Robert Reed Altman (born December 22, 1959) is an American cinematographer. He has served as a camera operator and

director of photography 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 ...

on feature films and television series since the 1970s.Robert Altman:
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" Retrieved on August 27, 2010 He is the son of filmmaker Robert Altman and Kathryn Reed.Robert Altman:
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Career

Altman began his career serving as

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and second assistant camera on the films such as: '' Nashville'' (1975), '' Buffalo Bill and the Indians'' (1976), '' A Wedding'' (1978), ''

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'' (1982), '' Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean'' (1982), '' Streamers'' (1983), and '' Fool for Love'' (1985). Altman shifted gears and gravitated to television where he served as camera operator on the TV series ''

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'' (1989), ''

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'' (1993), '' Melrose Place'' (1992), and Robert Altman's ''

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'' (1997). Altman also served as second unit director of photography on the hit TV series, ''

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''. In 2004, Altman served as director of Photography on director Robert Altman and writer/cartoonist

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's ''

Tanner on Tanner ''Tanner on Tanner'' is a 2004 4-part comedy miniseries. It is the sequel to the 1988 Robert Altman-directed and Garry Trudeau-written miniseries about a failed presidential candidate, ''Tanner '88''. The sequel focuses mostly on Alex Tanner (Cyn ...

''. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, the film was a follow-up to their documentary-style Emmy-winning film, ''

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''. The new "Tanner", a four-part series following the new adventures of fictional presidential nominee Tanner, was filmed to coincide with the Bush-

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elections. In between his work for television, Altman continues to return to feature filmmaking as a camera operator or cinematographer. Credits include ''Looking for Trouble'' for

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; several projects directed by Robert Altman, '' Kansas City'' (1996), '' The Gingerbread Man'' (1998), ''

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'' (1999) and '' Dr. T & the Women'' (2000), as well as ''

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'' (2001) directed by

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, and ''

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'' (2002) starring The Rock. Altman last worked with his father on '' A Prairie Home Companion''. Altman has worked on the network shows '' Boston Legal'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Altman is married to Barbara Ann Altman and has one daughter, Cora Kathryn Ann Altman.Biography:
Robert Reed Altman
" Retrieved on August 27, 2010

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Altman, Robert Reed 1959 births Living people American cinematographers Film people from Los Angeles