Russell Carpenter

Russell Paul Carpenter, (born December 9, 1950) is an American cinematographer and photographer, known for his Oscar-winning work on Titanic.

The rest of his work has been centered around blockbuster films, including Hard Target (1993), True Lies (1994), Charlie's Angels (2000), Ant-Man (2015), and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).

Early life and education The grandson of a film sound engineer, Carpenter was born in Van Nuys, California in 1950 to a family of six. After his parents divorced in 1960, he moved with his mother and three siblings to Orange County, where he took up Super 8 films as a hobby.

In 1983, he shot The Wizard of Speed and Time, a special effects-laden experimental film.

After shooting several episodes of the television series The Wonder Years, he worked on The Lawnmower Man.

Carpenter met James Cameron during the production of the John Woo-directed action film Hard Target, who hired him on the basis of his work on Lady in White to shoot his 1994 action comedy True Lies,

Personal life Carpenter is married to Donna Ellen Conrad and has one son, Graham (from a previous marriage), a stepson Zak Selbert, a daughter-in-law Gaudia Correia, and two granddaughters.

Filmography +Key Denotes films that have not yet been released Film

Short film Year Title Director Notes 1990 Redlands Joan Taylor 1996 T2 3-D: Battle Across Time James CameronJohn BrunoStan Winston Theme park attraction;Shared credit with Sulejman Medenčević and Peter Anderson 1997 Michael Jackson's Ghosts Stan Winston 2007 Lucifer Ray Griggs 2009 Down and Out Matthew Mebane Segment of Locker 13 2014 Sins of the Father Rachel Howard Also credited as producer 2016 The Final Adventure of John & Eleanor Greene Matthew Mebane

Television Year Title Director Notes 1985 The Lemon Grove Incident Frank ChristopherDocumentary special 1987 Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll Malcolm Leo 1988 CBS Schoolbreak Special Jeffrey Auerbach Episode "No Means No" 1991 The Wonder Years Jeffrey AuerbachNick MarckKen TopolskyLyndall Hobbs 4 episodes 1993 Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman Christopher GuestTV movie 2013 Guilty McG

Awards and nominations