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Gerald Hirschfeld is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 25 april 1921 at New York City (USA)

Gerald Hirschfeld

Gerald Hirschfeld
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Nationality USA
Birth 25 april 1921 at New York City (USA)
Death 13 february 2017 (at 95 years)

Gerald Hirschfeld, né le 25 avril 1921 à New York (État de New York), et mort le 13 février 2017 à Ashland (Oregon), est un directeur de la photographie américain, membre de l'ASC.

Biography

Comme chef opérateur, Gerald Hirschfeld débute sur cinq films sortis de 1949 à 1951 (dont le semi-documentaire With These Hands de Jack Arnold en 1950, avec Sam Levene et Arlene Francis). Puis il reprend cette activité sur trente-trois autres films américains (plus une coproduction), depuis Point limite de Sidney Lumet (avec Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau et Henry Fonda), sorti en 1964, jusqu'à Malone, un tueur en enfer d'Harley Cokeliss (avec Burt Reynolds et Cliff Robertson), sorti en 1987.

Dans l'intervalle, il collabore notamment avec les réalisateurs John G. Avildsen (deux films, dont Les Voisins en 1981, avec John Belushi et Dan Aykroyd), Gilbert Cates (deux films, dont Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams en 1973, avec Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam et Sylvia Sidney), Larry Peerce (cinq films, dont Goodbye Columbus en 1969, avec Richard Benjamin et Ali MacGraw), ou encore Frank Perry (trois films, dont le western Doc Holliday en 1971, avec Faye Dunaway et Stacy Keach).

Mentionnons aussi Frankenstein Junior de Mel Brooks (1974, avec Gene Wilder et Marty Feldman), New York ne répond plus de Robert Clouse (1975, avec Yul Brynner et Max von Sydow), Où est passée mon idole ? de Richard Benjamin (1982, avec Peter O'Toole), ainsi que To Be or Not to Be d'Alan Johnson (1983, avec Mel Brooks et Anne Bancroft, remake du film éponyme de 1942).

Pour la télévision, Gerald Hirschfeld est directeur de la photographie sur une série en 1953, puis sur sept téléfilms disséminés de 1973 à 1994 (dont deux réalisés par Gilbert Cates et deux autres par Larry Peerce), après quoi il se retire.

Best films

Young Frankenstein (1974)
(Director of Photography)
With These Hands (1950)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder
(3 films)
Frank Perry
Frank Perry
(3 films)
Larry Peerce
Larry Peerce
(6 films)
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gerald Hirschfeld (37 films)

