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Steven Poster
Producer, Additional CreditsBorn March 1, 1944 (81 years)
Steven Barry Poster, A.S.C, I.C.G. (born 1 March 1944) is an American cinematographer and photographer who is the former President of the International Cinematographers Guild. He is best known for his collaborations with Richard Kelly, including the director's 2001 cult classic Donnie Darko.
Poster began his career as a creative assistant at 'The Film Group,' a commercial film production company based in Chicago, Illinois. After being promoted to director of photography due to his skill at lighting, he met Herschell Gordon Lewis and worked with him in various crew positions on a total of three films. Poster founded a production company with director Michael Mann and served as the cinematographer on numerous industrial and education films. He served as the second-unit director of photography on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Poster joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 1987, relocating to Hollywood in the process. He shot the iconic music video to Madonna's "Like a Prayer", as well as commercials directed by Ridley Scott and Kinka Usher. In 1988, he was nominated for the ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases for his work on Someone to Watch Over Me. Poster served as the President of the ASC between 2002-2003. In 2006, he received an Emmy nomination for Mrs. Harris. That same year, he was elected as the National President of the International Cinematographers Guild, a position he held until 2019.
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Poster began his career as a creative assistant at 'The Film Group,' a commercial film production company based in Chicago, Illinois. After being promoted to director of photography due to his skill at lighting, he met Herschell Gordon Lewis and worked with him in various crew positions on a total of three films. Poster founded a production company with director Michael Mann and served as the cinematographer on numerous industrial and education films. He served as the second-unit director of photography on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Poster joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 1987, relocating to Hollywood in the process. He shot the iconic music video to Madonna's "Like a Prayer", as well as commercials directed by Ridley Scott and Kinka Usher. In 1988, he was nominated for the ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases for his work on Someone to Watch Over Me. Poster served as the President of the ASC between 2002-2003. In 2006, he received an Emmy nomination for Mrs. Harris. That same year, he was elected as the National President of the International Cinematographers Guild, a position he held until 2019.
Source: Article "Steven Poster" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Steven Poster Filmography
| 2021 | Who Is Bill Rebane? · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2008 | No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos · as Self |
| 2007 | Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner · as Self |
| 2006 | Cinematographer Style · as Self |
| 2006 | Who Needs Sleep? · as Self |
| 2004 | 'Donnie Darko': Production Diary · as Self |
| 2001 | Anatomy of a Scene (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | Scared to Death · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Virtuosity · as Associate Producer |
| 2024 | Scared to Death · as Director Of Photography |
| 2020 | For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close · as Director Of Photography |
| 2020 | For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close · as Producer Scripted Unit |
| 2017 | Amityville: The Awakening · as Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Tap World · as Supervising Director Of Photography |
| 2013 | Hemlock Grove (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |
| 2011 | Flypaper · as Director Of Photography |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore · as Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | The Box · as Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection · as Cinematographer |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Raising the Bar (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2007 | Craft in America (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2006 | Southland Tales · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | The Loop (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2005 | Mrs. Harris · as Director Of Photography |
| 2003 | Daddy Day Care · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko · as Director Of Photography |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | The Rage: Carrie 2 · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1998 | Half a Chance · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | A Midwife's Tale · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | RocketMan · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | Color of Justice · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | Boys Life 2 · as Cinematographer |
| 1996 | Present Tense, Past Perfect · as Cinematographer |
| 1996 | Once You Meet a Stranger · as Director Of Photography |
| 1994 | Roswell · as Director Of Photography |
| 1993 | The Cemetery Club · as Director Of Photography |
| 1992 | The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin · as Director Of Photography |
| 1991 | Life Stinks · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Rocky V · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Madonna: The Immaculate Collection · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Opportunity Knocks · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special · as Director Of Photography |
| 1989 | Next of Kin · as Director Of Photography |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1988 | Big Top Pee-wee · as Director Of Photography |
| 1988 | Aloha Summer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1987 | Someone to Watch Over Me · as Director Of Photography |
| 1987 | I'll Take Manhattan (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | Courage · as Cinematographer |
| 1986 | The Boy Who Could Fly · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | Blue City · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | The Heavenly Kid · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | The New Kids · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | Starman · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | The River · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | Testament · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | Strange Brew · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | The Cradle Will Fall · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | Spring Break · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | Mysterious Two · as Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | Coward of the County · as Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | Dead & Buried · as Director Of Photography |
| 1980 | Blood Beach · as Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | Beggarman, Thief · as Cinematographer |
| 1979 | The Night Rider · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |