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Cinéma/TV
Sandi Sissel
Directeur/trice de la photo
États-Unis
Site web : http://www.sandisissel.com/
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Directrice de la Photographie
Sandra Sue Sissel est née le 9 Août 1949 à Paris (Texas, USA). Elle est membre de l’American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.).
Sandra Sue Sissel est née le 9 Août 1949 à Paris (Texas, USA). Elle est membre de l’American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.).
English
Sandi Sissel (A.S.C. / American Society of Cinematographers) is an American Director of photography.
Talent Agent :
THE GERSH AGENCY
Barbara Halperin
310.205.5832
[email protected]
Sandi Sissel began her career as a cinematographer at NBC and ABC where she received two Emmy awards on Her Majesty’s Britannia and coverage of the war in Vietnam. During the 70’s and 80’s she shot countless segments for ABC’s 20/20, Saturday Night Live and 60 minutes.
Sandi served as Director Of Photography on the Oscar nominated motion picture Salaam Bombay which also received the Camera D’Or at Cannes. In addition she photographed Yellow Card, Barney’s Great Adventure, Drug Wars, Soul Of The Game, The Reef, Camp Nowhere, Full Eclipse, Double Switch, Drop Dead Fred, Drag Strip Girl, The People Under The Stairs, Passion’s Way, New York Minute, and Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns.
Among her numerous Oscar and Emmy winning documentary credits are Seeing Red, The Wobblies, Americas In Transition, Mother Teresa, Jane Goodall: Chimps So Like Us, Blood In The Face, Chicken Ranch, Broken Treaty At Battle Mountain, Krik Krak Tales Of A Nightmare, Calling The Shots, Speaking Our Peace, Heavy Petting, Chisholm 72: Unbought and Unbossed, Free Angela, Witness To War, Going Upriver: The Long War Of John Kerry, Lord God Bird, One Heartbeat and Before Stonewall. She received a Bafta nomination for her work on The Endurance. She photographed the Imax film Roving Mars.
She has done 2nd unit photography on major films including Uncle, Dangerous Minds, Black Knight, Exit Wounds, Rock Star, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Roommates, Daredevil, Stealing Harvard, The Believers, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Allan Quartermain and The City of Lost Gold, The Ballad Of Jack and Rose, Blow, Cellular and the Oscar winning Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World. She also received a Satellite Award nomination for Master and Commander.
In addition she has been Director Of Photography on several network television and mini-series including Class Of 96, The Flash, Young Americans, Matt Waters, Philly Heat, Night Stalker, Night Sins and two Emmy winning shows Wonder Years and Drug Wars: The Camarana Story. Among her cable and television movie credits are In The Echo, Toothless, Suddenly, Radiant City, Great Mom Swap, Dad, The Angel and Me, In The Company Of Darkness, Keeping Secrets, It’s Nothing Personal and For Richer, For Poorer.
Sandi directed Chicken Ranch which won Sundance and Bafta awards in addition to Highwire, Cowgirls, Looking Good America and HBO’s Nerve: Natacha Merritt.
In 1994 Sandi received the Kodak Crystal Award for lifetime achievement from Women In Film. She has appeared in the films Visions Of Light, Shooting Women and Women Behind The Lens.
Sandi is a member of the International Photographers Guild Local 600 and Women In Film. She was inducted into the American Society Of Cinematographers in 1994 and the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2004.
Sandi presently serves as Head of Cinematography in the graduate film program at New York University.
FILMOGRAPHY
Feature Films
SALAAM BOMBAY
Mira Nair
Cinecom
MEET THE BROWNS
Tyler Perry
Lionsgate Films
YELLOW CARD
John Riber
Rory Killalea/MFD
SOUL OF THE GAME
Kevin Sullivan
Mike Medavoy/HBO
THE REEF
Robert Alan Ackerman
Freyda Rothstein/Hearst
CAMP NOWHERE
Jonathon Prince
Michael Peyser/Disney
FULL ECLIPSE
Tony Hickox
David Ginsberg/HBO
DOUBLE SWITCH
Mary Lambert
Tom Zito/Digital Pix
RISING SON
John Coles
Fred Berner/TNT
NO SECRETS
Deszo Magyar
Morgan Mason/Columbia/RCA
DROP DEAD FRED
Ate DeJong
Paul Webster/Working Title
HEAVY PETTING
Obie Benz
DeLaurentis Film Group
BARNEY’S GREAT ADVENTURE
Steve Gomer
Martha Chang/Polygram
THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
Wes Craven
Maryann Maddelana/Universal
DRAG STRIP GIRL
Mary Lambert
Showtime Films
2nd Unit
MASTER AND COMMANDER
Peter Weir & David Ellis
Duncan Henderson/Fox
MR & MRS. SMITH
Simon Crane
Eric McCleod/Fox
NEW YORK MINUTE
Dennie Gordon
Chris Sacani/Warner Bros
CELLULAR
David Ellis
Doug Curtis/New Line
UNCLE
Bruce McCulloch
Brian Grazer/Imagine
BLACK KNIGHT
Gil Junger
Paul Schif/Fox
EXIT WOUNDS
David Ellis
Joel Silver/Warner Bros.
