Tom Richmond (cinematographer)

Tom Richmond
Born(1950-01-18)January 18, 1950
Bronxville, New York, U.S.
Died (aged 72)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationCinematographer
Notable work

Thomas Richmond (January 18, 1950 – July 29, 2022)[1] was an American cinematographer who worked in the film industry since the mid-1980s.[2] His first major feature film as cinematographer was Stand and Deliver (1988), and by the time he shot for A Midnight Clear (1992), he had settled into working with different directors with ease. Richmond described his experience, "All my films look different because they're not my visions; they're my reflections of the directors' visions." In 1998, he said he was most proud of his work on Little Odessa (1994), for which he was nominated an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.[3] For Right at Your Door (2006), he won the Excellence in Cinematography Award (Dramatic) at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.[4]

Richmond earned an undergraduate degree in photography at Harvard University and then went to graduate film school at UCLA.[3] He also went to the American Film Institute's AFI Conservatory and graduated in 1979.[5] He became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 2012,[1] and was also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG).[2] He taught cinematography at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the Brooklyn College Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.[6]

Richmond died in New York City on July 29, 2022, at the age of 72.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Marcks, Iain (August 18, 2022). "In Memoriam: Thomas Richmond, ASC (1950-2022)". American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference tisch was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Calhoun, John (September 1, 1998). "Detective Of Photography: DP Tom Richmond Starts From Ground Zero On Two New Movies". Live Design. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Thomson, Patricia (April 2006). "Right at Your Door". American Cinematographer. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "AFI Alumni at SXSW 2013: Updated List with Music Videos". americanfilminstitute.tumblr.com. American Film Institute. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Macaulay, Scott (July 30, 2022). "Remembering Director of Photography Tom Richmond, 1950–2022". Filmmaker. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  7. ^ Barnes, Mike (August 2, 2022). "Tom Richmond, Cinematographer on 'Stand and Deliver,' 'Little Odessa' and 'Slums of Beverly Hills,' Dies at 72". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 3, 2022.