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Adam Holender is a Director, Director of Photography and Cinematography Polonais born on 13 november 1937
Adam Holender, né le 13 novembre 1937 à Cracovie (Pologne), est un directeur de la photographie (membre de l'ASC) et réalisateur polonais.
Entretemps, mentionnons Panique à Needle Park de Jerry Schatzberg (1971, avec Al Pacino et Kitty Winn), Le Temps du rock'n'roll de Taylor Hackford (1980, avec Ray Sharkey et Tovah Feldshuh), Une journée de fous d'Howard Zieff (1989, avec Michael Keaton et Christopher Lloyd) et Smoke de Wayne Wang (1995, avec William Hurt et Harvey Keitel).
Toujours au cinéma, il est le réalisateur de Twisted (avec Christian Slater et Lois Smith), sorti en 1986.
Pour la télévision américaine, Adam Holender dirige les prises de vues de quatre téléfilms, le premier diffusé en 1978, le dernier en 2000 ; parmi eux, citons The Shadow Box de Paul Newman (1980, avec Joanne Woodward et Christopher Plummer).
Signalons aussi sa participation à deux séries (1985-2000).
(1969)
(Director of Photography)
(1995)
(Director of Photography)
(1987)
(Director of Photography)
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Adam Holender, né le 13 novembre 1937 à Cracovie (Pologne), est un directeur de la photographie (membre de l'ASC) et réalisateur polonais.
Biography
Après des débuts dans son pays natal dès la fin des années 1950 comme assistant opérateur ou cadreur, Adam Holender s'installe vers 1968 aux États-Unis ; il y contribue comme chef opérateur à vingt-six films américains (ou en coproduction), depuis Macadam Cowboy de John Schlesinger (1969, avec Dustin Hoffman et Jon Voight) jusqu'à Sexy Devil d'Alec Baldwin (2007, avec Jennifer Love Hewitt et Anthony Hopkins).Entretemps, mentionnons Panique à Needle Park de Jerry Schatzberg (1971, avec Al Pacino et Kitty Winn), Le Temps du rock'n'roll de Taylor Hackford (1980, avec Ray Sharkey et Tovah Feldshuh), Une journée de fous d'Howard Zieff (1989, avec Michael Keaton et Christopher Lloyd) et Smoke de Wayne Wang (1995, avec William Hurt et Harvey Keitel).
Toujours au cinéma, il est le réalisateur de Twisted (avec Christian Slater et Lois Smith), sorti en 1986.
Pour la télévision américaine, Adam Holender dirige les prises de vues de quatre téléfilms, le premier diffusé en 1978, le dernier en 2000 ; parmi eux, citons The Shadow Box de Paul Newman (1980, avec Joanne Woodward et Christopher Plummer).
Signalons aussi sa participation à deux séries (1985-2000).
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Twisted (1986)
, 1h27Directed by Adam Holender
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Christian Slater, Lois Smith, Dina Merrill, John Cunningham, J. C. Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl
Rating47%
One evening, the Collins family discovers their maid, Mrs. Murdock, dead at the end of their steps; her neck is broken. Evidently, she had an accident; now they need a new babysitter for an upcoming party. The sensible Helen meets little Susan Collins at the discount market and likes her, so she offers to do the job. She does not know Susan's teenage brother Mark: technically skilled and good in school, but restive and cunning. Mark also listens regularly to German marching music from the Third Reich. As soon as the parents have left, he psychologically terrorizes Helen and his sister with electronic tricks. Williams (Karl Taylor), a school jock whom Mark burned earlier in science class, is out for revenge; Mark murders him with a fencing sword.
