Amy Vincent (born 1959) is an American
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...
who has been a member of the
A.S.C. since 2002. She won the Excellence in Cinematography award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival for her work on ''
Hustle and Flow
''Hustle & Flow'' is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain. It stars Terrence Howard as a Memphis hustler and pimp who faces his aspiration to become a rapper. It also ...
''.
Life and career
Amy Vincent was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
She studied theater arts and film at the
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California syste ...
from 1977 to 1983, and studied cinematography at the
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees.
Leade ...
from 1990 to 1992.
Her first job in the film industry was in the archive dept. of Warner Bros. Vincent was selected for an internship in the camera department of
Warner Bros.
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, and she later joined the
International Cinematographer's Guild.
She said in an interview with MovieMaker, “I came up in a very old school way - interning in the camera department, loading, assisting, and operating with people like John Lindley, Bob Richardson, Bill Pope. I didn’t even realize how much I learned from those guys until I finally got to shoot a film myself.”
Awards
*2005 won the Vision Award at the
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...
for ''
Hustle & Flow
''Hustle & Flow'' is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain. It stars Terrence Howard as a Memphis hustler and pimp who faces his aspiration to become a rapper. It als ...
''
*2001 won the
Women in Film Kodak Vision Award
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for outstanding achievements in cinematography and for collaborating and assisting women in the entertainment industry.
Filmography
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
American cinematographers
American women cinematographers
Artists from Boston
Date of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
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