‘The Exorcist’ And ‘The French Connection’ Cinematographer Owen Roizman Dies at 86

Cinematographer Owen Roizman, who shot many premier movies of a technology like ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist’, has died on the age of 86.

‘The Exorcist’ And ‘The French Connection’ Cinematographer Owen Roizman Dies at 86

‘The Exorcist’ Cinematographer Owen Roizman Dies: Cinematographer Owen Roizman, who shot many premier movies of a technology like The French Connection and The Exorcist, has died on the age of 86. A consultant for the American Society of Cinematographers confirmed the information. However, no additional particulars about Roizman’s dying can be found, as reported by Variety. Roizman was Oscar-nominated 5 occasions, for The French Connection, The Exorcist, Network, Tootsie and the 1994 Western Wyatt Earp. In 2017, Roizman was honoured with an honorary Academy Award for his contributions to the medium.

As reported by Variety, along with his Oscar nominations, Roizman was nominated for an Emmy for his cinematography (utilizing movie, not videotape) of the 1972 Liza Minnelli particular Liza With a Z, directed by Bob Fosse. Roizman obtained the American Society of Cinematographers’ lifetime achievement award in 1997. He labored with director Sydney Pollack on 5 movies: Three Days of the Condor, The Electric Horseman, Absence of Malice and Havana.

Roizman developed a key working relationship with William Friedkin. Friedkin’s The French Connection (1971) was solely Roizman’s second movie as cinematographer, however the way in which wherein he shot the film’s thrilling, fast-moving central automobile chase has achieved legendary standing.

The gritty, documentary-like realism he introduced, not simply to the chase, however to the whole movie, partly by capturing on location within the streets of New York, made the cops’ pursuit of the heroin traffickers really feel extra genuine.

Except for the heading, the content material is attributed to IANS.

Published Date: January 8, 2023 4:03 PM IST