
1996	Inertia [Michael Alberts] c; short/15m
1996	Shopping for Fangs [Quentin Lee & Justin Lin] c
1997	Jornada del Muerto [Matthaeus Szumanski] 16mm/c; short/28m; prod UCLA
1997	Ugly People in L.A. [Marc Lempert] c; short/?m; addph: Eric Grush; prod UCLA
1997	The Fledglings [Jessica Ann Bortman] ?; short/?m; prod UCLA
1997	The Eulogist's Opera [John Solomon] 16mm/?; short/?m; prod UCLA
1997	Last Impressions [Marc Marriott] ?; short/?m
1998	Boy Next Door [Carl Pfirman] 16mm/c; short/13m; prod UCLA
1998	Dean Quixote [Orion Walker] c
1999	Eastside [Lorena David] c
1999	Angel's Door [Nicole Parrish] c; short/30m; prod UCLA; filmed April-December
1999	Love, Mother [students Indian Springs High School] c; short/?m; cph: Bengt Jonsson
1999	Clara [Helga Oswald] c; short/27m; addph; ph: Arturo Smith
2000	Odessa [Amy Lyndon] c; short/27m
2000	Fish in a Barrel [Kent Dalian] dv/c
2001	Outta Time/The Courier/Out of Time [Lorena David] c; 2uc: Igor Meglic
2001	The New New World [Joel Ides] ?; short/?m
2001	Roberta Loved [Q. Allan Brocka] 16mm/c; short/24m
2001	Scrambled/The Space Between [John Di Minico] HD-to-35mm/c
2002	Boy Trouble [Rena Ferrick Henley] 16mm/?; prod UCLA (?)
2002	Cherry Bomb [Jim Ransweiler] dv/c
2002	AMP [Chris Rossi] dv/c; short/?m; based on C. Rossi's one act play
2002	Totally Sexy Loser [Jason Schafer] dv/c; addph: Eric Leach
2002	Seventy [Q. Allan Brocka] DVcam/c; short/8m
2003	Good Thing/Good Stuff [Keshni Kashyap] s16-35bu/c; short/19m; prod UCLA
2003	Eating Out [Q. Allan Brocka] DigiBeta/c; ph Los Angeles; ph: Keith J. Duggan
2003	Glutton Falls [Dean Cameron] dv/c; short/5m
2003	Death to the Supermodels [Joel Silverman] c; addph; ph: William MacCollum
2004	The Bulls [Eric Stoltz] s16/c; short/18m
2004	Get the Dime [Stephen Nichols] HD/c; short/28m
2004	Barbara Jean [Mischa Livingstone] DigiBeta/c; short/22m

"Little Athens"

2004	Little Athens [Tom Zuber] s16+s35-to-s35/c
2004	Niagara Motel [Gary Yates] c; addph; ph: Ian Wilson
2004	The Gits [Kerri O'Kane] 16mm/c; mus doc/78m; co-addph; ph: Sean Kirby; ph live perf footage (1993): Robert Bennett; finalized version released in 2007
2005	A Little Night Fright [Mischa Livingstone] c; short/3m
2005	Conversations [ep 'Virginia Madsen' interv by Todd Amorde, 'Laura Linney' interv by Lee Garlington (LG), 'Shirley Jones & Marty Ingels' interv by LG & 'Joe Mantegna' interv by Marcia Smith] interview series; for the Screen Actors Guild; cph: Tanja Koop, Christian Robinson & Francisco Martinez; filmed February & April; not for broadcast or general release
2005	Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade [Lincoln Ruchti] HD/c; doc/90m; filmed April-September
2005	Go Fore the Green: Lessons in Business Golf [?] training DVD
2005	Conversations [ep 'Maria Bello' interv by Camryn Manheim & 'Fionnula Flanagan' interv by Sabra Williams] interview series; cph: Bryan Donnell & Tanja Koop; filmed December; see 2005 (above)
2006	Conversations [ep 'Bill Hayes & Susan Seaforth Hayes' interv by Robert Clary] interview series; cph: Tanja Koop; filmed 12 January; see 2005
2006	My Suicide [- A Self-Inflicted Comedy] [David Lee Miller] HD/c; cph: Angie Hill; addph: Joe di Gennaro
2006	Conversations [ep 'Ron Perlman' interv by Michael Bofshever, 'Dom DeLuise' interv by Todd Amorde (TA), 'Nina Foch' interv by TA & 'Michael Madsen' interv by Anthony DeSantis] interview series; cph: Tanja Koop; filmed February, April & May; see 2005
2006	Eating Out 2 [: Sloppy Seconds] [: Different Rocks] [Phillip J. Bartell] dv-to-35mm/c
2006	Cornelius [Giovanny Blanco] mdv/b&w; + small part

