David Phillips (1951 – February 4, 2017) was an American

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. Phillips made his major

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debut as the cinematographer for 1995's '' The Basketball Diaries'', which was directed by

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and starred Leonardo DiCaprio and

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. His additional feature film credits included ''Lift'' (2002), starring

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; ''

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'' (2002), starring Matt Walsh and Ian Roberts; and ''

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'' (2006), which starred and was written by

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. Phillips, who grew up in

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, received his

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in English from

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. He began his career as a cinematographer for

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s, including "

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" by

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in 1989 and the video for " Step by Step" by the

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, released in 1990. Phillips early cinematography also included several music documentary films, including ''Midnight Oil: Black Rain Falls'' and '' Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some'', the companion to

's 1994 greatest hits album of the same name. Phillips also filmed Mark Wahlberg's hit 1993 fitness video, ''Form… Focus… Fitness, the Marky Mark Workout'' (). Phillips' television credits included the 1996

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series, '' The High Life'', as well as several episodes of ''

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'' during the mid-2000s. Phillips died from natural causes in

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on February 4, 2017, at the age of 65. He was survived by his mother, Beatrice, and two siblings, Nancy and James.

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* 1951 births 2017 deaths American cinematographers Boston University College of Arts and Sciences alumni Artists from New Haven, Connecticut {{US-cinematographer-stub