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Cynthia Pusheck

{{Short description|American film and television cinematographer}}

Cynthia Pusheck (born 1964) is an American film and television cinematographer. She co-founded and co-chairs the ASC Vision committee that supports people from under-represented groups who hope to build a career in cinematography.{{cite web |title=Cynthia Pusheck |url=https://www.icfcfilm.com/user/cpusheck/ |website=International Collective of Female Cinematographers (ICFC) |access-date=29 November 2021}} She was the first woman to serve as vice-president of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).{{cite web |title=Milestones - ASC Vision: The American Society of Cinematographers |url=https://theasc.com/asc-vision/milestones.html |website=theasc.com |access-date=29 November 2021}}

Early life

Cynthia Pusheck was born in the Chicago area, and was raised in Rockford, Illinois.{{cite book |last1=Frost |first1=Jacqueline B. |title=Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers: The Eye Behind the Lens |date=17 March 2021 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-35985-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OlsXEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Cynthia+Pusheck%22&pg=PT199 |access-date=29 November 2021 |language=en}} She attended Columbia College Chicago before moving to Los Angeles.

Cinematography

As a camera assistant, Pusheck specialised in underwater cinematography under the guidance of Peter Romano. She worked on Free Willy, White Squall, Flipper, Waterworld, Alien Resurrection, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Baywatch and Sphere. She was the camera operator on the underwater sequences in Magnolia, Men of Honor, Tomorrow Never Dies and A Nightmare on Elm Street.

She took a job as a camera operator on CSI: Miami in 2003, where she gained her first experience as a Director of Photography (DP) on the second unit. Puskheck then studied cinematography at the American Film Institute for a year in order to improve her qualifications as a cinematographer.

Pusheck has been DP on a range of television/streaming shows, most notably Brothers and Sisters, Revenge, Good Girls Revolt, Strange Angel, Sacred Lies, and The Bold Type. She has also been DP on the independent feature film Loving Annabelle.{{cite web |last1=Harvey |first1=Dennis |title=Loving Annabelle |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/loving-annabelle-1200517258/ |website=Variety |date=4 April 2006}}

Pusheck joined the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 2013, and became the first woman to be elected vice president in 2017.{{cite web |title=ASC Elections Result in Second Term for President Kees van Oostrum - The American Society of Cinematographers |url=https://theasc.com/news/asc-elections-result-in-second-term-for-president-kees-van-oostrum |website=theasc.com |access-date=30 November 2021}} She held the VP role until 2019.{{cite web |title=Elections Revise Lineup of ASC Officers - The American Society of Cinematographers |url=https://theasc.com/news/elections-produce-asc-officer |website=theasc.com |access-date=29 November 2021}}

Recognition

Pusheck received the Kodak Vision Award at the 2010 Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards.{{cite web |last1=Peters |first1=Jenny |title=Women in Film: Cynthia Pusheck |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/features/women-in-film-cynthia-pusheck-1118019984/ |website=Variety |access-date=29 November 2021 |date=31 May 2010}}{{cite web |title=WIF Awards Retrospective – Women in Film |url=https://womeninfilm.org/updates/wif-awards-retrospective/ |website=womeninfilm.org |access-date=30 November 2021}}

Filmography

References

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External links

  • [https://www.cynthiapusheck.com/ Cynthia Pusheck's website]
  • [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701077/ Cynthia Pusheck at IMDb]

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Category:American cinematographers

Category:American women cinematographers

Category:1964 births

Category:Living people

Category:Columbia College Chicago alumni

Category:AFI Conservatory alumni