Russell Carpenter Biography (1950-)

Full name, Russell Paul Carpenter; born December 9, 1950, in Van Nuys, CA; grandson of a film sound engineer; married; wife's name, Patricia.

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Officer Friendly, The Wizard of Speed and Time, 1988
Film Work
Cinematographer
Sole Survivor, Warner Bros., 1984
Critters 2: The Main Course, New Line Cinema, 1988
Lady in White (also known as The Mystery of the Lady in White), Vista, 1988
(As Russ Carpenter) A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master,Media Home Entertainment, 1988
The Wizard of Speed and Time, 1988
Cameron's Closet, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1989
(Additional camera operator) Lucky Stiff (also known as That Shamrock Touch), 1989
Death Warrant, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
Lionheart (also known as A.W.O.L., A.W.O.L.: Absent without Leave, and Wrong Bet), Imperial Entertainment, 1990
(As Russ Carpenter) Solar Crisis (also known as Crisis 2050, Starfire, and Kuraishisu niju-goju nen), Vidmark Entertainment, 1990
The Perfect Weapon, Paramount, 1991
The Lawnmower Man (also known as Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man), New Line Cinema, 1992

Pet Sematary II, Paramount, 1992
Hard Target, Universal, 1993
True Lies, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
The Indian in the Cupboard, Paramount, 1995
Terminator 2: 3-D (also known as T2 3-D: Battle across Timeand T2: Terminator 2: 3-D; amusement park ride), Landmark Entertainment/Lightstorm Entertainment, 1996
Ghosts (short film; also known as Michael Jackson's Ghosts), Heliopolis, 1997
Money Talks, New Line Cinema, 1997
Titanic, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
The Negotiator (also known as Verhandlungssache), Warner Bros., 1998
Charlie's Angels (also known as 3 Engel fuer Charlie), Columbia/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2000
Shallow Hal, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
Additional Photographer; As Russ Carpenter
Critters, New Line Cinema, 1986
Puppet Master, Paramount Home Video, 1989
Television Cinematographer
Movies
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, HBO, 1993
Specials
The Lemon Grove Incident, PBS, 1986
No Means No, 1988
Worked on The Jolla Orchestra: Haydn's "Bird" Concerto; also worked on programs about child development, KOCE-TV, Costa Mesa, CA.
Episodic
Cinematographer of four episodes of The Wonder Years, ABC.

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