Richard Crudo | |
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 Richard Crudo, ASC, American Cinematographer and Director | |
| Born | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Occupation(s) | Cinematographer and Director |
| Organization(s) | American Society of Cinematographers President: 2003-2006, 2013-2016 Board of Governors: 2002-2006, 2007-2010, 2011-2014, 2015-2017 |
Richard Crudo, A.S.C. is an American cinematographer and director. He is a 6-term past-president of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, cinematographer\director Richard Crudo, ASC's lengthy resume includes such notable feature credits as Federal Hill, American Buffalo, Outside Providence, American Pie, Down To Earth, Out Cold, Grind and Brooklyn Rules. Each was singled out by critics for its excellence in cinematography.
On the television side, he has shot numerous episodes of FX Network's Justified, The CW’s Jane the Virgin, MTV's Awkward and CBS's SWAT. He has also contributed to such series as Good Girls Revolt and Doubt (Amazon), Greenleaf (OWN), Sweet Vicious (MTV) and NCIS, Tommy and Why Women Kill (CBS).
More recently, Mr. Crudo photographed the pilot episode of Federal Hill: The Beginning. Executive Produced by Terence Winter (creator of Boardwalk Empire, writer\producer of The Sopranos & The Wolf of Wall Street), it saw him reunited with longtime collaborator, writer\director Michael Corrente. He also shot the pilot episode of Executive Producer David E. Kelley's ABC series, Avalon and in the fall of 2024 shot The Weight, a feature film directed by Sallyanne Massimini.
Mr. Crudo is a six-term Past President of the American Society of Cinematographers and served for three years as a Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is a frequent guest lecturer at universities across the United States and is a regular contributor to American Cinematographer magazine and other industry publications. He is also a leading proponent in the industry’s drive to establish standards for digital imaging workflow. His twice-weekly blog - www.normalexposure.com - addresses issues pertaining to cinematography.
Other professional affiliations include memberships in the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the International Cinematographers Guild and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. In 2007 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. In May 2012, he was invited to become a Canon Camera Explorer of Light.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Cinematographers Branch Executive Committee, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Chairman, Cinematographers Branch Executive Committee, 2012, 2013
- Board of Governors, 2011-2014 [1] Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- Cinematographers Branch
American Society of Cinematographers
- President, 2003–2006, 2013-2016
- Board of Governors, 2002–2006, 2007–2010, 2011–2014, 2015-2017, 2019-2022
- Vice President, 2011, 2012, 2013
Canon Camera Explorer of Light
Digital Cinema Society
International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600 [2]
National Film Preservation Board for the Library of Congress
Royal Photographic Society, Fellow
Society of Camera Operators, Associate [3]
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Life Member
UCLA Cinematographer-in-Residence Spring Term 2011 [4]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 1989 | Title Shot | Bill Durkin | |
| 1993 | Spree | Kevin Lynn | |
| 1994 | Federal Hill | Michael Corrente | |
| Rave Review | Jeff Seymour | ||
| 1995 | The Low Life | George Hickenlooper | |
| Tilt-A-Whirl | Tom Sullivan | ||
| 1996 | American Buffalo | Michael Corrente | |
| Persons Unknown | George Hickenlooper | ||
| 1997 | The First to Go | John L. Jacobs | |
| 1998 | Bongwater | Richard Sears | |
| Music from Another Room | Charlie Peters | ||
| 1999 | Say You'll Be Mine | Brad Kane | |
| American Pie | Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz | ||
| Outside Providence | Michael Corrente | ||
| 2000 | In Pursuit | Peter Pistor | Direct-to-video |
| 2001 | Down to Earth | Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz | |
| Out Cold | The Malloys | ||
| 2003 | Grind | Casey La Scala | |
| 2004 | Bring It On Again | Damon Santostefano | Direct-to-video |
| Out of Reach | Po-Chih Leong | Direct-to-video | |
| Homie Spumoni | Mike Cerrone | ||
| 2007 | Brooklyn Rules | Michael Corrente | As Richard P. Crudo |
| My Sexiest Year | Howard Himelstein | ||
| 2008 | Pistol Whipped | Roel Reiné | Direct-to-video |
| 2023 | Wait With Me | Colleen Davie Jones |
| Year | Series | Episodes | Director |
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| 1995 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | "Between Mother and Daughter" | Matthew Diamond |
| 2013 | Awkward | "Taking Sides" | Steve Gainer |
| 2012 | Justified | "Coalition" | Bill Johnson |
| 2013 | "The Hatchet Tour" | Lesli Linka Glatter | |
| "Ghosts" | Bill Johnson | ||
| 2014 | "Raw Deal" | ||
| "Starvation" | Michael Pressman | ||
| 2017 | Jane the Virgin | "Chapter Fifty-Nine" | Anna Mastro |
| "Chapter Sixty-One" | Melanie Mayron | ||
| "Chapter Sixty-Three" | Gina Lamar | ||
| 2018 | S.W.A.T. | "Source" | Doug Aarniokoski |
| 2021 | Interconnected | "Don't Try This At Home" | Debbie Peiser |
| 2022 | Avalon | Pilot | Kate Dennis |
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