With 1st c.asst Mike Skor - "Adventures of Power"

2006	Adventures of Power [Ari Gold] s16/c; ph New York: Darren Lew; 2uc: Mike Barnett; addph 2u New York: Denise Bailie; filmed September 2006-October 2007
2006	Pageant [Stewart Halpern & Ron Davis] c; doc/95m; 2uc; ph: Clay Westervelt
2006	Look Us in the Eye: The Old Women's Project [Jennifer Abod] c; doc/25m; cph: Genevieve Vaughn & J. Abod
2006	IAS: A Search for Hope [Paul Bartholomew] c; short/10m
2007	Casting Pearls [Andrea James] HD/c; short/7m
2007	Lez Be Friends [Glenn Gaylord] c; 70m; spph: Nick Saglimbeni
2007	Ode to Lost Love [Mischa Livingstone] c; short/2m
2007	The Dungeon Masters [Keven McAlester] c; doc/87m; co-addph; ph: Lee Daniel
2007	Bob Funk [Craig Carlisle] HD/c
2008	Jennie Tran (Not Her Real Name) [Aldo Velasco] c; short/8m
2008	The Assignment [Timothy J. Nelson] HD (Genesis)/c; 2uc: Matthew Williams
2009	Mayfly [Michael Bodie] HD/c; short/16m
2010	Sacramento - A Family Fable [Michael Bodie] HD/c; short/19m; M. Bodie's UCLA thesis film

TELEVISION & INTERNET
2003	Storyline Online [ep #3.2 (9m) 'The Polar Express', #3.5 'When Pigasso Met Mootise' (7m) & #3.6 (11m) 'Dad, Are You the Toothfairy?' dir by Clay Westervelt] online streaming series, 2001-present; 3rd season, 2003; for the SAG (Screen Actors Guild)-AFTRA Foundation's children's literacy website, Storyline Online
2003	Porno Valley [Q. Allan Brocka] 13-part doc series; other ph: Bryan Donnell & Ruben Russ
2004	Your Reality Checked [Donny Jackson] reality series; for Fine Living-tv
2006	National Body Challenge [?] doc reality series; cph: Jesse Feldman; for Discovery Health Channel
2007	Wedding Central [various] 14-part reality series, 2007-08; for Women's Entertainment Television
2008	Night Life [Zach Braff] pilot; 2uc; ph: Rodney Charters; for FOX-tv
2008	24 [ep #145 'Day 7: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.' dir by Jon Cassar (JC), #146 'Day 7: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.' dir by JC, #147 'Day 7: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.' dir by Brad Turner (BT), #148 'Day 7: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.' dir by BT, #149 'Day 7: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.' dir by JC, #150 'Day 7: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.' dir by JC, #151 'Day 7: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.' dir by Milan Cheylov (MC) & #152 'Day 7: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.' dir by MC] 204-part series, 2001-10 & 2014; 7th season, 2009 (24 ep); addph; ph: Rodney Charters
2008	Deliver Me [3 ep dir by various] 26-part reality series, 2008-09; 1st season, 2008; for Discovery Fit & Health
2009	Deliver Me [ep #2.10 'Word to the Wise' dir by ?] 2nd season, 2009; cph: Robert Jolley; see 2008
2009	Sundance Institute Directors Lab Series [Michael Bodie] 8-part (x 6m) YouTube doc web series/HD (Canon GL-1 & XL-H1); cph: Mikiko Sasaki; prod Sundance Institute
2009	The Little Couple [ ep #10-11 'Hawaii Here We Come (Part 1 & 2)' dir by ?] special (2009) + reality series/HD, 2009-present; 1st season, 2009 (14 ep); for The Learning Channel (TLC)