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Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Adventure
Themes Mafia films, Prison films, Gangster films
Actors Jay Hernández, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Kelly, Luis Guzmán, Burt Young, Sean Combs
Roles Director of Photography
Rating50%
The story begins in the 1960s with three inmates in a New York prison — Earl (Van Peebles), Rocco (Kelly), and Carlito (Hernandez) — controlling their criminal empire within their cell. Upon their release, they all look to control the drug trade in Harlem, which is currently in a power dispute between the Italian Bottolota crime family and black gangsters led by Hollywood Nicky (Combs). Rocco takes them to Artie Bottolota (Young) who at first is reluctant to work with blacks and Puerto Ricans, but who eventually cuts a deal with them in heroin distribution. The friends also meet Artie's son, Artie Jr. Soon, Earl's troubled younger brother Reggie joins them. After Artie Jr. offers to shake hands with Reggie, when he sees he and Carlito at a strip joint, Reggie turns him down, saying "my brother was doing fine without you". Artie Jr. insults Reggie with a racial slur, spurring Reggie to curse him and spit in his face. Artie Jr. assaults Reggie, but the fight is broken up. Carlito urges Reggie to wait until Artie Jr. and his crew leave. The mobsters leave, only for Carlito and Reggie to be cornered by them outside.
Stateside (2004)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about virginity
Actors Rachael Leigh Cook, Jonathan Tucker, Agnes Bruckner, Val Kilmer, Joe Mantegna, Carrie Fisher
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57%
Dorri Lawrence (Cook) is an actress and singer who resides in Hollywood, California. She is an undiagnosed schizophrenic, which causes problems in her career. After another concert goes wrong due to her untreated disease, she is finally sent to get help for her schizophrenia.
Shortcut to Happiness (2003)
, 1h45Directed by Alec Baldwin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about writers, Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alec Baldwin, Dan Aykroyd, Kim Cattrall, Amy Poehler
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54%
Jabez Stone (Alec Baldwin) is a desperate, down on his luck writer who reaches rock bottom when his close friend, Julius Jensen (Dan Aykroyd), finds success. In his attempts to get his work published, he meets a beautiful stranger (Jennifer Love Hewitt) who offers him a chance at fame and fortune in exchange for his soul. Stone, having lost faith in himself, agrees to the offer.
Mary and Rhoda (2000)
Directed by Barnet Kellman
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Mary Tyler Moore, Valerie Harper, Elon Gold, Christine Ebersole, Marisa Ryan, Charlie Day
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51%
Mary Richards-Cronin returns to New York City after spending four months in Europe following the death of her Congressman husband Steven Cronin in a rock climbing accident. Rhoda Morgenstern-Rousseau also returns to her native New York to make a fresh start as a photographer after living in Paris where she has just recently left and divorced her second husband, Jean-Pierre Rousseau.
Wide Awake (1998)
, 1h28Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion, Sports films, Baseball films, Films about angels
Actors Dana Delany, Denis Leary, Joseph Cross, Rosie O'Donnell, Robert Loggia, Julia Stiles
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
During his year in the fifth grade, ten-year-old Joshua Beal (Joseph Cross) begins a personal search to find answers about life and death — a journey triggered by the passing of his beloved grandfather (Robert Loggia).
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
, 1h31Directed by Tom Schulman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Gangster films
Actors Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson, George Hamilton, Dyan Cannon, David Spade
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53%
Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) is a wiseguy hired by a pair of dimwitted hit men to transport a duffel bag full of severed heads across the United States to a crime boss (as proof of the deaths). While on a commercial flight, his bag is accidentally switched with that of Charlie Pritchett (Andy Comeau), a friendly, talkative, young American tourist who is going to Mexico to see his girlfriend Laurie (Kristy Swanson) and her parents (George Hamilton and Dyan Cannon).
Blue in the Face (1995)
, 1h23Directed by Paul Auster, Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Keith David, Giancarlo Esposito, Roseanne Barr, Lou Reed
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager Auggie (Harvey Keitel), although most of the other characters are different. The store owner's frustrated wife Dot (Roseanne) is one of them, and one of the plotlines follows her attempts to seduce Auggie. Madonna, Michael J. Fox, Lily Tomlin, and Lou Reed (as himself) also put in appearances. Blue In The Face was shot without a complete script and presents a unique combination of distinctive performances, oddball characters, improvisations, and raffish scenes.