R-3
Betty Thomas
Jenna Topping/Revolution
ROCK STAR
David Ellis
Paul Moen/Warner Bros.
BLOW
Ted Demme
Georgia Kokandes/New Line
BOWFINGER
Frank Oz
Bernie Williams/Universal
DANGEROUS MINDS
John N. Smith
Hollywood Pictures
MOD SQUAD
Scott Silver
David Ladd/MGM
ROOMATES
Peter Yates
Ira Halberstadt/Interscope
THE BELIEVERS
John Schlesinger
Orion
AUSTIN POWERS: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Jay Roach
Eric McCleod/Warner Bros
PLATOON
Oliver Stone
Arnold Kopelson
Television
WONDER YEARS series
multi
Black/Marlens/ABC
CLASS OF 96 series
multi
Leonard Goldberg/Fox
NIGHTSTALKER series
multi
Dreamworks/ABC
YOUNG AMERICANS series
Kevin Sullivan
Greg Prange/Sony
THE FLASH series
Rob Iscove
DeMeo/ Bilson/CBS
SAINTS AND SINNERS
Alison Anders
Dreamworks/ CBS
NERVE: NATACHA MERRITT
Sandi Sissel
Sheila Nevins/HBO
WILDER DAYS
Kevin Sullivan
Jonathon Prince/ABC
TOOTHLESS
Melanie Mayron
David Hoberman/Disney/ABC
SUDDENLY
Robert Alan Ackerman
Jeff Weiss/CBS
RADIANT CITY
Robert Alan Ackerman
Jeff Weiss/ABC
GREAT MOM SWAP
Jonathan Prince
Ruth Slawson/ABC
MATT WATERS
Kevin Sullivan
Montell Williams/CBS
DAD, THE ANGEL AND ME
Rick Wallace
Barry Jossen/ Family Channel
COMPANY OF DARKNESS
David Anspaugh
Richard Brams/CBS
KEEPING SECRETS
John Korti
Freyda Rothstein/ABC
PHILLY HEAT
John Coles
Tom Fontana/ABC
FOR RICHER, FOR POORER
Jay Sandrich
Dennis Bishop/HBO
BUGS BUNNY’S 50TH
Gary Weiss
Lorne Michaels/CBS
SHE’S NOBODY’S BABY
Ana Carrigan
HBO
NIGHT SINS mini-series
Robert Alan Ackerman
Richard Brams/CBS
DRUG WARS: The Camerana Story mini-series
Brian Gibson
Michael Mann/NBC
Feature Documentaries
CHISHOLM’72: Unbought & Unbossed
Shola Lynch
Phil Bertlesen/PBS
MOTHER TERESA
Ann and Jan Petrie
Richard Attenborough
CUBAN BALLET 2000
Barbara Kopple
Cynthia Newport/Illume
SEEING RED
Julia Reichert
Jim Kline/ PBS
CHICKEN RANCH
Nick Broomfield/Sandi Sissel
Channel Four and Cinecom
BEFORE STONEWALL
Greta Shiller
PBS
JANE GOODALL: Chimps So Like Us
Simon/Goodman
HBO
GLOBAL ASSEMBLY
Lorraine Gray
PBS
WITNESS TO WAR
Debra Shaffer
PBS
FREE ANGELA
Shola Lynch
PBS and Ford Foundation
PORTRAIT OF ANGELA DAVIS
Shola Lynch
Arte
REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG
Nancy Kates
Center For Documentary
BROKEN TREATY AT BATTLE MOUNTAIN
Joel Freeman
Robert Redford
AMERICAS IN TRANSITION
Obie Benz
PBS
COLORS: Michael Jackson
John Landis
Propaganda Films
CONVERSATION w/ GREGORY PECK
Barbara Kopple
Cabin Creek Films
THE WOBBLIES
Debra Shaffer/Stu Bird
PBS
BUGS BUNNY’S 50TH
Gary Weiss
Lorne Michaels/CBS
SHE’S NOBODY’S BABY
Ana Carrigan
HBO
THE GOOD FIGHT
George Butler
Elisabeth James/White Mountain Films
ROVING MARS
George Butler
Steve Stoke/New Line Cinema
THE ENDURANCE
George Butler
Frank Marshall/Disney IMAX Films
GOING UPRIVER: The Long War of John Kerry
George Butler
Think Films
KRIK? KRAK! Tales Of A Nightmare
Jac Avila and Vanyoska Gee
Mountain Top Films
LORD GOD BIRD
George Butler
Bob Nixon and Elisabeth James, National Geographic Films & White Mountain Films
Talent Agent :
THE GERSH AGENCY
Barbara Halperin
310.205.5832
[email protected]
Sandi Sissel began her career as a cinematographer at NBC and ABC where she received two Emmy awards on Her Majesty’s Britannia and coverage of the war in Vietnam. During the 70’s and 80’s she shot countless segments for ABC’s 20/20, Saturday Night Live and 60 minutes.
