Eric Steelberg

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Eric Steelberg
Born (1977-04-01) April 1, 1977 (age 47)
Northridge, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active1994–present

Eric Wesley Steelberg (born April 1, 1977) is an American cinematographer. He is a frequent collaborator of Jason Reitman, having worked with him on Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), Young Adult (2011), Labor Day (2013), Men, Women & Children (2014), Tully (2018), and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).

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Early life

Steelberg was born in 1977 in the Northridge suburb of Los Angeles. [1] His father was a lawyer while his mother was a homemaker. He was interested in film and photography from a young age; in high school, he took photography classes and started a filmmaking club. Haskell Wexler once visited the club to discuss cinematography, which Steelberg described as "a religious experience for me and instrumental in becoming the resident camera geek". [2] After high school, he studied still photography at Santa Monica College and planned to transfer to the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, but he left Santa Monica after two years without graduating. [2]

Career

Steelberg shot his first film, a short film named The Quiz which was directed by one of his friends, a student at the University of Southern California, when he was 15. [2] In 1999, he shot the short film H@ for writer–director Jason Reitman, whom Steelberg had known in high school, followed by Reitman's In God We Trust in 2000. He went on to work with Reitman on commercials that Reitman directed before moving on to film commercials and short films for other directors. [2]

Steelberg's first feature film as a cinematographer was Quinceañera , released in 2006. After it was released, he was approached by Jason Reitman, who asked him to shoot Juno , which Reitman was directing. His next project was 500 Days of Summer (2009); he was recommended to Marc Webb, the film's director, by one of the producers of Juno. He shot Nanette Burstein's romantic comedy Going the Distance , released in 2010. [2] He collaborated with Reitman on several more films: Up in the Air (2009), Young Adult (2011), Labor Day (2013), and Men, Women & Children (2014). As of 2015, Steelberg has shot five feature films for Reitman. [3] Both Juno and Up in the Air received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture. [4]

In television, Steelberg has photographed the pilot episode of Lone Star and the second season of Eastbound & Down . [4] He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) [3] and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). [4]

On November 11, 2020, it was reported that Steelberg will serve as the director of cinematography on the Marvel Studios' Hawkeye series. [5]

Filmography

Feature film

YearTitleDirector
1996Waiting for MoZaki Gordon
2005OverachieversJim Kehoe
Age of KaliRafal Zielinski
2006 Quinceañera Richard Glatzer
Wash Westmoreland
2007 Numb Harris Goldberg
Juno Jason Reitman
2009 500 Days of Summer Marc Webb
Bandslam Todd Graff
Up in the Air Jason Reitman
2010 Going the Distance Nanette Burstein
2011 Young Adult Jason Reitman
2013 Labor Day
2014 Draft Day Ivan Reitman
Men, Women & Children Jason Reitman
2017 Baywatch Seth Gordon
2018 Tully Jason Reitman
The Front Runner
2019 Dolemite Is My Name Craig Brewer
2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife Jason Reitman
2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Gil Kenan
TBA SNL 1975 Jason Reitman

Short film

YearTitleDirector
1994The QuizCarl Rinsch
1999H@ Jason Reitman
Dancing with Agnes Dan Harris
2000In God We TrustJason Reitman
Dot.ComTariq Jalil
It's Not UnusualKevin Estrada
Urban Chaos TheoryDan Harris
Little SisterPaul Bock
2001GulpJason Reitman
JaneDominic Cianciolo
2002Uncle SamJason Reitman
Yo, TyroneCarolyn Miller
Strangetown
2003The Pick UpOlivia Rosewood
2004ConsentJason Reitman
2005Clown Karl T. Hirsch
Pretty KittyGreg McDonald
Inner BalanceJosh Eisenstadt
2006Miles from Home Joel David Moore
Bathroom BreakMichelle Baxter
Club SodaPaul Carafotes
2007My Wife is Retarded Etan Cohen
Forecast Erik Courtney

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2010 Lone Star Marc Webb Episode "Pilot"
Eastbound & Down Jody Hill
David Gordon Green
Season 2
2015 Wicked City Tom Shankland Episode "Pilot"
2016 Billions Neil Burger Episode "Pilot"
2017 Crashing Judd Apatow Episode "Artie Lange"
The Good Doctor Seth Gordon Episode "Burnt Food"
2019 The Fix Larysa Kondracki Episode "Pilot"
2021 Hawkeye Rhys Thomas 3 episodes
2023 Ahsoka Dave Filoni 5 episodes

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