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Born in Dallas, TX. A former TV cameraman at WFAA in Dallas and working first in TV movies from 1967, he was responsible for the cinematography of several sumptuous Hollywood productions beginning in the 1970s, including CHINATOWN (1974) and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977). Other notable cinematograhy credits include VANISHING POINT (1971, his first feature film), HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971), SOUNDER, PETE 'N' TILLIE, LADY SINGS THE BLUES (all 1972), WATTSTAX (1973), THE FORTUNE, JACQUELINE SUSANN'S ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH and FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (all 1975), THE BAD NEWS BEARS (1976), BLACK SUNDAY (1977), THE CHEAP DETECTIVE (1978), NORMA RAE (1979), ZORRO, THE GAY BLADE (1981), BLUE THUNDER, SCARFACE and CROSS CREEK (all 1983), JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING (1986), OVERBOARD (1987), STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989), INTERNAL AFFAIRS and NAVY SEALS (both 1990), COOL WORLD (1992), THE METEOR MAN (1993), CLIFFORD and STAR TREK: GENERATIONS (both 1994), THE GRASS HARP (1995), and his last film DEUCES WILD (2002).
In 1978 he directed his first film, FM, and directed four TV movies during the next two years: "Champions: A Love Story" and "Portrait of a Stripper" (both 1979), and "Belle Starr" and "Blinded by the Light" (both 1980).
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Nominated for Cinematography