Maryse Alberti
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Maryse Alberti is a French cinematographer
who mainly works in the United States
on independent fiction films and vérité, observational documentaries. Alberti has won awards from the Sundance Film Festival
and the Spirit Awards. She was the first contemporary female cinematographer featured on the cover of American Cinematographer
for her work on Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine
.
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
who mainly works in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on independent fiction films and vérité, observational documentaries. Alberti has won awards from the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
and the Spirit Awards. She was the first contemporary female cinematographer featured on the cover of American Cinematographer
American Cinematographer
American Cinematographer is a monthly magazine published by the American Society of Cinematographers.American Cinematographer focuses on the art and craft of cinematography, going behind the scenes on domestic and international productions of all shapes and sizes...
for her work on Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine
Velvet Goldmine
Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 British/American drama film directed and co-written by Todd Haynes. The film tells the story of a pop star based mainly on David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' character and is set in Britain during the days of glam rock in the early 1970s.Sandy Powell received another Academy...
.
Filmography
- Double Negative (Sam IrvinSam IrvinSam Irvin is a film and television director, producer, screen writer, and author.-Career:Sam Irvin was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. In 1964, when he was eight years old, Irvin went on a family trip to California where he was able to tour various movie studios...
, 1985) - H-2 WorkerH-2 WorkerH-2 Worker is a 1990 documentary film about the exploitation of workers in Florida's sugar cane industry. It was directed by Stephanie Black, and won the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for documentaries in the 1990 festival.-External links:...
(Stephanie BlackStephanie BlackStephanie Black is a documentary film director and producer. Her 1990 film "H-2 Worker" won Best Documentary Award and Best Cinematography Awards at Sundance Film Festival. "H-2 Worker" was the US representative in the Semaine de la Critique at Cannes International Film Festival in 1990. Her 2001...
, 1990) - The Golden Boat (Raúl Ruiz, 1990)
- PoisonPoison (film)Poison is a 1991 independent film written and directed by Todd Haynes. It is composed of three intercut stories that are partially inspired by the novels of Jean Genet...
(Todd HaynesTodd HaynesTodd Haynes is an American independent film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Poison, Velvet Goldmine, Safe, and the Academy Award-nominated Far from Heaven and I'm Not There.- Style and themes :The writes that "Haynes is...
, 1991) - ZebraheadZebrahead (film)Zebrahead is a 1992 drama film, directed by Anthony Drazan and starring Michael Rapaport and N'Bushe Wright. Set in Detroit, Michigan, the film is about an interracial romance between a white man and a black woman and the resulting tensions among the characters...
(Anthony Drazan, 1992) - Confessions of a Suburban Girl (Susan SeidelmanSusan SeidelmanSusan Seidelman is an American director, producer, writer, and actress.-Career:Susan Seidelman belongs to the first wave of female independent film makers in the American cinema of the 1980s. She graduated Abington Senior High School in 1969 , and went on to study fashion and arts at Drexel...
, 1992) - Incident at OglalaIncident at OglalaIncident at Oglala is a 1992 documentary by Michael Apted, narrated by Robert Redford. The film documents the murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, Jack R. Coler and Ronald A...
(Michael AptedMichael AptedMichael David Apted, CMG is an English director, producer, writer and actor. He is one of the most prolific British film directors of his generation but is best known for his work on the Up Series of documentaries and the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.On 29 June 2003 he was elected...
, 1992) - Mob Stories (Marc LevinMarc LevinMarc Levin is an independent film producer and director. He is best known for his Brick City TV series, which won the 2010 Peabody award and was nominated for an Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking and his dramatic feature film, SLAM, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance...
, 1993) - I Am a Sex Addict (Vikram JayantiVikram JayantiVikram Teja Jayanti is a documentary filmmaker responsible for a number of well known full-feature documentary films. Two of his films, for which he has production credits, have received Academy Awards for Best Full-Feature Documentary; the 1997 blockbuster When We Were Kings and 2005's Born Into...
& John Powers, 1993) - Dottie Gets Spanked (Todd Haynes, 1993)
- Deadfall (Christopher CoppolaChristopher Coppola-Personal life:Coppola was born in Los Angeles County, California. His father, the late August Coppola, was a professor of literature, while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a dancer and choreographer; the two divorced in 1976. His mother suffered from chronic depression...
, 1993) - The Dutch MasterTales of Erotica- Shorts featured :* The Dutch Master *The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch *Vroom Vroom Vroom *Wet...
(Susan Seidelman, 1994) - CrumbCrumb (film)Crumb is a 1994 documentary film about the noted underground comic artist Robert Crumb and his family. Directed by Terry Zwigoff and produced by Lynn O'Donnell and David Lynch, it won widespread acclaim, including both the Grand Jury Prize and best cinematography prize at the Sundance Film Festival...
