Owen Roizman

Owen Roizman

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Camera

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1936-09-22

  • Day of Death

    2023-01-06 (86 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

Owen Roizman, A.S.C. (September 22, 1936 – January 6, 2023) was a cinematographer and a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). He received five Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, for the films The French Connection (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Network (1976), Tootsie (1982), and Wyatt Earp (1994). Roizman was known for collaborating with film directors William Friedkin, Sydney Pollack and Lawrence Kasdan.

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