Sandi served as Director Of Photography on the Oscar nominated motion picture Salaam Bombay which also received the Camera D’Or at Cannes. In addition she photographed Yellow Card, Barney’s Great Adventure, Drug Wars, Soul Of The Game, The Reef, Camp Nowhere, Full Eclipse, Double Switch, Drop Dead Fred, Drag Strip Girl, The People Under The Stairs, Passion’s Way, New York Minute, and Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns.
Among her numerous Oscar and Emmy winning documentary credits are Seeing Red, The Wobblies, Americas In Transition, Mother Teresa, Jane Goodall: Chimps So Like Us, Blood In The Face, Chicken Ranch, Broken Treaty At Battle Mountain, Krik Krak Tales Of A Nightmare, Calling The Shots, Speaking Our Peace, Heavy Petting, Chisholm 72: Unbought and Unbossed, Free Angela, Witness To War, Going Upriver: The Long War Of John Kerry, Lord God Bird, One Heartbeat and Before Stonewall. She received a Bafta nomination for her work on The Endurance. She photographed the Imax film Roving Mars.
She has done 2nd unit photography on major films including Uncle, Dangerous Minds, Black Knight, Exit Wounds, Rock Star, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Roommates, Daredevil, Stealing Harvard, The Believers, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Allan Quartermain and The City of Lost Gold, The Ballad Of Jack and Rose, Blow, Cellular and the Oscar winning Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World. She also received a Satellite Award nomination for Master and Commander.
In addition she has been Director Of Photography on several network television and mini-series including Class Of 96, The Flash, Young Americans, Matt Waters, Philly Heat, Night Stalker, Night Sins and two Emmy winning shows Wonder Years and Drug Wars: The Camarana Story. Among her cable and television movie credits are In The Echo, Toothless, Suddenly, Radiant City, Great Mom Swap, Dad, The Angel and Me, In The Company Of Darkness, Keeping Secrets, It’s Nothing Personal and For Richer, For Poorer.
Sandi directed Chicken Ranch which won Sundance and Bafta awards in addition to Highwire, Cowgirls, Looking Good America and HBO’s Nerve: Natacha Merritt.
In 1994 Sandi received the Kodak Crystal Award for lifetime achievement from Women In Film. She has appeared in the films Visions Of Light, Shooting Women and Women Behind The Lens.
Sandi is a member of the International Photographers Guild Local 600 and Women In Film. She was inducted into the American Society Of Cinematographers in 1994 and the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2004.
Sandi presently serves as Head of Cinematography in the graduate film program at New York University.
FILMOGRAPHY
Feature Films
SALAAM BOMBAY
Mira Nair
Cinecom
MEET THE BROWNS
Tyler Perry
Lionsgate Films
YELLOW CARD
John Riber
Rory Killalea/MFD
SOUL OF THE GAME
Kevin Sullivan
Mike Medavoy/HBO
THE REEF
Robert Alan Ackerman
Freyda Rothstein/Hearst
CAMP NOWHERE
Jonathon Prince
Michael Peyser/Disney
FULL ECLIPSE
Tony Hickox
David Ginsberg/HBO
DOUBLE SWITCH
Mary Lambert
Tom Zito/Digital Pix
RISING SON
John Coles
Fred Berner/TNT
NO SECRETS
Deszo Magyar
Morgan Mason/Columbia/RCA
DROP DEAD FRED
Ate DeJong
Paul Webster/Working Title
HEAVY PETTING
Obie Benz
DeLaurentis Film Group
BARNEY’S GREAT ADVENTURE
Steve Gomer
Martha Chang/Polygram
THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
Wes Craven
Maryann Maddelana/Universal
DRAG STRIP GIRL
Mary Lambert
Showtime Films
2nd Unit
MASTER AND COMMANDER
Peter Weir & David Ellis
Duncan Henderson/Fox
MR & MRS. SMITH
Simon Crane
Eric McCleod/Fox
NEW YORK MINUTE
Dennie Gordon
Chris Sacani/Warner Bros
CELLULAR
David Ellis
Doug Curtis/New Line
UNCLE
Bruce McCulloch
Brian Grazer/Imagine
BLACK KNIGHT
Gil Junger
Paul Schif/Fox
EXIT WOUNDS
David Ellis
Joel Silver/Warner Bros.
