Arthur J. Ornitz

Director Of Photography

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Arthur Ornitz

Died

July 10, 1985

Cause of Death

Cancer

Biography

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Has worked with independent filmmakers such as Shirley Clarke ("The Connection" 1961) and Russ Meyer ("Sweet Suzy/Blacksnake" 1973) and is best known for his many captivating images of New York City, in both black-and-white ("A Thousand Clowns" 1965) and color ("Serpico" 1973)....

Filmography

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Heart of the Garden (1985)

Director Of Photography

First Affair (1983)

Director Of Photography

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (1983)

Director Of Photography

Hanky-Panky (1982)

Director Of Photography

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982)

Director Of Photography

The Chosen (1981)

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House Of Dark Shadows (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Thank You, Daphne

House Of Dark Shadows (1970) -- (Movie Clip) A Cousin From England

Biography

Has worked with independent filmmakers such as Shirley Clarke ("The Connection" 1961) and Russ Meyer ("Sweet Suzy/Blacksnake" 1973) and is best known for his many captivating images of New York City, in both black-and-white ("A Thousand Clowns" 1965) and color ("Serpico" 1973).

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Heart of the Garden (1985)

Director Of Photography

First Affair (1983)

Director Of Photography

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (1983)

Director Of Photography

Hanky-Panky (1982)

Director Of Photography

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982)

Director Of Photography

The Chosen (1981)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Playing for Time (1980)

Director Of Photography

Hardhat and Legs (1980)

Director Of Photography

Mayflower: The Pilgrim's Adventure (1979)

Director Of Photography

An Unmarried Woman (1978)

Director Of Photography

Oliver's Story (1978)

Director Of Photography

The Wilma Rudolph Story (1977)

Director Of Photography

The Quinns (1977)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)

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E'Lollipop (1975)

Director Of Photography

Law and Disorder (1974)

Director Of Photography

Death Wish (1974)

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Director Of Photography

Honor Thy Father (1973)

Director Of Photography

Badge 373 (1973)

Cinematographer

Sweet Suzy (1973)

Director Of Photography

The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)

Director of Photography

The Anderson Tapes (1971)

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Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

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Soldier Blue (1970)

Director Photographer (see note)

House of Dark Shadows (1970)

Director of Photography

The Boys in the Band (1970)

Director of Photography

Me, Natalie (1969)

Director of Photography

Change of Mind (1969)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1967)

Director of Photography

The Tiger Makes Out (1967)

Director of Photography

A Thousand Clowns (1965)

Director of Photography

The World of Henry Orient (1964)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Director of Photography

The Connection (1962)

Director of Photography

Jacktown (1962)

Director of Photography

The Young Doctors (1961)

Cinematographer

Teenage Millionaire (1961)

Song sequence Director of Photographer

The Pusher (1960)

Director of Photography

The Goddess (1958)

Director of Photography

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Playing for Time (1980)

Dp/Cinematographer

Death Wish (1974)

Dp/Cinematographer

Life Events

Videos

House Of Dark Shadows (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Thank You, Daphne After an eventful credit sequence, Daphne (Lisa Richards), secretary to Elizabeth (Joan Bennett), leaves "Collinwood" on foot, is attacked, then rescued by Jeff (Roger Davis), in House Of Dark Shadows, 1970.

House Of Dark Shadows (1970) -- (Movie Clip) A Cousin From England Subjective camera introducing presumably benign Barnabas (Jonathan Frid), who meets Collins cousins (Joan Bennett, Louis Edmonds, Nancy Barrett) and doctor friends (Thayer David, Grayson Hall), early in House Of Dark Shadows, 1970, the first of two features based on the ABC daytime soap opera.

House Of Dark Shadows (1970) -- (Movie Clip) What He Thought Would Be Eternity Ancient vampire Barnabas (Jonathan Frid) explaining affairs to reluctant aide Willie (John Karlen), interrupted by jealous new vampire Carolyn (Nancy Barrett), dying for the first time, in House Of Dark Shadows, 1970.