(Terry ZwigoffTerry ZwigoffTerry Zwigoff is an American filmmaker whose work often deals with misfits, antiheros, and themes of alienation. His fiction films are the features Ghost World , Bad Santa , and Art School Confidential...
, 1994) - Moving the MountainMoving the Mountain (1994 film)Moving the Mountain is a 1994 film directed by Michael Apted....
(Michael Apted, 1994) - Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience (Jonathan StackJonathan StackJonathan David Stack is an American documentary filmmaker.-Biography:Born in New York City to a teacher and worker, Jonathan spent much of his childhood exploring and took an early interest to film. He had the chance to travel a lot from a young age, which inspired him to learn about other...
, 1995) - Dear Diary (David FrankelDavid FrankelDavid Frankel is an American director, screenwriter and executive producer. He is the son of Max Frankel, a former executive editor of The New York Times...
, 1996) - When We Were KingsWhen We Were KingsWhen We Were Kings is a 1996 documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the famous Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. The fight was held in Zaire on October 30, 1974.The film features a number of celebrities, including James Brown, Jim...
(Leon GastLeon GastLeon Gast is an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His documentary When We Were Kings depicting the iconic heavyweight boxing match termed The Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman won the 1996 Academy Award for Documentary Feature and...
, 1996) - I Love You, I Love You NotI Love You, I Love You NotI Love You, I Love You Not is a 1996 romantic drama film directed by Billy Hopkins and written by Wendy Kesselman.-Plot:The film is told through the stories of two women: Nana, a grandmother, and Daisy, her granddaughter...
(Billy Hopkins, 1996) - StagStag (film)Stag is a 1997 film, directed by Gavin Wilding, made for HBO and later released theatrically after drawing large ratings. STAG features an ensemble cast including Ben Gazzara, Andrew McCarthy, Taylor Dayne, Mario Van Peebles, Lawrence Leritz, William McNamara, John Henson, Kevin Dillon, and Jerry...
(Gavin Wilding, 1997) - Inspirations (Michael Apted, 1997)
- Happiness (Todd SolondzTodd SolondzTodd Solondz is an American independent film screenwriter and director known for his style of dark, thought-provoking, socially conscious satire. Solondz has been critically acclaimed for his examination of the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia", a reflection of his own background...
, 1998) - Velvet GoldmineVelvet GoldmineVelvet Goldmine is a 1998 British/American drama film directed and co-written by Todd Haynes. The film tells the story of a pop star based mainly on David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' character and is set in Britain during the days of glam rock in the early 1970s.Sandy Powell received another Academy...
(Todd Haynes, 1998) - Sex and the CitySex and the CitySex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
: episodes "Models and Mortals" & "Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys" (Alison MacleanAlison MacleanAlison Maclean is a Canadian film director of music videos, short films, television , commercials and feature films...
, 1998) - Me & Isaac Newton (Michael Apted, 1999)
- Joe Gould's SecretJoe Gould's Secret (film)Joe Gould's Secret is a 2000 American drama film directed by Stanley Tucci. The screenplay by Howard A. Rodman is based on the magazine article Professor Sea Gull and the book Joe Gould's Secret by Joseph Mitchell.-Plot:...
(Stanley TucciStanley TucciStanley Tucci is an American actor, writer, film producer and film director. He has been nominated for several notable film awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in The Lovely Bones...
, 2000)
- Twilight: Los AngelesTwilight: Los Angeles (film)Twilight: Los Angeles is an American film starring Anna Deavere Smith and directed by Marc Levin.-Plot:In this film adaptation of the Broadway play, Twilight: Los Angeles Anna Deavere Smith performs her one woman show portraying various real life people involved in the aftermath of the 1992 Rodney...
(Marc Levin, 2000) - TapeTape (film)Tape is a 2001 drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Stephen Belber, based on his play of the same name. It stars Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Uma Thurman. The entire film takes place in real-time.- Plot :...
(Richard LinklaterRichard Linklater-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through...
, 2001) - Get Over ItGet Over It (film)Get Over It is a 2001 American romantic comedy film about a teenage boy whose girlfriend ends their relationship. The film was directed by Tommy O'Haver for Miramax Films. The film stars Ben Foster, Kirsten Dunst, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqó, Colin Hanks, Shane West, and Martin Short. R. Lee Fleming,...
(Tommy O'HaverTommy O'HaverTommy O'Haver is an American film director and screenwriter. He grew up in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Journalism and Comparative Literature. During the mid-nineties, he attended the MFA Film program at the University of...
, 2001) - Feast of Death (Vikram Jayanti, 2001)
- The GuysThe GuysThe Guys is a play by Anne Nelson about the aftereffects of the collapse of the World Trade Center. In the play, Joan, an editor, helps Nick, an FDNY captain, prepare the eulogies for an unprecedented number of firefighters who died under his command that day...