"Dollhouse" - photo by Adam Taylor

2009	Dollhouse [13 ep (#14-26) dir by various] unaired pilot + 26-part (1 unaired: #1.13 'Epitaph One') series, 2009-10; 2nd season/HD (Panasonic VariCam 3700), 2009-10 (13 ep)
2010	Detroit 1-8-7 [17 ep dir by various] 18-part series/HD (Panasonic VariCam 3700 + Canon EOS 7D), 2010-11; other ph: J. Michael Muro (pilot)
2011	Necessary Roughness [ep #2-12 dir by various] 38-part series/HD, 2011-13; 1st season (12 ep), 2011; 2uc: Ross Sebek (#2-12) & Mike McGowan (#3); other ph: Russell Lee Fine (pilot)
2012	Chicago Fire [pilot dir by Jeffrey Nachmanoff + 23 ep (#2-24) dir by various] series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2012-present; 1st season (24 ep), 2012-13; ep #23 (1.23) 'Let Her Go' (dir by Joe Chappelle) served as a backdoor pilot for the drama series 'Chicago P.D.'
2012	Wedding Band [ep #2-10 dir by various] 10-part series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2012-13; other ph: Giovani Lampassi (pilot)
2013	Chicago Fire [21 ep dir by various] 2nd season (22 ep), 2013-14; other ph: Jayson Crothers; see 2012
2014	Chicago Fire [16 ep dir by various] 3rd season, 2014-15 (23 ep); ep #65 (3.19) 'I Am the Apocalypse' (dir by Joe Chappelle) served as a backdoor pilot for the drama series 'Chicago Med'; see 2012
2015	Detroiters [John Solomon] pilot; followed by series, 2017; for Comedy Central
2015	American Crime [10 ep dir by various] series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2015-present; 2nd season, 2016 (10 ep); uncred 2uc: Tari Segal
2016	Chicago Justice/Chicago Law [ep #1 'Fake' dir by Donald Petrie + ep dir by various] series/HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus), 2017; the backdoor pilot for this drama series was ep #59 (3.21) 'Justice' (d: Jean de Segonzac; ph: Rohn Schmidt) of the series 'Chicago P.D.'
2016	Sensory [Sam Miller] pilot; for CBS-tv

MISCELLANEOUS
2001	Smash [1 ep dir by Leslie Greif (?); tv-series] c.op; ph: Scott Kevan (?)
2003	Deep Into the Water [Elisa Mishto; short] voice; ph: Ghalib El-Khalidi; prod Film and TV Workshops, Maine
2005	Secrets of the Sexually Satisfied Woman [exec prod: Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato; tv-special/60m] c.op; ph: Damon Hennessey & Clay Westervelt; for Lifetime-tv
2006	Welcome to the Parker [various; 8-part doc reality tv-series] co-c.op; ph: Jacob Pinger; for Bravo-tv (2007)
2007	Cleaner [Renny Harlin] c.op 'c' cam; ph: Scott Kevan
2008	Jingles [?; 8-part reality tv-series] c.op; ph: ?; for CBS-tv
2009	Dollhouse [ep #13 'Epitaph One' dir by David Solomon; tv-series; 1st season/35mm] c.op 'b' cam; ph: Rodney Charters; see Television
2009	Washington Field [Jon Cassar; tv-pilot] c.op 'c' cam; ph: Rodney Charters; for CBS-tv
2010	Biography [ep 'Tyra Banks' & 'Ellen DeGeneres'; doc tv-series] co-cam; ph: Mai Iskander