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Oliver Wood is a Actor, Director of Photography and Cinematography British born on 21 february 1942

Oliver Wood

Oliver Wood
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 february 1942
Death 13 february 2023 (at 80 years)

Oliver Wood est un directeur de la photographie anglais, né vers 1945 à Londres.

Biography

Au cinéma, Oliver Wood débute comme chef opérateur à la fin des années 1960, un de ses premiers films à ce poste étant Les Tueurs de la lune de miel de Leonard Kastle (avec Shirley Stoler et Tony Lo Bianco), sorti en 1970.

Il contribue essentiellement à des films américains (parfois en coproduction) dont, parmi les plus notables, 58 minutes pour vivre de Renny Harlin (1990, avec Bruce Willis et William Sadler), Volte-face de John Woo (1997, avec John Travolta et Nicolas Cage), La Vengeance dans la peau de Paul Greengrass (2007, avec Matt Damon et Julia Stiles), ou encore Sécurité rapprochée de Daniel Espinosa (2012, avec Denzel Washington et Ryan Reynolds).

Un de ses derniers films est la nouvelle version de Ben-Hur réalisée par Timur Bekmambetov (avec Jack Huston et Toby Kebbell), dont la sortie est prévue en 2016.

La Vengeance dans la peau précité lui vaut une nomination au British Academy Film Award de la meilleure photographie (qu'il ne gagne pas).

Pour la télévision, à ce jour, Oliver Wood dirige les prises de vues de deux téléfilms (1985-1987) et de cinquante-trois épisodes (1986-1989) de la série Deux flics à Miami.

Unique contribution à ce titre, il apparaît comme acteur (en plus de chef opérateur) dans Very Bad Cops d'Adam McKay (2010, avec Will Ferrell et Mark Wahlberg).

Best films

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
(Director of Photography)
Fantastic Four (2005)
(Director of Photography)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
(Director of Photography)
Face/Off (1997)
(Director of Photography)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
(Director of Photography)
Safe House (2012)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Adam McKay
Adam McKay
(6 films)
Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell
(5 films)
Chris Henchy
Chris Henchy
(3 films)
Per Hallberg
Per Hallberg
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Oliver Wood (42 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

The Other Guys, 1h47
Directed by Adam McKay
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson
Roles Captain Salty
Rating65% 3.2980053.2980053.2980053.2980053.298005
Detective Allen Gamble is a mild-mannered forensic accountant. Hot-tempered detective Terry 'Yankee Clipper' Hoitz is partnered with Allen ever since he mistakenly shot Derek Jeter during the World Series. Allen and Terry receive no respect from the other officers, particularly detectives Martin and Fosse. All but Terry idolize cocky detectives Chris Danson and P.K. Highsmith, who are considered the city's best policemen even though they frequently cause millions of dollars in property damage catching petty criminals. During a pursuit, Danson and Highsmith leap to their deaths after misjudging their ability to survive a fall, which causes the precinct to wonder why they did it and who will take their place.

Cameraman

Morbius
Morbius (2022)

