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"Named by Kodak as among the "100 Top Cinematographers in the World," Roy H. Wagner has produced some of the most striking and unique photography on American film and TV screens of the past forty years. Mentored by legendary cinematographers of Hollywood's Golden Age, Wagner has brought both a studio craftsman ethic and maverick artistic sensibility to his work that includes A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Beauty and the Beast, Quantum Leap and House. Together with co-author Wayne Byrne, Wagner takes the reader on a candid journey from his small-town roots in the Midwest to his professional collaborations with industry figures such as John Badham, Richard Franklin, Seymour Friedman, Bill Froehlich, Peter O'Fallon, William Fraker, Diane Keaton, Dennis Maguire, Harry Stradling, Patrick Swayze, Kevin Tenney and many others"--
List of contents
Table of ContentsForeword by M. David Mullen, ASC
Enchanted by the Light: An Introduction by Wayne Byrne
Sikeston, Stories, and the Silver Screen
Ninjas and Nightmares
Burglars, Beasts, and the Beauty of Second Unit
Hits and Misses: Taking a Leap Into TV
Party of Two: Crucial Collaborations
The Politics of TV
The Science and Magic of Cinema: A Conversation
with Wayne Byrne and Roy H. Wagner
Afterword by Todd Fisher
Index
About the author
Roy H. Wagner, ASC, is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television cinematographer. Throughout the past four decades he has been the director of photography on cult independent films, major studio productions, and hit television shows such as
Witchboard, Return to Horror High, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Drop Zone, Nick of Time, Another Stakeout, A Rumor of Angels, Beauty and the Beast, Quantum Leap, Cristine Cromwell, Party of Five, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, House M.D., and
The Beast.
Wayne Byrne is an Irish author and film historian. He has written on film and music culture for a variety of notable publications and has published books on subjects such as Tom DiCillo, Burt Reynolds, Nick McLean, Elm Street, and Walter Hill.