(Jim Simpson, 2002) - Game Over: Kasparov and the MachineGame Over: Kasparov and the MachineGame Over: Kasparov and the Machine is a 2003 documentary film by Vikram Jayanti about the match between Garry Kasparov, the highest rated chess player in history and the World Champion for 15 years , and Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer created by IBM...
(Vikram Jayanti, 2003) - We Don't Live Here AnymoreWe Don't Live Here AnymoreWe Don't Live Here Anymore is a 2004 drama film directed by John Curran. It is based on the short stories We Don't Live Here Anymore and Adultery by Andre Dubus.Set in Washington state, the film was shot around Vancouver.-Cast:...
(John CurranJohn Curran (director)John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter.Born in Utica, New York, Curran studied illustration and design at Syracuse University, then worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, and production designer in Manhattan before moving to Sydney, Australia in 1986...
, 2004) - Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomEnron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomEnron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, a study of one of the largest business scandals in American history...
(Alex GibneyAlex GibneyAlex Gibney is an American documentary film director and producer. In 2010, Esquire magazine said Gibney "is becoming the most important documentarian of our time."...
, 2005) - No Direction HomeNo Direction HomeNo Direction Home is a documentary film by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on 20th century American popular music and culture. The film does not cover Dylan's entire career; it concentrates on the period between Dylan's arrival in New York in January 1961 and his...
(Martin ScorseseMartin ScorseseMartin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
, 2005) - A Journey That Wasn't (Pierre HuyghePierre HuyghePierre Huyghe is a French artist who works in a variety of media from film and video to public interventions. He won the Hugo Boss Prize from the Guggenheim Museum in 2002.-Biography:...
, 2006) - All Aboard! Rosie's Family CruiseAll Aboard! Rosie's Family CruiseAll Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise is a 2006 American documentary film that follows Rosie O'Donnell and her family along with several other families on the first ever cruise specified for gay parents and their families, which was arranged and planned by Rosie O'Donnell and her life partner Kelli...
(Shari Cookson, 2006) - Hidden Inside Mountains (Laurie AndersonLaurie AndersonLaura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s...
, 2006) - The Human Behavior Experiments (Alex Gibney, 2006)
- Taxi to the Dark SideTaxi to the Dark SideTaxi to the Dark Side is a 2007 documentary film directed by American filmmaker Alex Gibney, and produced by Eva Orner and Susannah Shipman, which won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature...
(Alex Gibney, 2007) - The Power of the Game (Michael Apted, 2007)
- In God's Name (Naudet brothers, 2007)
- The Onion MovieThe Onion MovieThe Onion Movie is a comedy film written by The Onion writers Robert D. Siegel and Todd Hanson along with the Chicago-based writing staff of the paper...
(Tom KuntzTom KuntzTom Kuntz is a filmmaker who is most known for his unique television commercials and music videos, which either have colorful settings, time-lapse photography or wildly eccentric humans...
& Mike Maguire, 2008) - Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. ThompsonGonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. ThompsonGonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is a 2008 documentary film directed by Alex Gibney. It details Hunter S. Thompson's landmark writings on music and politics...
(Alex Gibney, 2008) - Soul Masters: Dr. Guo and Dr. Sha (Sande ZeigSande ZeigSande Zeig is an American film director and writer. She was the partner of late French feminist writer Monique Wittig. She directed the 2000 romantic drama The Girl.-Biography:...
, 2008) - The Wrestler (Darren AronofskyDarren AronofskyDarren Aronofsky is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. He attended Harvard University to study film theory and the American Film Institute to study both live-action and animation filmmaking...
, 2008) - Casino Jack and the United States of MoneyCasino Jack and the United States of MoneyCasino Jack and the United States of Money is a 2010 documentary film directed by Alex Gibney.-Synopsis:The film focuses on the career of Washington, D.C. lobbyist, businessman, and con man Jack Abramoff, who was involved in a massive corruption scandal that led to the conviction of himself, two...
(Alex Gibney, 2010) - Truth in MotionTruth in MotionTruth in Motion: The U.S. Ski Team's Road to Vancouver is a 2010 documentary film, commissioned by Audi of America. The film focuses on a select group of elite American skiers at different stages of their careers through the crucial months of training leading up to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in...
(Brett Morgan, 2010) - My Trip to Al Qaeda (Alex Gibney, 2010)
- The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector (Vikram Jayanti, 2010)
- StoneStone (2010 film)Stone is a 2010 American drama directed by John Curran and starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Milla Jovovich. Most of the filming was done in Washtenaw County, Michigan.-Plot synopsis:...
(John Curran, 2010) - Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerClient 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerClient 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer is a documentary directed by Alex Gibney about former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and the sex scandal that derailed his political career...
(Alex Gibney, 2010)