Tom Richmond
Born(1950-01-18)January 18, 1950
Bronxville, New York, U.S.
Died (aged 72)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationCinematographer
Notable work

Thomas Richmond (January 18, 1950 – July 29, 2022)[1] was an American cinematographer who worked in the film industry since the mid-1980s.[2] His first major feature film as cinematographer was Stand and Deliver (1988), and by the time he shot for A Midnight Clear (1992), he had settled into working with different directors with ease. Richmond described his experience, "All my films look different because they're not my visions; they're my reflections of the directors' visions." In 1998, he said he was most proud of his work on Little Odessa (1994), for which he was nominated an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.[3] For Right at Your Door (2006), he won the Excellence in Cinematography Award (Dramatic) at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.[4]

Richmond earned an undergraduate degree in photography at Harvard University and then went to graduate film school at UCLA.[3] He also went to the American Film Institute's AFI Conservatory and graduated in 1979.[5] He became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 2012,[1] and was also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG).[2] He taught cinematography at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the Brooklyn College Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.[6]

Richmond died in New York City on July 29, 2022, at the age of 72.[6][7]

Credits

Credits are feature films unless indicated otherwise (e.g., TV movie, TV miniseries).

Year Title Credit Ref.
1980 Edge City Additional photography [8]
1983 Running Hot Director of photography [8]
1983 Valley Girl Electrician [9]
1984 Hardbodies Director of photography [8]
1984 Night of the Comets Second unit photographer [8]
1984 Repo Man Additional camera [8]
1985 Hard Rock Zombies
1986 Salvador Camera operator (San Francisco) [8]
1985 Space Rage
1986 Chopping Mall
1986 Hardbodies 2
1987 Straight to Hell Director of photography [8]
1986 Troll Additional photography (US) [8]
1986 When the Bough Breaks (TV movie) Second unit photographer [8]
1987 Walker Additional photography [8]
1988 The Chocolate War Director of photography [8]
1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Director of photography [8]
1988 Stand and Deliver Photography [8]
1989 Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (TV movie)
1990 Nightmare on the 13th Floor (TV movie)
1991 Heaven Is a Playground
1991 Pastime Director of photography [10]
1992 Death and the Compass Cinematographer (Labyrinth shoot) [8]
1992 A Midnight Clear Director of photography [8]
1992 Phone Director of photography [8]
1992 Roadside Prophets Director of photography [8]
1993 Killing Zoe Director of photography [8]
1994 Little Odessa Director of photography [8]
1994 Love and a .45 Director of photography [9]
1995 Homage Director of photography [9]
1996 Mother Night Director of photography [8]
1996 The Winner Cinematographer (LasVeg and LA pick-ups) [8]
1997 First Love, Last Rites Director of photography [9]
1997 Johns Director of photography [9]
1997 The Twilight of the Golds (TV movie) Director of photography [8]
1998 Hell's Kitchen NYC Director of photography [8]
1998 Slums of Beverly Hills Director of photography [8]
2000 Back to Hell Camera operator [8]
2001 Chelsea Walls Director of photography [8]
2000 Gun Shy Director of photography [8]
2000 Waking the Dead Director of photography [8]
2001 Hardball Director of photography [8]
2002 Autour de Lucy Director of photography [8]
2002 The Chateau Director of photography [8]
2002 I'm with Lucy
2002 Knockaround Guys Director of photography [8]
2002 Mike Hama Must Die! Director of photography [8]
2003 The Singing Detective Director of photography [9]
2003 House of 1000 Corpses Director of photography [8]
2003 Look Again Director of photography [8]
2003 Monster Additional photography [8]
2003 Prey for Rock & Roll Additional photography [8]
2004 Nobody's Perfect
2004 Palindromes Director of photography [9]
2004 Tanner on Tanner (TV movie)
2006 The Ex Director of photography [8]
2006 Inland Empire Additional camera operator [8]
2006 Right at Your Door Director of photography [8]
2007 Chapter 27 Director of photography [8]
2007 Fallen (TV miniseries)
2008 Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Director of photography [8]
2010 All About Evil
2010 Straight to Hell Returns
2011 The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll Director of photography [9]
2014 A Birder's Guide to Everything Director of photography [9]
2017 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Director of photography [8]

References

  1. ^ a b Marcks, Iain (August 18, 2022). "In Memoriam: Thomas Richmond, ASC (1950-2022)". American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Thomas Richmond". tisch.nyu.edu. New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Calhoun, John (September 1, 1998). "Detective Of Photography: DP Tom Richmond Starts From Ground Zero On Two New Movies". Live Design. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Thomson, Patricia (April 2006). "Right at Your Door". American Cinematographer. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "AFI Alumni at SXSW 2013: Updated List with Music Videos". americanfilminstitute.tumblr.com. American Film Institute. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Macaulay, Scott (July 30, 2022). "Remembering Director of Photography Tom Richmond, 1950–2022". Filmmaker. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  7. ^ Barnes, Mike (August 2, 2022). "Tom Richmond, Cinematographer on 'Stand and Deliver,' 'Little Odessa' and 'Slums of Beverly Hills,' Dies at 72". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq "Tom Richmond". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Tom Richmond". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  10. ^ James, Caryn (August 23, 1991). "Review/Film; Fly Balls and Philosophy, All Minor League". The New York Times. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

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