Directed by Jared Leto, Daniel Espinosa
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Vampires in film
Actors Jared Leto, Adria Arjona, Matthew Smith, Jared Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Al Madrigal
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52% 2.6110752.6110752.6110752.6110752.611075
Atteint d'une maladie du sang rare, le biochimiste Michael Morbius tente de se soigner. Il s'infecte par inadvertance avec une forme de vampirisme.
Holmes & Watson, 1h30
Directed by Etan Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films
Actors Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Hugh Laurie, Rebecca Hall, Kelly Macdonald, Ralph Fiennes
Roles Director of Photography
Rating39% 1.954491.954491.954491.954491.95449
Adaptation des célèbres aventures de Sherlock Holmes et de son acolyte Watson.
The Equalizer 2, 2h1
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Melissa Leo, Bill Pullman, Jonathan Scarfe, Sakina Jaffrey
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.350433.350433.350433.350433.35043
Robert McCall, un agent des services secrets américains à la retraite, travaille comme chauffeur de VTC à Boston. Lorsqu'il apprend que son amie Susan Plummer a été assassinée par un groupe de criminels ayant une dette envers elle, il décide de reprendre les armes et de venger sa mort. L'assassinat aurait un lien avec les événements qu'il a vécus quatre ans auparavant.
Grimsby
Grimsby (2016)
, 1h23
Directed by Louis Leterrier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Sports films
Actors Mark Strong, Sacha Baron Cohen, Rebel Wilson, Isla Fisher, Annabelle Wallis, Ian McShane
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.097073.097073.097073.097073.09707
Grimsby involves a British black-ops spy (Mark Strong) whose idiotic brother (Sacha Baron Cohen) is a football hooligan.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, 1h58
Directed by Edward Zwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Cobie Smulders, Tom Cruise, Aldis Hodge, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany, Danika Yarosh
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.0486953.0486953.0486953.0486953.048695
Jack Reacher revient dans sa base militaire en Virginie pour y dîner avec une collègue, Susan Turner. Toutefois rendu sur place, il apprend que cette dernière a été arrêtée pour espionnage et que lui-même est accusé de plusieurs meurtres.
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur (2016)
, 2h5
Directed by Timour Bekmambetov
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Toby Kebbell, Jack Huston, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Morgan Freeman, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.8504452.8504452.8504452.8504452.850445
A nobleman Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston) is falsely accused of an assassination attempt by his boyhood friend Messala (Toby Kebbell). He survives years of slavery under the Romans and attempts to get revenge.
Child 44
Child 44 (2015)
, 2h17
Directed by Daniel Espinosa
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about children, Serial killer films, Films about child abuse
Actors Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Paddy Considine, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.1986553.1986553.1986553.1986553.198655
During Stalin's rule of the Soviet Union in the early 1950s, Ministry of State Security (MGB) Agent and war hero Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy) uncovers a strange and brutal series of child murders. MGB leadership refuses to acknowledge the deaths as murders, however, because Soviet doctrine states that only capitalism creates serial killers. The son of Leo's partner is murdered by the serial killer, and during Leo's investigation, his wife, Raisa (Noomi Rapace), is accused of being disloyal to the state. Leo suspects that his amoral and ambitious enemy in the MGB, Vasili Nikitin, is behind the charges. Leo refuses to support the accusation, and he is forced to take a demeaning militia position in the town of Volsk. Raisa accompanies him and must work as a janitor.
2 Guns
2 Guns (2013)
, 1h49
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films, Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Escroquerie, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, James Marsden, Bill Paxton, Edward James Olmos
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.3485753.3485753.3485753.3485753.348575
Criminals Robert Trench (Denzel Washington) and Michael Stigman (Mark Wahlberg) are questioned by the United States Border Patrol after a meeting with drug lord Manny "Papi" Greco (Edward James Olmos) in Mexico. Unknown to Stigman, Trench is an undercover DEA agent and reports to his superior, Jessup (Robert John Burke), that he failed to acquire cocaine from Greco that they could use as evidence to convict him.
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, 1h59
Directed by Adam McKay
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Fred Willard
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.148733.148733.148733.148733.14873
In 1980, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) are married and are both co-anchors for a prestigious news network in New York City. One day, Mack Tannen (Harrison Ford), the most famous nightly news anchor in New York, reveals that he is retiring. He intends to promote Corningstone, making her the first female nightly news anchor in the history of television, and to fire Burgundy due to his continuously sloppy performance on air. Burgundy grows jealous of Corningstone's success and storms out of the house, leaving Corningstone and his six-year-old son Walter (Judah Nelson).
Safe House
Safe House (2012)
, 1h57
Directed by Daniel Espinosa
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films
Actors Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Sebastian Roché, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.3482753.3482753.3482753.3482753.348275
In Cape Town, South Africa, ex-CIA NOC operative turned traitor and international criminal Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) acquires a data storage device from rogue MI6 agent Alec Wade (Liam Cunningham). After the pair is attacked by a team of mercenaries led by Vargas (Fares Fares), Wade is killed and Frost is cornered by the gunmen, leaving him no choice but to surrender to the American consulate.
The Other Guys, 1h47
Directed by Adam McKay
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2980053.2980053.2980053.2980053.298005
Detective Allen Gamble is a mild-mannered forensic accountant. Hot-tempered detective Terry 'Yankee Clipper' Hoitz is partnered with Allen ever since he mistakenly shot Derek Jeter during the World Series. Allen and Terry receive no respect from the other officers, particularly detectives Martin and Fosse. All but Terry idolize cocky detectives Chris Danson and P.K. Highsmith, who are considered the city's best policemen even though they frequently cause millions of dollars in property damage catching petty criminals. During a pursuit, Danson and Highsmith leap to their deaths after misjudging their ability to survive a fall, which causes the precinct to wonder why they did it and who will take their place.
Surrogates
Surrogates (2009)
, 1h25
Directed by Jonathan Mostow
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Clonage, Films about computing, Films set in the future, Dystopian films, Robot films
Actors Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, Jack Noseworthy, James Cromwell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.1484153.1484153.1484153.1484153.148415
Dans une société futuriste, le commerce des « clones » (traduit de l'anglais surrogates : un robot de substitution) est en plein développement. L'énorme majorité de la population pilote une version robotisée d'elle-même, actionnée mentalement. Pour éviter de se montrer en public, ces personnes se servent de leur « clone » pour tout faire à leur place : elles sont ainsi en grande partie immunisées contre les désagréments de la vie. Il existe pourtant des réserves, dirigées par un homme nommé « Le Prophète », où habitent des humains qui refusent d'utiliser cette technologie (Les Réfractaires).
Step Brothers, 1h38
Directed by Judd Apatow, Adam McKay
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.448593.448593.448593.448593.44859
39-year-old Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell) and 40-year-old Dale Doback (John C. Reilly) are two unemployed, middle-aged, spoiled, offensive, and self-centered men who still live with (and are reliant on) their parents. They have no intention of moving out or finding jobs and behave childishly. When Brennan's mother Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) and Dale's father Robert (Richard Jenkins) marry, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers.
The Bourne Ultimatum, 1h56
Directed by Paul Greengrass, Frank Marshall, Tony Gilroy, George Nolfi, Scott Z. Burns
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Road movies
Actors Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy Considine, Édgar Ramírez
Roles Director of Photography
Rating79% 3.996823.996823.996823.996823.99682
Following his pursuit by Kirill, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) evades Moscow police. Six weeks later, CIA Deputy Director Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) divulges the audiotaped confession of Ward Abbott, the late former head of Operation Treadstone, to Director Ezra Kramer (Scott Glenn). Meanwhile, in Turin, journalist Simon Ross (Paddy Considine) of The Guardian meets an informant to learn about Jason and Operation Blackbriar, the program succeeding Treadstone. The CIA tracks Ross as he returns to London, after his mention of "Blackbriar" during a cell-phone call to his editor is detected by the ECHELON system. Jason reappears in Paris to inform Martin Kreutz (Daniel Brühl), the step-brother of his girlfriend Marie Helena Kreutz (Franka Potente) of her assassination in India.