Thomas Richmond (January 18, 1950 – July 29, 2022)
was an American
cinematographer
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who worked in the film industry since the mid-1980s.
His first major feature film as cinematographer was ''
Stand and Deliver
''Stand and Deliver'' is a 1988 American drama film directed by Ramón Menéndez, written by Menéndez and Tom Musca, based on the true story of a high school mathematics teacher, Jaime Escalante. For portraying Escalante, Edward James Olmos wa ...
'' (1988), and by the time he shot for ''
A Midnight Clear
''A Midnight Clear'' is a 1992 American war drama film written and directed by Keith Gordon and starring an ensemble cast that features Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon and Arye Gross. It is based on the eponymous novel by Will ...
'' (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
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Winners and nominees
1980s
* 1985: T ...
.
For ''
Right at Your Door
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'' (2006), he won the Excellence in Cinematography Award (Dramatic) at the
2006 Sundance Film Festival
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.
Richmond earned an undergraduate degree in photography at
Harvard University
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and then went to graduate film school at
UCLA
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.
He also went to the
American Film Institute
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Leade ...
's
AFI Conservatory
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and graduated in 1979. He became a member of the
American Society of Cinematographers
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(ASC) in 2012,
and was also a member of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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(AMPAS) and the
International Cinematographers Guild
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(ICG).
He taught cinematography at the
New York University Tisch School of the Arts
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University.
Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the ar ...
and the
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls about 15,000 undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students on a 35-acre campus.
Being New York City's first publ ...
Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema
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.
Richmond died in
New York City
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on July 29, 2022, at the age of 72.
Credits
Credits are feature films unless indicated otherwise (e.g., TV movie, TV miniseries).
References
Further reading
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External links
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Tom Richmond Creative Master Series – Cinematography at
NAB Show
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1950 births
2022 deaths
American cinematographers
AFI Conservatory alumni
Brooklyn College faculty
Harvard University alumni
People from Bronxville, New York
Tisch School of the Arts faculty
UCLA Film School alumni