Stephen Goldblatt

Stephen Goldblatt, A.S.C., B.S.C. (born 29 April 1945) is a South African-born British retired cinematographer.

Early life Goldblatt was born on 29 April 1945 in Johannesburg, South Africa, to a Jewish family. When he was seven years old, he and his family moved to London, where at the age of 18 he started working as a photojournalist for the London Sunday Times.

Goldblatt attended Guildford School of Art for photography, but later discovered his interest in film while working on a special assignment for Lion Films at Shepperton Studios. It was this interest that motivated him to attend London's Royal College of Art Film School.

Career Upon graduation, he went to work shooting documentaries and animation, much of it in 16mm. Among his assignments were two Disappearing World episodes for Granada TV. After his sabbatical Goldblatt worked with directors such as Mike Nichols on Angels in America (2003), Closer (2004) and Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Chris Columbus on Rent (2005) and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Nora Ephron on Julie & Julia (2009), and most recently Tate Taylor on The Help (2011) and Get On Up (2014).

Stephen Goldblatt now lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and has three grown children. When he is at home, Goldblatt enjoys tending to his pond and koi fish, gardening, playing his guitar, cooking, reading every day, and mastering the art of husbanding with his wife Deborah.

In 2019, more than 2,000 unpublished photographs were found in an external storage unit at the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin. He had taken them as a still photographer in Nigeria in 1970 during the production of Things Fall Apart (1971/1974). An extensive research, digitisation and presentation project has since been able to generate a great deal of knowledge about the pre-Nollywood era of Nigerian film on this basis. In his essay ‘Why ‘Things Fall Apart’ is still a very relevant Black film till this day’, Mudi Yahaya describes the background.

Filmography Film Year Title Director 1969 Forum Mireille Dansereau 1972 Pass of Arms Peter Elford 1980 Breaking Glass Brian Gibson 1981 Outland Peter Hyams 1982 The Return of the Soldier Alan Bridges 1983 The Hunger Tony Scott 1984 The Cotton Club Francis Ford Coppola 1985 Young Sherlock Holmes Barry Levinson 1987 Lethal Weapon Richard Donner 1988 Everybody's All-American Taylor Hackford 1989 Lethal Weapon 2 Richard Donner 1990 Joe Versus the Volcano John Patrick Shanley1991 For the Boys Mark Rydell The Prince of Tides Barbra Streisand 1992 Consenting Adults Alan J. Pakula 1993 The Pelican Brief 1995 Batman Forever Joel Schumacher 1996 Striptease Andrew Bergman 1997 Batman & Robin Joel Schumacher 1999 The Deep End of the Ocean Ulu Grosbard 2004 Closer Mike Nichols 2005 Rent Chris Columbus 2007 Charlie Wilson's War Mike Nichols 2009 Julie & Julia Nora Ephron 2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Chris Columbus 2011 The HelpTate Taylor 2014 Get On Up 2015 The Intern Nancy Meyers 2017 Our Souls at Night Ritesh Batra 2020 Ava Tate Taylor Wild Mountain Thyme John Patrick Shanley 2023 Red, White & Royal Blue Matthew Lopez

Television Miniseries Year Title Director 1971-1972 The Flight of the Arctic 7 2003 Angels in America Mike Nichols

TV movies Year Title Director Note 2001 Conspiracy Frank Pierson 2002 Path to War John Frankenheimer With Nancy Schreiber

Awards and nominations Academy Awards Year Category Title Result 1991 Best Cinematography The Prince of Tides 1995 Batman Forever

American Society of Cinematographers Year Category Title Result 1991 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography The Prince of Tides 1995 Batman Forever 2003 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Limited Series Angels in America 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award

Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Title Result 2001 Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Conspiracy 2002 Path to War 2003 Angels in America

Hollywood Film Awards Year Category Result 2007 Cinematography of the Year

Camerimage Year Category Title Result 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 Golden Frog Get on Up