Kramer Morgenthau | |
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Born | 1966 (age 55–56) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 1990-present |
Spouse(s) | Tracy Fleischman (m. 2011) |
Parent(s) | Ruth Schachter Morgenthau Henry Morgenthau III |
Family | Mayer Lehman (great-great-grandfather) Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (grandfather) Elinor Morgenthau (grandmother) |
Kramer Morgenthau, A.S.C., is an American cinematographer known for his expertise as a visual storyteller in both television and film. The six-time Emmy nominee is best known for his work in films such as Respect,[1] The Many Saints of Newark,[2] Creed II and Thor: The Dark World. He was also director of photography for television projects such as HBO's Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, and Fahrenheit 451.[3] He is a member of both the Morgenthau family and the Lehman family.
Biography
Morgenthau's early career began in New York as a documentary filmmaker, which led to shooting Oscar-winner Allan Miller's Academy Award-nominated film, Small Wonders as well as Sundance Festival feature film, Joe & Joe, which began his years as a festival fixture, shooting seven more features and documentaries that played there. Initially, he was artistically inspired by his family and unique childhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father, Henry Morgenthau III,[4] was a producer of documentaries for the flagship PBS station, WGBH-TV, in Boston and his mother, Ruth,[5] was a Polish Jewish refugee of WWII Vienna, African politics professor and trusted advisor to three American Presidents. It is through them that Morgenthau was first exposed to the importance and influence of film on culture, politics, art and rural development with the family's extensive travel and various documentary location shoots around the globe.
His great-great-grandfather was businessman Mayer Lehman. He has one brother, Henry "Ben" Morgenthau and one sister, Sarah Elinor Morgenthau Wessel.[6] His grandfather was Henry Morgenthau Jr., the U.S. Treasury secretary during the Roosevelt administration. His great-grandfather, Henry Morgenthau, was the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I; his uncle is Robert M. Morgenthau, Manhattan district attorney for 35 years.
Morgenthau is an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the American Society of Cinematographers, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the International Cinematographers Guild. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and twin children.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1997 | Dogtown | George Hickenlooper | |
1999 | The Big Brass Ring | ||
2001 | Green Dragon | Timothy Linh Bui | |
The Man from Elysian Fields | George Hickenlooper | ||
2004 | Godsend | Nick Hamm | |
2005 | Havoc | Barbara Kopple | |
2007 | Full of It | Christian Charles | |
Fracture | Gregory Hoblit | ||
Feast of Love | Robert Benton | ||
2008 | The Express: The Ernie Davis Story | Gary Fleder | |
2012 | The Factory | Morgan O'Neill | |
2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Alan Taylor | |
2014 | Chef | Jon Favreau | |
2015 | Terminator Genisys | Alan Taylor | |
2017 | Rebel in the Rye | Danny Strong | |
2018 | The Darkest Minds | Jennifer Yuh Nelson | |
Creed II | Steven Caple Jr. | ||
2021 | Respect | Liesl Tommy | |
The Many Saints of Newark | Alan Taylor | ||
2022 | Creed III | Michael B. Jordan | |
Spirited | Sean Anders John Morris |
Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Distributor | Season | Episode(s) |
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2010 | Boardwalk Empire | HBO | 1 | 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 |
2012 | Game of Thrones | 2 | 1, 2 | |
Vegas | CBS | 1 | Pilot | |
2013 | Sleepy Hollow | Fox | 1 | Pilot |
2017 | The Orville | 1 | Pilot | |
2018 | Fahrenheit 451 | HBO | TV Movie |
References
- ^ "Returning to the World of 'The Sopranos'". Variety.
- ^ "Burn After Reading: Fahrenheit 451". American Cinematographer.
- ^ "Henry Morgenthau III obituary". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Ruth S. Morgenthau obituary". The New York Times.
- ^ Morgenthau Family Tree Archived 2015-12-20 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved October 3, 2015.
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