Smoke (1995)
, 1h52Directed by Paul Auster, Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Giancarlo Esposito, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Forest Whitaker, José Zúñiga
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73%
The film follows the lives of multiple characters, all of whom are connected by their patronage of a small Brooklyn tobacco shop managed by Auggie (Harvey Keitel). Brooklyn Cigar Co. was located on the corner of 16th Street and Prospect Park West.
Fresh (1994)
, 1h54Directed by Boaz Yakin, J. Miller Tobin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Hip hop films, Films about chess, Gangster films
Actors Giancarlo Esposito, Sean Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, N'Bushe Wright, Jean-Claude La Marre, José Zúñiga
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74%
12-year-old Michael a.k.a. "Fresh" stops at a latina woman's apartment to pick up dime bags of heroin before he goes to school. Fresh notices that she has given him the wrong amount and Fresh tries to warn her that his boss Esteban will be angry with the incorrect amount. He sees the track marks on her arm, indicating that she is a drug addict trying to swindle him out of his delivery. He leaves, disgusted.
Sea of Love (1989)
, 1h53Directed by Harold Becker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey, Richard Jenkins
Roles Additional Photography
Rating67%
New York City homicide detective Frank Keller is a burnt-out alcoholic. His wife left him and married one of his colleagues. He is depressed about reaching middle age and his 20th year on the police force.
The Dream Team (1989)
, 1h48Directed by Howard Zieff
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst, Dennis Boutsikaris, Lorraine Bracco
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
Dr. Jeff Weitzman (Dennis Boutsikaris) is a psychologist working in a sanitarium in New Jersey. His primary patients are Billy, Henry, Jack and Albert. Billy (Keaton) is the most normal of the group and their unofficial leader, though he is a pathological liar with delusions of grandeur and violent tendencies. Henry (Lloyd) is obsessive/compulsive and he has deluded himself into thinking he is one of the doctors at the hospital, often walking around with a clipboard, lab coat and stethoscope. Jack (Boyle) is a former advertising executive who believes he is Jesus Christ. Finally, Albert (Furst) is a man-child who only says things he hears during baseball games, particularly from former ball player and commentator Phil Rizzuto.
To Kill a Priest (1988)
, 1h57Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Assassinat, Politique, Films about religion, Political films
Actors Christophe Lambert, Ed Harris, Joss Ackland, Tim Roth, Jerome Flynn, Timothy Spall
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Le film s'inspire de la vie du prêtre Jerzy Popieluszko, membre de Solidarność, arrêté, torturé et assassiné par la police secrète communiste, la Służba Bezpieczeństwa (Sécurité intérieure), le 19 octobre 1984.
Street Smart (1987)
, 1h37Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Andre Gregory, Erik King
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Magazine reporter Jonathan Fisher (Christopher Reeve), in danger of losing his job, promises to write a hard-hitting story on prostitution. When no one on the street will talk to him, he fabricates a story of a pimp that's so well-received it puts his career back on track. But Police and a district attorney think the story is of a real-life pimp who is wanted for murder and start pressuring him to reveal the identity of the subject of his story. Fast Black (Morgan Freeman), the pimp and police suspect, also thinks the story is about himself, and wants to know what Jonathan knows, and who told him. From there a battle of wits and wills ensues between Jonathan and Fast Black, in addition to Jonathan becoming involved with one of the pimp's call girls, Punchy (Kathy Baker).
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
, 1h54Directed by Nick Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Children's films
Actors Lucy Deakins, Jay Underwood, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage, Colleen Dewhurst, Fred Gwynne
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
Fourteen-year-old Amelia "Milly" Michaelson (Deakins) and her family move into a new suburban home shortly after the death of her father. Milly makes friends with her new neighbor Geneva, and Milly and her eight-year-old brother Louis (Savage) have difficulty adjusting to their new schools, while their mother Charlene (Bedelia) copes with a demotion at work and her inability to learn how to use a computer. Louis is also plagued by bullies down the street who won't let him get around the block.