Stephen Henry Burum, A.S.C. (born November 25, 1939) is a retired American cinematographer, best known for his work with directors Brian De Palma and Francis Ford Coppola. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Hoffa (1992).
Biography Burum was born in Dinuba, California, a small Central Valley town near Visalia. He graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in the 1960s, and became an instructor at the same school. He began his professional filmmaking career working on the Walt Disney anthology television series, and then was drafted into the U.S. Army and assigned to the Army Pictorial Center, for whom he shot army training films. Returning to California after his service was complete, he worked on commercials, television shows, and low-budget films; he won a technical Emmy for his special-effects work on the popular public television astronomy series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. He began working on major feature films for Francis Ford Coppola in 1976, shooting the second unit of Apocalypse Now and then The Black Stallion. His first credit as the cinematographer of a major motion picture was for The Escape Artist (1982).Biography: Stephen H. Burum, New York Times, retrieved 2011-01-12..
In 2007, Burum returned to UCLA as the Kodak Cinematographer in Residence..
Filmography
Feature film Year Title Director 1969 Wild Gypsies Marc B. Ray1973 Scream Bloody Murder The Bride Jean-Marie Pélissié1982 Death Valley Dick Richards The Escape Artist Caleb Deschanel The Entity Sidney J. Furie1983 The Outsiders Francis Ford Coppola Something Wicked This Way Comes Jack Clayton Rumble Fish Francis Ford Coppola Uncommon Valor Ted Kotcheff 1984 Body Double Brian De Palma1985 St. Elmo's Fire Joel Schumacher The Bride Franc Roddam1986 8 Million Ways to Die Hal Ashby Nutcracker: The Motion Picture Carroll Ballard 1987 The Untouchables Brian De Palma 1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks Bud Yorkin1989 Casualties of War Brian De Palma The War of the Roses Danny DeVito 1991 He Said, She Said Ken KwapisMarisa Silver1992 Man Trouble Bob Rafelson Raising Cain Brian De Palma Hoffa Danny DeVito 1993 Carlito's Way Brian De Palma 1994 The Shadow Russell Mulcahy 1996 Mission: Impossible Brian De Palma 1997 Fathers' Day Ivan Reitman 1998 Snake Eyes Brian De Palma 1999 Mystery Men Kinka Usher 2000 Mission to Mars Brian De Palma 2002 Life or Something Like It Stephen Herek 2004 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Sara Sugarman
Television TV specials Year Title Director 1970 Raquel! David Winters1979 The Bee Gees Special Louis J. Horvitz The T.V. Show Tom Trbovich
Documentary film Year Title Director Notes 1971 Once Upon a Wheel David Winters With Robert Isenberg, Michael Lonzo, Harmon Lougher,John M. Stephens, Craig Stewart and Mark Zavad
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result Ref. 1992 Academy Awards Best Cinematography Hoffa 1987American Society of CinematographersOutstanding Achievement in Cinematography The Untouchables . 1989 The War of the Roses 1992 Hoffa . 2008Lifetime Achievement Award . 2022 CamerimageLifetime Achievement Award
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