Phedon Papmichael Biography ((?)-)

Born in Athens, Greece; immigrated to the United States, 1983. Career:Cinematographer, production designer, director, art director, and camera operator. Awards, Honors: CableACE Award nomination, best cinematography,Silver Award, Houston Film Festival, best picture, 1992, for Sketch Artist; American Society of Cinematographers Award nomination, outstanding achievement in cinematography in miniseries, 1994, for Wild Palms; American Society of Cinematographers Award nomination, outstanding achievement in cinematography in movies of the week/pilot, 1996, for White Dwarf; CorkFestival Award, best cinematography, for Spud(short). Addresses: Agent: Innovative Artists Talent, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2850, Los Angeles, CA 90067-6022.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cinematographer, production designer, director, art director, camera operator

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Cinematographer, Except Where Indicated
Production designer, Faces, Orion Home Video, 1968
Production designer, A Woman Under the Influence, 1974
Production designer, Love Streams, 1984
Art director, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Faces DistributionCompany, 1976
Production designer, Seven Hours to Judgement, 1988
Camera operator second unit, Deadly Dreams, Virgin Vision, 1988
Additional camera assistant, The Jogger, 1988
Stripped to Kill II (also known as Live Girls), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989
Dance of the Damned, Virgin Vision, 1989
Nowhere to Run, 1989
After Midnight, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989
Streets, 1990
Body Chemistry, Columbia TriStar, 1990
Additional cinematography (Dallas), Prayer of the Rollerboys, 1991
Production designer, Texasville, 1991
Driving Me Crazy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991

Poison Ivy, 1992
Cool Runnings, 1993
Second unit director and second unit cinematographer, Stranger by Night, 1994
And director, Dark Side of Genius, 1994
Unstrung Heroes, Buena Vista, 1995
While You Were Sleeping, Buena Vista, 1995
Bio-Dome, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996
Phenomenon, Buena Vista, 1996
(As Phedon Papamichael, Sr.) And production designer, Unhook the Stars, Miramax, 1996
Production designer, Me and the Gods, 1997
The Locusts, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997
Mouse Hunt, United International Pictures, 1997
Patch Adams, Universal, 1998
Worked as cinematographer for Spud (short); Temptation Blues; The Setting Sun; Bukowsky on Barfly; Cold Chicken (short).
Film Appearances
"I'm Almost Not Crazy_" John Cassavetes: The Man and His Work, 1983
Taxi driver, Love Streams, 1984
Television Work
Series
(As Phedon Papamichael, Sr.) Director, production designer, and camera operator, Sketch Artist, Showtime, 1992
Television Cinematographer
Series
Wild Palms, ABC, 1993
Pilots
White Dwarf, 1995
Also worked as cinematographer on The Conversation. *

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