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. *