Act One (1963) -- (Movie Clip) My Indigent Friends George Hamilton as future playwright Moss Hart meets his New York buddies, George Segal, David Doyle, Bert Convy as actor Archie Leach (who will become Cary Grant) and Jonathan Lippe (later Goldsmith, the “Most Interesting Man In The World,” from the beer commercials) as Teddy, in the bio-pic Act One, 1963.

Act One (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Indications Of Further Nervousness Writer, producer and director Dore Schary enjoying an extended piece of context-setting via radio news, introducing George Hamilton as his central character, will-be playwright Moss Hart, in the 1963 bio-pic based on Hart’s memoir, Act One.

Act One (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Satire Is A Disciplined Form Made to wait for days, to see Broadway producer Warren Stone (Eli Wallach), who has agreed to read his comedy, Moss Hart (George Hamilton) finally gets in, and gets more than he wants, in 1929 New York, in Dore Schary’s film from Hart’s memoir, Act One, 1963.

Connection, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Who Killed Cock Robin? First of many performances which alone justify making the film, pianist Freddie Redd’s composition, with alto sax hero Jackie McLean, Mike Mattos and Larry Ritchie, bass and drums, William Redfield the filmmaker, Shirley Clarke actually directing, from Jack Gelber’s play and screenplay, in The Connection 1962.

World Of Henry Orient, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Beautiful White Nurses Director George Roy Hill's idyllic Central Park in which Marian (Merrie Spaeth) awaits Valerie (Tippy Boyd) who together have their first encounter with the title character (Peter Sellers) and girlfriend Stella (Paula Prentiss), in The World Of Henry Orient, 1964.

World Of Henry Orient, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Dress Like A Chinaman Conniving society mom Isabel (Angela Lansbury) calls first her paramour Joe (Peter Duchin) then befuddled and egotistical pianist Orient (Peter Sellers) when her daughter has flown the coop, in The World Of Henry Orient, 1964.

World Of Henry Orient, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) If This Is Music Inside Carnegie Hall for director George Roy Hill's send up of Avant-garde orchestral music, Peter Sellers the title character in concert, Phyllis Thaxter, Bibi Osterwald and teens Merrie Spaeth and Tippy Walker in his audience, in The World Of Henry Orient, 1964.

Connection, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Feel Like Getting Busted It’s now clear that Leach (Warren Finnerty) and his fellow heroin-addict guests are being directed by a barely-seen documentarian, musicians Mike Mattos, Freddie Redd, Jackie McLean and Larry Ritchie as themselves, Jerome Raphel as Sully, Garry Goodrow as Ernie, in Shirley Clarke’s The Connection, 1962.

Connection, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) In A Drug Addict's Apartment Challenging from the start, Shirley Clarke directs from Jack Gelber’s experimental play and screenplay, Roscoe Lee Browne the voice of cameraman character, Burden, the opening address to camera by Leach (Warren Finnerty) the de facto host of the junkies waiting to score, in The Connection, 1962.

Requiem for a Heavyweight - (Original Trailer) Anthony Quinn is an aging boxer trying to escape a crooked manager (Jackie Gleason) in Rod Serling's drama Requiem For A Heavyweight (1962).

Serpico - (Original Trailer) A rookie (Al Pacino) risks his life going undercover to ferret out police corruption in Serpico (1973) directed by Sidney Lumet.

House Of Dark Shadows -- (Original Trailer) The cult television horror-serial comes to the screen as Barnabas Collins searches for a cure to his vampirism in House Of Dark Shadows (1970).

Anderson Tapes, The - (Original Trailer) A thief (Sean Connery) plans a heist in a building full of surveillance cameras in Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes (1971).

World of Henry Orient, The - (Original Trailer) Peter Sellers is a womanizing pianist dogged by the obsession of two young girls in The World Of Henry Orient (1964).

Act One - (Original Trailer) George Hamilton stars in the true story of playwright Moss Hart who conquered Broadway and Hollywood in Act One (1963).

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