Roberto Schaefer
Born
White Plains, New York, U.S.
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1984–present

Roberto Schaefer, ASC, AIC (born in White Plains, New York) is an American cinematographer, known for his collaborations with director Marc Forster.

Career

Schaefer served as cinematographer for eight of director Marc Forster's feature films.[1] He was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for his cinematography in Finding Neverland (2004).[2] At the 2013 Camerimage, Schaefer and Forster won the Cinematographer/Director Duo Award.[3][4]

Filmography

Short film

Year Title Director Notes
1983 Paul Bowles Across the Strait Eve Silvester Documentary short
1987 Non date da mangiare agli animali Davide Ferrario Also camera operator (Uncredited)

Feature film

Year Title Director Notes
1989 The End of the Night Davide Ferrario
1991 Le mosche in Testa Maria Daria Menozzi
Gabriella Morandi
1995 Loungers Marc Forster
Sebastian Roché
1996 Waiting for Guffman Christopher Guest
2000 Everything Put Together Marc Forster
Best in Show Christopher Guest
2001 Monster's Ball Marc Forster
2004 Finding Neverland Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
2005 Stay
At Last Tom Anton
2006 For Your Consideration Christopher Guest
Stranger than Fiction Marc Forster
2007 The Kite Runner Nominated – St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
2008 Quantum of Solace
2009 Leaves of Grass Tim Blake Nelson
2011 Machine Gun Preacher Marc Forster
2012 The Paperboy Lee Daniels
2013 The Host Andrew Niccol
2015 Miles Ahead Don Cheadle Also credited as producer
2016 Term Life Peter Billingsley
2017 Geostorm Dean Devlin
2018 What They Had Elizabeth Chomko
2019 The Red Sea Diving Resort Gideon Raff
Rattlesnake Zak Hilditch
2021 Creation Stories Nick Moran
TBA Byrd and the Bees Finola Hughes

Television

TV series

Year Title Director Notes
1992 Red Shoe Diaries Peter Care
Ted Kotcheff 		Episodes "Bounty Hunter" and "Weekend Pass"
2002 Robbery Homicide Division Stephen Gyllenhaal Episode "A Life of Its Own"
2013 Family Tree Christopher Guest 8 episodes
2022 The Peripheral Alrick Riley 4 episodes

TV movies

Year Title Director Notes
1984 Finalmente Morta Elisabetta Valgiusti
1994 Roadracers Robert Rodriguez Part of the Rebel Highway series
Cool and the Crazy Ralph Bakshi
1999 D.O.A. Christopher Guest
2007 The Thick of It
2011 Hallelujah Michael Apted
2019 Less Than Zero Craig Wright

References

  1. ^ Thomson, Patricia (November 2007). "Honoring a Lost Friend". American Cinematographer. 88 (11): 52–58, 60–61.
  2. ^ "BAFTA 2005 shortlist". britfilms.com. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on July 23, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
  3. ^ "Camerimage 2013". Camerimage. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  4. ^ Lesnick, Silas (November 29, 2013). "Camerimage Interview: Cinematographer Roberto Schaefer". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved August 16, 2017.

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