Steven Poster | |
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Born | Steven Barry Poster 1 March 1944 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Alma mater | |
Years active | 1967–present |
Title | President of the International Cinematographers Guild (2006-2019) |
Steven Barry Poster ASC, CSC [1] (born 1 March 1944) is an American cinematographer. [1]
He served as President of the International Cinematographers Guild from 2006 to 2019. [2] [3] [4]
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Poster studied at Southern Illinois University, the ArtCenter College of Design, and the Illinois Institute of Technology. [5] [6]
He began his filmmaking career as a creative assistant at 'The Film Group,' a Chicago-based commercial film production company. [1]
After being promoted to director of photography for his skill at lighting, he met Herschell Gordon Lewis and worked with him in various crew positions on a total of three films. [1]
He founded a production company with director Michael Mann, and served as the cinematographer on numerous industrial and education films. [1] [6] His 1973 short film Another Saturday Night, which he co-directed with Mik Derks, was nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2024.
In 1977, he was the second unit cinematographer for Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. [6]
In 1980, he relocated to Hollywood and shot his first feature film as cinematographer, Blood Beach .
Poster joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 1987. The same year, he shot Someone to Watch Over Me for director Ridley Scott, which earned him an ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
He shot the iconic music video to Madonna's "Like a Prayer", as well as commercials directed by Ridley Scott and Kinka Usher.
In 2006, he was elected as the National President of the International Cinematographers Guild, a position he held until 2019. [2] He is also a former executive board member of the International Documentary Association, and currently sits on the Nicholl Fellowship committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [5]
He is a adjunct professor at the ArtCenter College of Design.
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1980 | Blood Beach | Jeffrey Bloom | |
1981 | Dead & Buried | Gary Sherman | |
1983 | Spring Break | Sean S. Cunningham | |
Strange Brew | Rick Moranis Dave Thomas | ||
Testament | Lynne Littman | ||
1985 | The New Kids | Sean S. Cunningham | |
The Heavenly Kid | Cary Medoway | ||
1986 | Blue City | Michelle Manning | |
The Boy Who Could Fly | Nick Castle | with Adam Holender | |
1987 | Someone to Watch Over Me | Ridley Scott | |
1988 | Aloha Summer | Tommy Lee Wallace | |
Big Top Pee-wee | Randal Kleiser | ||
1989 | Next of Kin | John Irvin | |
1990 | Rocky V | John G. Avildsen | |
1991 | Life Stinks | Mel Brooks | |
1993 | The Cemetery Club | Bill Duke | |
1997 | RocketMan | Stuart Gillard | |
1998 | Une chance sur deux | Patrice Leconte | |
2001 | Donnie Darko | Richard Kelly | |
2002 | Stuart Little 2 | Rob Minkoff | |
2003 | Daddy Day Care | Steve Carr | |
2006 | Southland Tales | Richard Kelly | |
2009 | Spread | David Mackenzie | |
The Box | Richard Kelly | [7] | |
2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Brad Peyton | |
2011 | Flypaper | Rob Minkoff | |
2017 | Amityville: The Awakening | Franck Khalfoun | |
2024 | Scared to Death | Paul Boyd |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1973 | Another Saturday Night | Himself Mik Derks | |
1994 | Nunzio's Second Cousin | Tom DeCerchio | Segment of Boys Life 2 |
1995 | Celluloid Heroes | Gary A. Beaird Tony Dow | With Billy Beaird |
2004 | Tap Heat | Dean Hargrove | |
2011 | Xelerate | Bill Duke | |
2018 | The Boor | Jeannie Berlin |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1978 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | James Sheldon | Episode "Mr. Potential" |
1987 | I'll Take Manhattan | Richard Michaels Douglas Hickox | 2 episodes; With Larry Pizer |
1998 | American Experience | Richard P. Rogers | Episode "A Midwife's Tale" |
2006 | The Loop | Betty Thomas | Episode "Pilot" |
2007-2012 | Craft in America | Carol Sauvion Daniel Seeger Nigel Noble Hilary Birmingham | 8 episodes |
2008 | Raising the Bar | Jesse Bochco | Episode "Pilot" |
2013 | Hemlock Grove | Eli Roth | Episode "Jellyfish in the Sky" |
2020 | Cine Chalom | Yossi Benavraham | Episode "EXTRAIT DU FILM "INCASSABLE" DE M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN... 2000" |
TV movies
Year | Title | Director |
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1978 | The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank | Robert Day |
1979 | The Night Rider | Hy Averback |
Beggarman, Thief | Lawrence Doheny | |
1981 | Coward of the County | Dick Lowry |
1982 | Mysterious Two | Gary Sherman |
1983 | The Cradle Will Fall | John Llewellyn Moxey |
1986 | Courage | Jeremy Kagan |
1992 | The Bat, the Cat and the Penguin | Michael Meadows John Pattyson |
1994 | Roswell | Jeremy Kagan |
1995 | Present Tense, Past Perfect | Richard Dreyfuss |
1996 | Once You Meet a Stranger | Tommy Lee Wallace |
1997 | Color of Justice | Jeremy Kagan |
2005 | Mrs. Harris | Phyllis Nagy |
2006 | The Danny Comden Project | Robert Duncan McNeill |
2013 | Gutsy Frog | Mark A.Z. Dippé |
Film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2001 | The Oscar Legacy | David Haugland | |
2020 | For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close | Heather Ross | With Simon Fanthorpe |
Short film
Year | Title | Director |
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2013 | Canon USA Commercial: Rhythm of Life | Dean Hargrove |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1990 | Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special | John Landis | TV special |
2021 | The Miles Davis Documentary | Christopher Wilkinson | TV movie |
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
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1973 | Cannes Film Festival | Short Film Palme d'Or | Another Saturday Night (Shared with Mik Derks) | Nominated |
1987 | American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Someone to Watch Over Me | Nominated |
1994 | CableACE Award | Best Cinematography | Roswell | Nominated |
2005 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography | Mrs. Harris | Nominated |