Stephen H. Burum

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Stephen H. Burum
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Stephen Henry Burum

(1939-11-25) November 25, 1939 (age 83)
Dinuba, California, U.S.
OccupationCinematographer

Stephen Henry Burum, A.S.C. (born November 25, 1939) is an American cinematographer.

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Biography

Burum was born in Dinuba, California, a small Central Valley town near Visalia. He graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in the 1960s, and became an instructor at the same school. He began his professional filmmaking career working on the Walt Disney anthology television series, and then was drafted into the U.S. Army and assigned to the Army Pictorial Center, for whom he shot army training films. Returning to California after his service was complete, he worked on commercials, television shows, and low-budget films; he won a technical Emmy for his special-effects work on the popular public television astronomy series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage . He began working on major feature films for Francis Ford Coppola in 1976, shooting the second unit of Apocalypse Now and then The Black Stallion . His first credit as the cinematographer of a major motion picture was for The Escape Artist (1982). [1] [2] [3] [4]

In 2007, Burum returned to UCLA as the Kodak Cinematographer in Residence. [5]

Awards and honors

Burum was nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases in 1988 [6] and 1990 for his work on the films The Untouchables and The War of the Roses , finally winning in 1993 for his work on Hoffa . [2] [7] He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Hoffa but did not win. [2] [4]

Burum was the 2008 recipient of the American Society of Cinematographers' Lifetime Achievement Award. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1969Wild GypsiesMarc B. Ray
1973 Scream Bloody Murder
The Bride Jean-Marie PélissiéWith Geoffrey Stephenson
1982 Death Valley Dick Richards
The Escape Artist Caleb Deschanel
The Entity Sidney J. Furie
1983 The Outsiders Francis Ford Coppola
Rumble Fish
Something Wicked This Way Comes Jack Clayton
Uncommon Valor Ted Kotcheff
1984 Body Double Brian De Palma
1985 St. Elmo's Fire Joel Schumacher
The Bride Franc Roddam
1986 8 Million Ways to Die Hal Ashby
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture Carroll Ballard
1987 The Untouchables Brian De PalmaNominated- ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks Bud Yorkin
1989 Casualties of War Brian De Palma
The War of the Roses Danny DeVito Nominated- ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
1991 He Said, She Said Ken Kwapis
Marisa Silver
1992 Man Trouble Bob Rafelson
Raising Cain Brian De Palma
Hoffa Danny DeVito ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Nominated- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
1993 Carlito's Way Brian De Palma
1994 The Shadow Russell Mulcahy
1996 Mission: Impossible Brian De Palma
1997 Fathers' Day Ivan Reitman
1998 Snake Eyes Brian De Palma
1999 Mystery Men Kinka Usher
2000 Mission to Mars Brian De Palma
2002 Life or Something Like It Stephen Herek
2004 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Sara Sugarman

Television

TV series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1974 Land of the Lost
1975 The Lost Saucer Jack Regas
Dick Darley
6 episodes
1978 Mork & Mindy
1979The T.V. ShowTom Trbovich
2019Cine ChalomYossi BenavrahamEpisode "EXTRAIT DU FILM "L'IMPASSE" DE BRIAN DE PALMA... 1993"

TV specials

YearTitleDirector
1970 Raquel! David Winters
1979 The Bee Gees Special Louis J. Horvitz

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
1972 The Special London Bridge Special David Winters
1977 Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas Norman Abbott
1980The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story Richard C. Sarafian
1993Big Al Jerry Levine

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References

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  7. "Hoffa cinematographer wins top award from peers", Orlando Sentinel , February 23, 1993.