Oliver Wood (cinematographer)

Oliver Wood
Born (1950-04-02) April 2, 1950
London, England
Nationality British
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active 1967–Present
Known for Miami Vice
The Bourne Trilogy
Face/Off
Awards BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum

Oliver Wood (born April 2, 1950) is an English cinematographer,[1][2] best known for his work on blockbuster action and comedy films[3] such as Die Hard 2, Face/Off, Freaky Friday, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and the Bourne franchise.[4] He has collaborated with directors like Paul Greengrass, John Woo, Renny Harlin, Ron Underwood, and Adam McKay, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for The Bourne Ultimatum.[5]

Career

His first break came for director Leonard Kastle on cult crime film The Honeymoon Killers (1969) where he used available light to give the dark comedy a newsreel look.[6]

After that, his career was quiet for a while, mostly working on obscure low-budget exploitation and B-movies and as a frequent collaborator to DP Fred Murphy.[7] He also became a prolific music video and commercial cinematographer, working for directors like Bob Giraldi and Rupert Wainwright. His big break came when he was director of photography for 53 episodes of stylish crime drama Miami Vice before becoming DP on big-budget Hollywood films including Die Hard 2 (1990), Face/Off (1997), U-571 (2000) Fantastic Four (2005), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013).[8] He was the original director of photography on the swashbuckling action film Cutthroat Island, but suffered an on-set injury and was replaced by Peter Levy.[9][10][11] He also shot the Bourne Trilogy, where he worked with director Paul Greengrass to produce a spontaneous, naturalistic effect, often using multiple cameras, frequently handheld, citing films such as The Battle of Algiers as an influence.[12][13]

He was nominated for a BAFTA for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).[14]

In 2016, Wood shot the remake of Ben-Hur,[15] directed by Timur Bekmambetov, utilizing GoPro cameras to film the movie's actions sequences.[16]

Filmography

Movies

As Director of Photography

Year Title Dir. Notes
1967 Popdown Fred Marshall Short film
1969 The White Slave Rene Daalder
1970 The Honeymoon Killers Leonard Kastle
Martin Scorsese
1977 Danny Gene Feldman
1978 Feedback Bill Doukas
1980 Don't Go in the House Joseph Ellison
1982 Maya Ágúst Ágústsson
Q - The Winged Serpent Larry Cohen with Fred Murphy[17]
1983 The Returning Josh Bender
My Hometown Bob Giraldi Short film
1984 In Our Words Robert Richter
Stanley Warnow		 Documentary
Alphabet City Amos Poe
1986 Joey Joseph Ellison
1990 Die Hard 2 Renny Harlin
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
1991 Mystery Date Jonathan Wacks
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Peter Hewitt
1993 For Love or Money Barry Sonnenfeld
Rudy David Anspaugh
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Bill Duke
1994 Terminal Velocity Deran Sarafian
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus Stephen Herek
Cutthroat Island Renny Harlin with Peter Levy[18][19]
1996 Celtic Pride Tom DeCerchio
2 Days in the Valley John Herzfeld
1997 Face/Off John Woo
Switchback Jeb Stuart
1998 Mighty Joe Young Ron Underwood with Donald Peterman
2000 U-571 Jonathan Mostow
2002 The Adventures of Pluto Nash Ron Underwood
I Spy Betty Thomas
The Bourne Identity Doug Liman
2003 National Security Dennis Dugan
Freaky Friday Mark Waters
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Raja Gosnell
The Bourne Supremacy Paul Greengrass
2005 Fantastic Four Tim Story
2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Adam McKay
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum Paul Greengrass Nominated for
BAFTA for Best Cinematography
2008 Step Brothers Adam McKay
2009 Surrogates Jonathan Mostow
2010 The Other Guys Adam McKay
2012 Safe House Daniel Espinosa
2013 2 Guns Baltasar Kormákur
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Adam McKay
2015 Child 44 Daniel Espinosa
2016 Grimsby Louis Leterrier
Ben-Hur Timur Bekmambetov
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Edward Zwick
2018 The Equalizer 2 Antoine Fuqua
Holmes and Watson Etan Cohen

As Other

Year Title Dir. DoP. Notes
1984 Body Rock Marcelo Epstein Robby Müller Camera Operator
1985 To Live and Die in L.A. William Friedkin
Seven Minutes in Heaven Linda Ferferman Steven Fierberg Director of Photography: 2nd Unit
Rappin' Joel Silberg David Gurfinkel
1986 Quiet Cool Clay Borris Jacques Haitkin Director of Additional Photography
Hoosiers David Anspaugh Fred Murphy Director of Photography: 2nd Unit
2007 Breach Billy Ray Tak Fujimoto Director of Additional Photography[20]
2010 The Town Ben Affleck Robert Elswit
Little Fockers Paul Weitz Remi Adefarasin
2011 Battle: Los Angeles Jonathan Liebesman Lukas Ettlin
2012 Wrath of the Titans Ben Davis

Television

Year Title Network Notes
1983 The Sex O'Clock News NBC Television film
1984 City Boy CBS
1986 Nasty Hero
1987-89 Miami Vice NBC Television series;

53 episodes

1991 Angel City Television film

References

  1. ↑ "OLIVER WOOD". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  2. ↑ Staff, Hollywood.com (2015-02-06). "Oliver Wood | Biography and Filmography". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  3. ↑ Staff, Hollywood.com (2015-02-06). "Oliver Wood | Biography and Filmography". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  4. ↑ "http://www.murthaskouras.com/members/oliver-wood/". www.murthaskouras.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12. External link in |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Film Awards Winners in 2008". www.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  6. ↑ Gary Giddins, The Honeymoon Killers, The Criterion Collection
  7. ↑ "OLIVER WOOD". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  8. ↑ http://www.murthaskouras.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Wood-Oliver.pdf
  9. ↑ Bernard, Paul (2013-03-26). Adventures in Movies: A Chronicle of 25 Years in Movies from Roger Rabbit to Harry Potter. BookBaby. ISBN 9781626754980.
  10. ↑ "Class of 1995: 'Cutthroat Island' | THE FILM YAP". THE FILM YAP. 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  11. ↑ Sterngold, James (1996-03-31). "Debacle on the High Seas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  12. ↑ Jon Silberg, "The Bourne Ultimatum", American Cinematographer magazine, September 2007
  13. ↑ David Heuring, "Homeward Bound", ICG Magazine, August 2007
  14. ↑ 2008 Winners, BAFTA, accessed January 21, 2016
  15. ↑ "OLIVER WOOD". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  16. ↑ Hart, Hugh (August 18, 2016). "YouTube-Inspired Director Used GoPro Cameras to Capture Ben-Hur Chariot Action". Where to Watch.
  17. ↑ "OLIVER WOOD". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  18. ↑ "OLIVER WOOD". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  19. ↑ Sterngold, James (1996-03-31). "Debacle on the High Seas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  20. ↑ "OLIVER WOOD". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
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