Jordan Cronenweth Biography (1935-1996)

Born February 20, 1935, in Los Angeles, CA; died of Parkinson's disease, November 29, 1996, in Los Angeles, CA. Career: Cinematographer, camera operator, photographer, and actor. Also billed as Jordan S. Cronenweth. Awards, Honors: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, best cinematography, 1982, for Blade Runner; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography, 1987, for Peggy Sue Got Married..

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cinematographer, photographer, actor
Birth Details: February 20, 1935; Los Angeles, California, United States
Death Details: November 29, 1996; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Cinematographer, Unless Otherwise Noted
Camera operator, Harper (also known as The Moving Target),Warner Bros., 1966
Camera operator, In Cold Blood, Columbia, 1967
Camera operator, Hell in the Pacific, Cinerama, 1968
(With Joseph Brun, Harry Sundby, and Conrad Hall) Truman Capote's Trilogy (consists of "Miriam," "Among the Paths to Eden," and "A Christmas Memory"), Allied Artists, 1969
Second unit photographer, The Liberation of L. B. Jones, Columbia,1970
Brewster McCloud, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
The Touch of Satan (also known as Curse of Melissa, Night of the Demon, and The Touch of Melissa), Dundee, 1971
Play It As It Lays, Universal, 1972
Count Your Bullets (also known as Apache Massacre, Cry for Me, Billy, Face to the Wind, and The Long Tomorrow), Brut, 1972
Zandy's Bride (also known as For Better, For Worse), WarnerBros., 1974
The Front Page, Universal, 1974
The Nickel Ride, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
Gable and Lombard, Universal, 1976
Rolling Thunder, American International Pictures, 1977

Handle with Care (also known as Citizens Band and The Great American Citizens Band), Paramount, 1977
Altered States, Warner Bros., 1980
Cutter's Way (also known as Cutter and Bone), United Artists, 1981
Best Friends, Warner Bros., 1982
Blade Runner, Columbia/TriStar, 1982
Stop Making Sense (documentary), 1984
Peggy Sue Got Married, TriStar, 1986
Just between Friends, Orion, 1986
Gardens of Stone, TriStar, 1987
U2: Rattle and Hum (also known as Rattle and Hum), Paramount, 1988
State of Grace, Orion, 1990
Get Back, Seven Arts, 1991
Final Analysis, Warner Bros., 1992
Film Appearances
Will Williams, Carbine Williams, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
Television Work
Cinematographer; Movies
Bird of Prey, 1973
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story, 1978
Transplant, 1979
And I Alone Survived, 1979
Cinematographer; Specials
(With Joseph Brun, Harry Sundby, and Conrad Hall) A Christmas Memory (originally released as one segment of the theatrical film Truman Capote's Trilogy), 1969

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