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Stephen H. Burum

Highest Rated: 84% Casualties of War (1989)

Lowest Rated: 0% 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)

Birthday: Nov 25, 1939

Birthplace: Visalia, California, USA

Leading modern cinematographer who collaborated on some of the most visually striking films of the 1980s. Burum learned his craft at UCLA while working with two undisputed giants of the field: ace cinematographer James Wong Howe ("Body and Soul," "Sweet Smell of Success," "King's Row") and technological pioneer Charles Clarke. He developed a fruitful relationship with Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studio, beginning with an assignment as director of second-unit photography for "Apocalypse Now" (1979). Burum would later shoot two of Coppola's most lyrically stylized films, "The Outsiders" (1983) and "Rumble Fish" (1983). The former featured such rich color photography that this elemental tale played like a "Gone With the Wind" for troubled teens. The even more stylish "Rumble Fish" reimagined a black-and-white 1950s juvenile delinquent flick as directed by Jean Cocteau. This unusual film has also been a significant influence on the look and feel of music videos.

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Highest-Rated Movies

84% 75% Casualties of War
Watchlist 84% 91% Carlito's Way Watchlist 83% 89% The Untouchables Watchlist
80% 63% The Escape Artist
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79% 65% Body Double
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77% 80% Rumble Fish
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71% 82% The Outsiders
Watchlist 65% 71% Mission: Impossible Watchlist
61% 64% Something Wicked This Way Comes
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60% 62% Uncommon Valor
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Stephen H. Burum

Stephen H. Burum CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN, Sara Sugarman, Stephen H. Burum, 2004, (c) Buena Vista View more photos

Filmography

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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen 14% 35% 2004 Cinematographer Life or Something Like It 28% 44% 2002 Cinematographer Mission to Mars 24% 30% 2000 Cinematographer Mystery Men 60% 57% 1999 Cinematographer Snake Eyes 41% 35% 1998 Cinematographer Mission: Impossible 65% 71% 1996 Cinematographer The Shadow 37% 45% 1994 Cinematographer Carlito's Way 84% 91% 1993 Cinematographer Hoffa 52% 58% 1992 Cinematographer Man Trouble 7% 14% 1992 Cinematographer He Said, She Said 33% 34% 1991 Cinematographer Casualties of War 84% 75% 1989 Cinematographer The Untouchables 83% 89% 1987 Cinematographer 8 Million Ways to Die 0% 39% 1986 Cinematographer Nutcracker: The Motion Picture 70% 1986 Cinematographer The Bride 27% 33% 1985 Cinematographer Body Double 79% 65% 1984 Cinematographer Rumble Fish 77% 80% 1983 Cinematographer Something Wicked This Way Comes 61% 64% 1983 Cinematographer Uncommon Valor 60% 62% 1983 Cinematographer The Outsiders 71% 82% 1983 Cinematographer The Escape Artist 80% 63% 1982 Cinematographer Pacific High 1980 Cinematographer Scream Bloody Murder 33% 1972 Cinematographer Wild Gypsies 1969 Cinematographer
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