RINZLER, Lisa 1956–

(Liza Rinzler)

PERSONAL

Born 1956, in New Jersey; children: Isabella. Education: New York University, B.F.A., cinematography, 1978; also studied painting for two years at Pratt Institute.

Addresses: Agent—The Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career: Cinematographer, director, and producer. Also worked as cinematographer on commercials and music videos. Sometimes credited as Liza Rinzler.

Awards, Honors: Independent Spirit Award, best cinematography, 1994, for Menace II Society; Golden Spire (with Peter Stastny), San Francisco International Film Festival, 1997, for In the House; Cinematography Award, Sundance Film Festival, 1999, Independent Spirit Award, best cinematography, 2000, both for Three Seasons; Vision Award, Women in Film Crystal Awards, 2000; Golden Frog nomination, Camerimage, 2000, for Pollock.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

Amateur Hour (also known as I Was a Teenage TV Terrorist), Troma Films, 1985.

William Carlos Williams (documentary; also known as Voices and Visions: William Carlos Williams), 1986.

Forever, Lulu (also known as Crazy Streets and Fur immer Lulu), 1987.

John Huston and the Dubliners (documentary; also known as Behind the Screen: Stories of Cinema—John Huston and the Dubliners), 1988.

True Love, United Artists, 1989.

Menace II Society, New Line Cinema, 1993.

Lisbon Story (also known as Lisbonne Story and Viagem a Lisboa), Fox Lorber, 1994.

Dead Presidents, Buena Vista, 1995.

Trees Lounge, Orion Classics, 1996.

Black Kites (short film), 1996.

Urban Fairytale (short film), 1996.

In the House (short film), 1997.

Three Seasons, October Films, 1999.

(New York scenes) Buena Vista Social Club (documentary), Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Pollock, Sony Pictures Classics, 2000.

Love Liza, Sony Pictures Classics, 2002.

Welcome to Collinwood, Warner Bros., 2002.

The Soul of a Man (documentary), 2003.

Rick, Content International, 2003.

Drum, 2004.

Film Assistant Camera:

Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (also known as The Dragon and the Cobra and Fist of Fear), Aquarius Releasing, 1980.

Girls Nite Out (also known as The Scaremaker), Independent International Pictures, 1984.

Key Exchange, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1985.

Film Work:

Camera assistant, Conversations with Willard Van Dyke, 1981.

Additional assistant camera operator, Seeing Red, 1983.

Camera operator: documentary crew, The Dead, Vestron Pictures, 1987.

Photography, No Sense of Crime, 1987.

Producer and director, In the House (short film), 1997.

Additional camera operator, Buena Vista Social Club (documentary), Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Additional 16mm photography, The Guys, Focus Features, 2002.

Film Appearances:

Herself, Visions of Light (documentary; also known as Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography), Kino International, 1992.

Television Work; Series:

Camera, Confessions, Court TV, 2000.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Cinematographer, DV camera operator, and additional photographer, The Blues (documentary), 2003.

Television Work; Movies:

Second assistant camera, Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer, CBS, 1983.

Camera assistant, Sessions, ABC, 1983.

Cinematographer, Guncrazy, Showtime, 1992.

Cinematographer, Are You Comfortable?, 2003.

Television Cinematographer; Specials:

Reverse Angle (documentary), 1982.

Teach 109, 1990.

"Covered Girls," Reflections from Ground Zero (documentary), Showtime, 2002.

RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

Worked as cinematographer on Will Smith and Tatyana Ali's "Boy You Knock Out"; k. d. lang's "Miss Chatalaine"; Chris Isaak's "Don't Make Me Dream"; Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina."

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

MovieMaker Magazine, Issue #35.