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Cameraman

Malone
Malone (1987)
, 1h32
Directed by Harley Cokeliss
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, Lauren Hutton, Kenneth McMillan, Cynthia Gibb, Scott Wilson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.902252.902252.902252.902252.90225
A floatplane navigates through the Pacific Northwest, landing in Puget Sound. As the well-dressed passenger emerges, CIA hitman Richard Malone targets him in his crosshairs, but he is unable to pull the trigger. He burns his Maryland driver's license and heads inland. His Mustang breaks down in a rural Oregon valley. He manages to push it to Mountain Service station, owned by Paul Barlow who runs the station with his 17-year-old daughter Jo. Barlow suggests the fastest way to repair the car is to tow it 60 miles to a larger service station. Malone opts to stay and wait for the necessary parts to arrive. Paul invites Malone to stay in the spare room.
Head Office, 1h30
Directed by Ken Finkleman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Judge Reinhold, Eddie Albert, Richard Masur, Merritt Butrick, Michael O'Donoghue, Jane Seymour
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54% 2.702212.702212.702212.702212.70221
Jack Issel (Judge Reinhold) is a natural-born slacker who has just graduated from business school and joined I.N.C., a large American corporation based in Chicago. On his trip up the corporate ladder, he sees the dirty underside of the corporate world and how it corrupts people. His two mentors, the stuffy and buttoned up chief financial officer Scott Dantley (Michael O'Donoghue) and the chief operating officer Bob Nixon (Ron Frazier), in fact, show him first-hand how to cheat and blackmail one's way to the top. Jack is further aided by his personnel officer Max Landsberger (Richard Masur) who tells Jack that money and power come before people in the corporate world. Jack's supervisor and the public relations vice president, Jane Caldwell (Jane Seymour), also tells Jack exactly the same thing as Jack learns that Jane is a shady vixen who's hell-bent on sleeping her way to the top by seducing every man she meets to get ahead in what she sees as a man's world.
To Be or Not to Be, 1h43
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about television, Théâtre, Political films, Children's films
Actors Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Ronny Graham, Tim Matheson, Estelle Reiner
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.398663.398663.398663.398663.39866
Frederick et Anna Bronski dirigent un petit théâtre de quartier à Varsovie. Lui est « mondialement connu en Pologne » et elle profite des scènes de monologue de son mari pour s'ébattre dans sa loge avec un jeune aviateur. Tout est bouleversé lorsque la troupe est engagée dans l'armée pour repousser les envahisseurs nazis et sauver la résistance polonaise...
My Favorite Year, 1h32
Directed by Richard Benjamin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about television
Actors Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Bill Macy, Lainie Kazan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.646793.646793.646793.646793.64679
Benjy Stone (Mark Linn-Baker), the narrator, tells of the summer (in his "favorite year" of 1954) he met his idol, swashbuckling actor Allan Swann (Peter O'Toole). In the early days of television, Benjy works as a junior comedy writer for a variety show starring Stan "King" Kaiser (Joseph Bologna). As a special upcoming guest, they get the still famous (though largely washed-up) Swann. However, when he shows up, they realize that he is a roaring drunk. Kaiser is ready to dump him, until Benjy intervenes and promises to keep him sober during the week leading up to the show.
Sunday Lovers, 2h5
Directed by Gene Wilder, Édouard Molinaro, Dino Risi, Bryan Forbes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Anthology film, Romance
Actors Gene Wilder, Roger Moore, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Lino Ventura, Ugo Tognazzi, Priscilla Barnes
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.766162.766162.766162.766162.76616
L'action se situe dans les pays d'origine des metteurs en scène. Angleterre (Maître en la demeure) : Le chauffeur d'un lord se fait passer pour son patron afin de charmer les hôtesses de l'air qu'il invite dans le château de son maître...
Americathon, 1h26
Directed by Neal Israel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Environmental films, Films set in the future, Films based on plays
Actors John Ritter, Peter Riegert, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard, Richard Schaal, Chief Dan George
Roles Director of Photography
Rating45% 2.259792.259792.259792.259792.25979
In the (then-near future) year 1998, the USA has run out of oil, and many Americans are living in their now-stationary cars and using other non-gas-powered means of transportation such as jogging, riding bicycles and rollerskating. Many Americans wear sweatsuits. In search of leadership, Americans elect Chet Roosevelt (Ritter) as President. Roosevelt, a "cosmically inspired" former governor of California, proves to have little else in common with Teddy Roosevelt or FDR other than his name. Roosevelt, an overly-optimistic man who quotes positive affirmation slogans, stages a number of highly publicized fund raising events, all of which fail. Real money comes in the form of loans from a cartel of Native Americans, led by billionaire Sam Birdwater (George), in control of Nike (which has been renamed "National Indian Knitting Enterprise").
Slow Dancing In The Big City, 1h50
Directed by John G. Avildsen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Paul Sorvino, Nicolas Coster, Danielle Brisebois, Bill Conti, Thaao Penghlis, Lloyd Kaufman
Roles Additional Photography
Rating54% 2.7140252.7140252.7140252.7140252.714025
Lou Friedlander (Paul Sorvino) is a popular columnist for the New York Daily News, writing about the little people of bustling New York City while befriending a street boy named Marty (Adam Gifford). His life changes dramatically upon falling in love with neighbor Sarah Gantz (Anne Ditchburn), a young ballerina who had just discovered she is stricken with a debilitating condition that will eventually force her to quit dancing.
The Car
The Car (1977)
, 1h37
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, Ronny Cox, R.G. Armstrong, John Rubinstein
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.0521053.0521053.0521053.0521053.052105
Two bicyclists cycling on a canyon are followed by a mysterious black car down the road. At the bridge, the car proceeds to crush one cyclist against the wall, and ram the other from behind, causing him to fall off the bridge. A hitchhiker, hoping to get a ride, encounters the car and insults it after it purposefully tries to run him down. In response, the car runs over him and leaves. The local sheriff's office, called to the first of a series of hit and run deaths, get a lead on the car that appears heavily customized and has no license plate, as pointed out by Amos Clemens (R. G. Armstrong) after he sees it run over the hitchhiker.
Dragonfly
Dragonfly (1976)
, 1h38
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Beau Bridges, Susan Sarandon, James Noble, Ann Wedgeworth, Linda Miller, Mildred Dunnock
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51% 2.571432.571432.571432.571432.57143
After being released from a mental hospital, Jesse (Bridges) sets out to find and rejoin his off-beat family. While doing so, he meets a pretty young woman named Chloe (Sarandon) who works in a movie theatre, and they fall in love, which resolves his psychological problems.
Two-Minute Warning, 1h55
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges, David Janssen, Jack Klugman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.0989153.0989153.0989153.0989153.098915
An unknown sniper (Warren Miller) positions himself at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum prior to a professional football championship (dubbed as "Championship X") similar to The Super Bowl. He is spotted by a Goodyear Blimp camera. Police and SWAT team are immediately called in by the stadium manager Sam McKeever (Martin Balsam).
The Ultimate Warrior, 1h34
Directed by Robert Clouse
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Yul Brynner, Max von Sydow, Joanna Miles, William Smith, Stephen McHattie, Darrell Zwerling
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.8042.8042.8042.8042.804
Dans le futur, en 2012, un cataclysme inconnu a plongé le monde dans une chaleur accablante où les rares survivants se sont regroupés en petites communautés. La ville de New York n'est plus qu'une métropole fantôme. Les rares survivants vivent en bandes organisées dans des quartiers isolés et fortifiés et tentent désespérément de trouver de la nourriture. La communauté du Baron (Max von Sydow) est harcelée par la meute du redoutable Rouquin (William Smith). Devant la menace, sans cesse grandissante, le Baron décide de faire appel à un étranger, Carson (Yul Brynner), un mercenaire impitoyable armé d'un couteau. L'affrontement entre l'homme de main et le Rouquin devient, peu à peu, inévitable.
Young Frankenstein, 1h41
Directed by Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Frankenstein films, Comedy horror films, Cyberpunk films, Children's films
Actors Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr
Roles Director of Photography
Rating79% 3.9988653.9988653.9988653.9988653.998865
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is a physician lecturer at an American medical school and engaged to the tightly wound socialite Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn). He becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of his grandfather, the infamous mad scientist. To disassociate himself from his forebear, Frederick insists that his surname is pronounced "Fronkensteen."