Ivan Strasburg

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Ivan Strasberg
Born
South Africa
OccupationCinematographer
Known for The Killing Fields , The Mission

Ivan Strasburg is a South African born [1] cinematographer known for such films as Bloody Sunday , [2] The Killing Fields , [3] The Mission , [3] the documentary I Heard It Through the Grapevine , [4] The Tale [5] and Rita, Sue and Bob Too . [6] He was also the cinematographer for the television series Trackers . [7]

He has won two British Academy Television Craft Awards, for Cracker in 1993 [8] and for Bloody Sunday in 2003. [9] He has also been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, both for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, for the TV movie Live From Bagdad in 2003 and for the Generation Kill miniseries episode "Combat Jack" in 2009. [10]

Strasburg was also a featured character in the concert film Swimming to Cambodia starring monologuist Spalding Gray speaking about his experiences working on the film The Killing Fields alongside Strasburg. [11]

References

  1. ↑ Mehta, Ved (July 13, 1980). "The Photographs of Chachaji—I". The New Yorker . Archived from the original on March 26, 2023.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Elvis (2 October 2002). "Film Festival Reviews; 'Bloody Sunday' In Londonderry". The New York Times . p. 1.
  3. 1 2 Green, Jen (15 May 2003). "'Angry young woman' with principle achieves film-making first". Hereford Times .
  4. ↑ Canby, Vincent (3 March 1982). "Film: Revisting Civil Rights South". The New York Times. p. 23.
  5. ↑ "Dark, Distant Memories: The Tale". American Cinematographer . 16 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Ebert, Roger (2 October 1987). "Rita, Sue & Bob, Too". RogerEbert.com .
  7. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (13 June 2019). "Cinemax Greenlights & Sets Cast For 'Trackers' Thriller Series As International Co-Production With M-Net & ZDF". Deadline Hollywood .
  8. ↑ "TV Craft / Film or Video Photography - Fiction / Entertainment: Recent Winners". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "TV Craft / Photography & Lighting: Fiction: Recent Winners (2003)". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "Ivan Strasburg". Television Academy . Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Everything You Need to Know About the Movie That Inspired "Parker Gail's Location is Everything"". IFC. 27 September 2016.


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