Overview
Russell Carpenter
Known For
Titanic: Behind The Scenes
Behind the scenes featurettes on the making of Titanic, included...
Heart of the Ocean: The Making of Titanic
A 1997 HBO First Look episode about the making of...
Biography
Russell Paul Carpenter, ASC (born December 9, 1950) is an American cinematographer and photographer, known for collaborating with directors James Cameron, Robert Luketic, and McG. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the 1997 Best Picture-winning film Titanic. Much of his work has been in blockbuster films, including Hard Target (1993), True Lies (1994), Charlie's Angels (2000) and its sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Ant-Man (2015), and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). His documentary cinematography includes George Harrison: Living in the Material World, directed by Martin Scorsese. It earned six nominations at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming for the cinematography team. In 2018, Carpenter received the American Society of Cinematographers' Lifetime Achievement Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Russell Carpenter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.