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Oliver Wood

Highest Rated: 95% The Honeymoon Killers (1969)

Lowest Rated: 6% The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)

Birthday: Feb 21, 1942

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Oliver Wood, one of Hollywood's premier action cinematographers, is best known for his collaboration with director Paul Greengrass on the three "Bourne" films. It is apparent in the evolution of the visuals throughout the action-packed trilogy, from "The Bourne Identity" (2002) to "The Bourne Supremacy" (2004) to "The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007), that the look of the films improved as Greengrass gave Wood increasing freedom with his lens. Wood and his crew traveled all over the world to shoot incredibly dense, hectic set-pieces for Matt Damon to plow through as the dogged Jason Bourne, an amnesiac spy desperate to discover his past and determine his own future. Oliver Wood has shown equal adeptness with large-scale outdoor action scenes (e.g., "The Bourne Ultimatum"'s adrenaline-pounding rooftop chase in Morocco) and close-quarters, indoor action scenes (e.g., "The Bourne Identity"'s climactic stairwell shoot-out). His ability to fashion crowded but comprehensible action in tight, even claustrophobic spaces is also on display in the submarine thriller "U-571." Wood worked with director Jonathan Mostow on "U-571," and again on "Surrogates," in which Wood was able to lend his gritty realism to a science fiction yarn. "The Surrogates" also gave Wood the opportunity to work again with action star Bruce Willis. Wood shot Willis in "Die Hard 2" as John McClane, the heroic under-dog who, as the title suggests, just won't die no matter what Wood and director Renny Harlin throw at him. Oliver Wood died at the age of 80 on February 13, 2023.

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Highest-Rated Movies

95% 68% The Honeymoon Killers
Watchlist
93% 82% Face/Off Watchlist 92% 91% The Bourne Ultimatum Watchlist 88% 58% Freaky Friday Watchlist 84% 93% The Bourne Identity Watchlist 82% 90% The Bourne Supremacy Watchlist 79% 60% The Other Guys Watchlist 78% 90% Rudy Watchlist
75% 84% Mr. Holland's Opus
Watchlist
74% 52% Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Watchlist

Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Morbius 15% 71% 2022 Cinematographer Holmes & Watson 10% 25% 2018 Cinematographer The Equalizer 2 52% 61% 2018 Cinematographer Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 37% 42% 2016 Cinematographer Ben-Hur 25% 52% 2016 Cinematographer The Brothers Grimsby 37% 41% 2016 Cinematographer The Brothers Grimsby With Hilarious Outtakes 2016 Cinematographer Child 44 30% 42% 2015 Cinematographer Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 74% 52% 2013 Cinematographer 2 Guns 64% 66% 2013 Cinematographer Safe House 52% 63% 2012 Cinematographer The Other Guys 79% 60% 2010 Cinematographer Surrogates 37% 38% 2009 Cinematographer Step Brothers 54% 69% 2008 Cinematographer The Bourne Ultimatum 92% 91% 2007 Cinematographer Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 72% 73% 2006 Cinematographer Fantastic Four 27% 45% 2005 Cinematographer The Bourne Supremacy 82% 90% 2004 Cinematographer Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 22% 41% 2004 Cinematographer Freaky Friday 88% 58% 2003 Cinematographer National Security 11% 46% 2003 Cinematographer I Spy 15% 33% 2002 Cinematographer The Adventures of Pluto Nash 6% 20% 2002 Cinematographer The Bourne Identity 84% 93% 2002 Cinematographer U-571 68% 62% 2000 Cinematographer
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