Roberto Schaefer
{{Short description|American cinematographer}}
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Roberto Schaefer, {{small|ASC}}, {{small|AIC}} (born in White Plains, New York) is an American cinematographer, known for his collaborations with director Marc Forster.
Career
Schaefer served as cinematographer for eight of director Marc Forster's feature films.{{Cite journal| last=Thomson | first=Patricia | title=Honoring a Lost Friend | journal=American Cinematographer |date=November 2007 | volume=88 | issue=11 | pages=52–58, 60–61 }} He was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for his cinematography in Finding Neverland (2004).{{Cite web | url=http://www.britfilms.com/newsandevents/bafta2005shortlist/ | title=BAFTA 2005 shortlist | work=britfilms.com | publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts | access-date=November 14, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723120310/http://www.britfilms.com/newsandevents/bafta2005shortlist/ | archive-date=July 23, 2008 }} At the 2013 Camerimage, Schaefer and Forster won the Cinematographer/Director Duo Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.camerimage.pl/en/Camerimage-2013-1-2.html|title=Camerimage 2013|work=Camerimage|access-date=August 16, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/111803-camerimage-interview-cinematographer-roberto-schaefer|title=Camerimage Interview: Cinematographer Roberto Schaefer|work=ComingSoon.net|first=Silas|last=Lesnick|date=November 29, 2013|access-date=August 16, 2017}}
Filmography
Short film
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| Year
! Title ! Director ! Notes |
|---|
| 1983
| Paul Bowles Across the Strait | Eve Silvester | Documentary short |
| 1987
| Non date da mangiare agli animali | Also camera operator (Uncredited) |
=Feature film=
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| Year
! Title ! Director ! Notes |
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| 1989
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| 1991
| Le mosche in Testa | Maria Daria Menozzi | |
| 1995
| Loungers | |
| 1996
| |
| rowspan=2|2000
| Marc Forster | |
| Best in Show
| Christopher Guest | |
| 2001
|rowspan=3|Marc Forster | |
| 2004
|Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography |
| rowspan=2|2005
| Stay | |
| At Last
|Tom Anton | |
| rowspan=2|2006
| Christopher Guest | |
| Stranger than Fiction
|rowspan=3|Marc Forster | |
| 2007
|Nominated – St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography |
| 2008
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| 2009
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| 2011
| Marc Forster | |
| 2012
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| 2013
| The Host | |
| 2015
| Also credited as producer |
| 2016
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| 2017
| Geostorm | |
| 2018
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| rowspan=2| 2019
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| Rattlesnake
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| 2021
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| 2024
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| TBA
| Forelock | Caleb Alexander Smith | |
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Director ! Notes |
|---|
| 1992
| Episodes "Bounty Hunter" and "Weekend Pass" |
| 2002
| Episode "A Life of Its Own" |
| 2013
| 8 episodes |
| 2022
| 4 episodes |
TV movies
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| Year
! Title ! Director ! Notes |
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| 1984
| Finalmente Morta | Elisabetta Valgiusti | |
| rowspan=2| 1994
| Robert Rodriguez'' |rowspan=2| Part of the Rebel Highway series |
| Cool and the Crazy |
| 1999
| D.O.A. |rowspan=2| Christopher Guest | |
| 2007
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| 2011
| Hallelujah | |
| 2019
| Less Than Zero | Craig Wright | |
References
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External links
- {{official|http://robertoschaefer.com}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0769656|name=Roberto Schaefer}}
- [http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/schaefer.htm Profile] at Cinematographers.nl
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Category:American cinematographers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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