#1: 2011

#3: [Left] with dir Rian Johnson - "The Brothers Bloom" [2007]

 

   


STEVE YEDLIN   ASC

 

Born: 29 September 1975, Los Angeles, CA, USA, as Steven Mark Yedlin.

Education: University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television [USC].

Career: Was gaffer on features, commercials and music videos.

Ph commercials for Levi's, Timex, a.o. Ph tv-promos and music videos.

Became a member of the ASC in 2015.

Inventor and co-engineer of the 'Soft-O-Matic', a special-application 12.000 watt soft-light.

Website: Steve Yedlin


 FILMS

1990

The Short Life and Tragic Death of Josh Arce [Rian Johnson] 16mm/?; short/?m

1996

Sugared Peas [Isabella V. Chan] 16mm/c; short/12m; cph: Marius Balchunas; prod USC; also part of DVD comp 'Girls' View' (5 shorts; 2007)

1996

Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!! [Rian Johnson] 16mm/b&w; short/8m; + co-ed; prod USC

1998

Phyfutima/The Room [Robert Beaucage] c; short/18m

1998

Last Ditch [Rian Johnson] c; short/19m; 2nd c.op: Justin Akers; shot in one weekend

1998

Angst [Bryan C. Bishop] s16-35bu/b&w-c; short/26m; cph: Matthias Maaß

1999

Fashionably L.A. [Tamara Olson] 16mm/b&w-c

2001

May [Lucky McKee] c; 2uc: Jaron Presant

2002

The Psychology of Dream Analysis [Rian Johnson] dv/c; short/10m

2003

Brick [Rian Johnson] c

2003

Toolbox Murders [Tobe Hooper] c; 2uc: Jaron Presant

2003

Dead Birds [Alex Turner] c

2004

Mortuary [Tobe Hooper] scheduled as doph, but film was ph by Jaron Presant

2004

Conversations with Other Women [Hans Canosa] HD+35mm-to-35mm (2.39:1/split screen)/c; addph: Alex Vendler (Los Angeles) & Jonathan Furmanski (New York)

2005

The Dead One/El Muerto [Brian Cox] c; 2uc: Bernd Heinl, Jaron Presant & Alex Vendler

2005

Unknown [Simon Brand] s35/c; 2uc (+ addph): Alex Vendler

 

[Right] with 1st c.asst Wade Whitley - "Altered"

 

2005

Altered [Eduardo Sánchez] c; 2uc: Stephen Campbell

2005

Chlorine [Jay Alaimo] announced for December start, but the money fell through; filmed in January 2010 with doph Paul Daley

200?

Greg Gorman - Explorer of Light [Lee Farber] dv/c; doc/?m

2007

The Brothers Bloom [Rian Johnson] s35/c; 2uc: Jaron Presant; + co-add vfx

2007

American Violet/American Inquisition [Tim Disney] scope/c; 2uc: Alex Vendler

2008

Tenure [Mike Million] p/c

2008

The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 [Adam Pertofsky] c; doc/32m; prod National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN

2008

The Other Woman/Love and Other Impossible Pursuits [Don Roos] p (+ D-Cinema)/c

2009

Father of Invention [Trent Cooper] HD (Sony F23)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c

2011

Looper [Rian Johnson] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Jaron Presant

2011

Girl Most Likely/Imogene [Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm (+ digital)/c; aph: Brian Heller

2012

Carrie [Kimberly Peirce] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Miroslaw Baszak; uwph: Brent Robinson; remake of film (1976; Brian De Palma; ph: Mario Tosi)

2013

Danny Collins/Imagine [Dan Fogelman] c (+ digital)

2014

San Andreas [Brad Peyton] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/p & XT Plus/p)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; 2uc: Jaron Presant; aph: Dylan Goss

2015

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi [Rian Johnson] p+HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus/p, Mini/p & 65)+s35+IMAX 65-to-IMAX-70 (+ D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; 2uc: Jaron Presant; aph: Adam Dale; filmed 2015-16

 

 TELEVISION & INTERNET

1996

America's Dumbest Criminals [?] drama/reality series, 1996-2000; other ph: Alex Vendler, Joe Gill, a.o.

1999

Paul Thomas Anderson [Alex Vendler] interview/30m; cph: Jaron Presant & Ilya Lyudmirsky; ep series 'Independent Focus' for the Independent Film Channel

2006

Lovely by Surprise [Kirt Gunn] c; premiered on the internet as a series of short films (webisodes)

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

1995

Omaha (The Movie) [Dan Mirvish] 1st c.asst Los Angeles unit; ph Los Angeles unit: Thomas Cook & John Shepphird; ph: Andy Anderson

1996

Yellow [Chris Chan Lee] 1st c.asst; ph: Theodore Cohen

1997

976-WISH [David L. Bertman; short] 1st c.asst; ph: Dave Porfiri & James Sweeney

1997

Descent [Kevin Souls] c.asst; ph: Michael Kreuzriegler; prod USC

1997

Girl Cottage [Steve Morris] gaffer; ph: Alex Vendler

1998

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money [Scott Spiegel] co-electrician addph; ph: Philip Lee

1998

Shafted! [Tom Putnam] gaffer; ph: Alex Vendler

1998

The Thin Pink Line [Joe Dietl & Michael Irpino] gaffer; ph: Alex Vendler

1998

10 Seconds [Christophe Joly; short] gaffer; ph: Alex Vendler

1998

Bad Money [John Hazlett] gaffer; ph: Alex Vendler

1999

Good Housekeeping/Better Housekeeping [Frank Novak] gaffer; ph: Alex Vendler

1999

Very Mean Men [Tony Vitale] gaffer; ph: Alex Vendler & Nathan Wilson

2000

Manic [Jordan Melamed] gaffer (+ co-c.op 'b' cam); ph: Nick Hay

2001

Sol Goode [Danny Comden] gaffer; ph: Christopher Walling

2002

Melvin Goes to Dinner [Bob Odenkirk] gaffer; ph: Alex Vendler

2005

Out at the Wedding [Lee Friedlander] swing gaffer; ph: Alex Vendler

2006

Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette [Bob Odenkirk; short] c.op; ph: Alex Vendler

2006

The Comedians of Comedy: Live at the El Rey [Michael Blieden; perf/58m] co-c.op; ph: Brandon Hickman

2007

the Hottie & the Nottie [Tom Putnam] co-c.op 'b' cam; ph: Alex Vendler

2010

Should've Been Romeo [Marc Bennett] co-add c.op; ph: Tom Richmond