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Owen Roizman

Highest Rated: 98% The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

Lowest Rated: 11% Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

Birthday: Sep 22, 1936

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Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Began his career working on TV commercials in New York and shot his first feature, Bill Gunn's "Stop," in 1970. Roizman soon became known for his gritty, documentary-influenced urban compositions, particularly in films such as "The French Connection" (1971) and "The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3" (1974). Roizman formed a commercial production company, Roizman and Associates, in 1983 but returned to feature-film making in 1990 with Lawrence Kasdan's "I Love You To Death." Owen Roizman died on January 6, 2023 at the age of 86.

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Highest rated movies

98% 88% The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
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97% 87% The French Connection Watchlist
97% 89% Play It Again, Sam
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91% 93% Network
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91% 81% Tootsie Watchlist 87% 83% Three Days of the Condor Watchlist
82% 83% Straight Time
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81% 64% Absence of Malice
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79% 70% Grand Canyon
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78% 87% The Exorcist
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Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Cinematographer Unknown (Character) - 2020
48% 75% French Kiss Cinematographer $36.4M 1995
31% 61% Wyatt Earp Cinematographer $24.6M 1994
67% 67% The Addams Family Cinematographer $111.3M 1991
79% 70% Grand Canyon Cinematographer $32.3M 1991
28% 57% Havana Cinematographer $8.8M 1990
58% 62% I Love You to Death Cinematographer $14.9M 1990
60% 78% Vision Quest Cinematographer - 1985
91% 81% Tootsie Cinematographer - 1982
69% 53% True Confessions Cinematographer - 1981
81% 64% Absence of Malice Cinematographer - 1981
33% 53% The Black Marble Cinematographer - 1980
62% 57% The Electric Horseman Cinematographer - 1979
82% 83% Straight Time Cinematographer - 1978
11% 44% Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Cinematographer - 1978
91% 93% Network Cinematographer - 1976
87% 83% Three Days of the Condor Cinematographer - 1975
67% 65% The Stepford Wives Cinematographer - 1975
98% 88% The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Cinematographer - 1974
78% 87% The Exorcist Cinematographer $441.4M 1973
97% 89% Play It Again, Sam Cinematographer - 1972
97% 87% The French Connection Cinematographer - 1971
20% 26% The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Cinematographer - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stop Cinematographer - 1970