R-3
Betty Thomas
Jenna Topping/Revolution
ROCK STAR
David Ellis
Paul Moen/Warner Bros.
BLOW
Ted Demme
Georgia Kokandes/New Line
BOWFINGER
Frank Oz
Bernie Williams/Universal
DANGEROUS MINDS
John N. Smith
Hollywood Pictures
MOD SQUAD
Scott Silver
David Ladd/MGM
ROOMATES
Peter Yates
Ira Halberstadt/Interscope
THE BELIEVERS
John Schlesinger
Orion
AUSTIN POWERS: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Jay Roach
Eric McCleod/Warner Bros
PLATOON
Oliver Stone
Arnold Kopelson
Television
WONDER YEARS series
multi
Black/Marlens/ABC
CLASS OF 96 series
multi
Leonard Goldberg/Fox
NIGHTSTALKER series
multi
Dreamworks/ABC
YOUNG AMERICANS series
Kevin Sullivan
Greg Prange/Sony
THE FLASH series
Rob Iscove
DeMeo/ Bilson/CBS
SAINTS AND SINNERS
Alison Anders
Dreamworks/ CBS
NERVE: NATACHA MERRITT
Sandi Sissel
Sheila Nevins/HBO
WILDER DAYS
Kevin Sullivan
Jonathon Prince/ABC
TOOTHLESS
Melanie Mayron
David Hoberman/Disney/ABC
SUDDENLY
Robert Alan Ackerman
Jeff Weiss/CBS
RADIANT CITY
Robert Alan Ackerman
Jeff Weiss/ABC
GREAT MOM SWAP
Jonathan Prince
Ruth Slawson/ABC
MATT WATERS
Kevin Sullivan
Montell Williams/CBS
DAD, THE ANGEL AND ME
Rick Wallace
Barry Jossen/ Family Channel
COMPANY OF DARKNESS
David Anspaugh
Richard Brams/CBS
KEEPING SECRETS
John Korti
Freyda Rothstein/ABC
PHILLY HEAT
John Coles
Tom Fontana/ABC
FOR RICHER, FOR POORER
Jay Sandrich
Dennis Bishop/HBO
BUGS BUNNY’S 50TH
Gary Weiss
Lorne Michaels/CBS
SHE’S NOBODY’S BABY
Ana Carrigan
HBO
NIGHT SINS mini-series
Robert Alan Ackerman
Richard Brams/CBS
DRUG WARS: The Camerana Story mini-series
Brian Gibson
Michael Mann/NBC
Feature Documentaries
CHISHOLM’72: Unbought & Unbossed
Shola Lynch
Phil Bertlesen/PBS
MOTHER TERESA
Ann and Jan Petrie
Richard Attenborough
CUBAN BALLET 2000
Barbara Kopple
Cynthia Newport/Illume
SEEING RED
Julia Reichert
Jim Kline/ PBS
CHICKEN RANCH
Nick Broomfield/Sandi Sissel
Channel Four and Cinecom
BEFORE STONEWALL
Greta Shiller
PBS
JANE GOODALL: Chimps So Like Us
Simon/Goodman
HBO
GLOBAL ASSEMBLY
Lorraine Gray
PBS
WITNESS TO WAR
Debra Shaffer
PBS
FREE ANGELA
Shola Lynch
PBS and Ford Foundation
PORTRAIT OF ANGELA DAVIS
Shola Lynch
Arte
REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG
Nancy Kates
Center For Documentary
BROKEN TREATY AT BATTLE MOUNTAIN
Joel Freeman
Robert Redford
AMERICAS IN TRANSITION
Obie Benz
PBS
COLORS: Michael Jackson
John Landis
Propaganda Films
CONVERSATION w/ GREGORY PECK
Barbara Kopple
Cabin Creek Films
THE WOBBLIES
Debra Shaffer/Stu Bird
PBS
BUGS BUNNY’S 50TH
Gary Weiss
Lorne Michaels/CBS
SHE’S NOBODY’S BABY
Ana Carrigan
HBO
THE GOOD FIGHT
George Butler
Elisabeth James/White Mountain Films
ROVING MARS
George Butler
Steve Stoke/New Line Cinema
THE ENDURANCE
George Butler
Frank Marshall/Disney IMAX Films
GOING UPRIVER: The Long War of John Kerry
George Butler
Think Films
KRIK? KRAK! Tales Of A Nightmare
Jac Avila and Vanyoska Gee
Mountain Top Films
LORD GOD BIRD
George Butler
Bob Nixon and Elisabeth James, National Geographic Films & White Mountain Films
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