Russell Carpenter

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Russell Paul Carpenter, ASC (born December 9, 1950) is an American cinematographer and photographer, known for collaborating with directors James Cameron, Robert Luketic, and McG. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the 1997 Best Picture-winning film Titanic. Much of his work has been in blockbuster films, including Hard Target (1993), True Lies (1994), Charlie's Angels (2000) and its sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Ant-Man (2015), and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). His documentary cinematography includes George Harrison: Living in the Material World, directed by Martin Scorsese. It earned six nominations at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming for the cinematography team. In 2018, Carpenter received the American Society of Cinematographers' Lifetime Achievement Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Russell Carpenter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Movie Director of Photography
2022
Avatar: The Way of Water
Movie Director of Photography
2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie Additional Director of Photography
2019
Noelle
Movie Director of Photography
2017
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Movie Director of Photography
2016
Better Off Single
Movie Executive Producer
2015
Parched
Movie Director of Photography
2015
Ant-Man
Movie Director of Photography
2015
Return to Sender
Movie Director of Photography
2014
Beyond the Reach
Movie Director of Photography
2013
Jobs
Movie Director of Photography
2012
This Means War
Movie Director of Photography
2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
TV show Director of Photography
2011
A Little Bit of Heaven
Movie Director of Photography
2010
Killers
Movie Director of Photography
2009
The Ugly Truth
Movie Director of Photography