Vale – Harris Savides
Harry Savides – 1957-2012
Acclaimed cinematographer Harris Savides passed away earlier this week.
Mr Savides lensed many terrific films throughout his career, including Gus van Sant’s Finding Forrester, Milk, and Restless, David Fincher’s Zodiac and The Game, Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, Sophia Coppola’s Somewhere and even John Turturro’s Illuminata. He also worked as a DP on many music videos, including Nine Inch Nail’s Closer, Madonna’s Rain, and Michael Jackson’s Scream.
Mr Savides passed away on October 9th, aged just 55. We tip our hat to him today.
Editor In Chief of www.fernbyfilms.com, Rodney has been watching films since he was at least old enough to remember having nightmares after watching King Kong one New Years Eve…. Rodney is married with 2 kids, a substantial DVD and BluRay collection, and lives happily with his wife Lisa in a sleepy suburb of inner-city Adelaide, South Australia.
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Good work Rodney – I wouldn't have picked up on this, and sometimes I am guilty of heavy duty newspaper scans.
Zodiac was such a beautifully shot film – an outstanding exercise in digital cinematography. American Gangster also looked great – interestingly, all of Ridley's films look kinda similar, which suggests he picks DOPs who are on his wavelength.
Obviously Mr Savides was a collaborative artist of the first order.
mark — October 28, 2012 @ 10:51 pm
I agree with that statement.
Rodney — October 29, 2012 @ 10:05 pm