Roy H. Wagner
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Roy H. Wagner A.S.C.
is a two-time Emmy-winning cinematographer known for dramatic, dark imagery. Named by Kodak as one of the "Top 100 Directors of Photography in the World" Wagner's career has spanned 35 years in the motion picture and television
industries. He has also received the ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries.
Wagner is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
and the American Society of Cinematographers
and has won the Producers Guild
"Vision Award". He studied with Ansel Adams
who taught him to rise to the challenge of new technology. Wagner is extremely active within the American Society of Cinematographers
, and contributes much of his free time furthering the charter of the organization.
American Society of Cinematographers
The American Society of Cinematographers is an educational, cultural, and professional organization. It is not a labor union, and it is not a guild. Membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film...
is a two-time Emmy-winning cinematographer known for dramatic, dark imagery. Named by Kodak as one of the "Top 100 Directors of Photography in the World" Wagner's career has spanned 35 years in the motion picture and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
industries. He has also received the ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries.
Wagner is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
and the American Society of Cinematographers
American Society of Cinematographers
The American Society of Cinematographers is an educational, cultural, and professional organization. It is not a labor union, and it is not a guild. Membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film...
and has won the Producers Guild
Producers Guild of America
Producers Guild of America is a trade organization representing television producers, film producers and New Media producers in the United States. The PGA's membership includes over 4,700 members of the producing establishment worldwide...
"Vision Award". He studied with Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West, especially in Yosemite National Park....
who taught him to rise to the challenge of new technology. Wagner is extremely active within the American Society of Cinematographers
American Society of Cinematographers
The American Society of Cinematographers is an educational, cultural, and professional organization. It is not a labor union, and it is not a guild. Membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film...
, and contributes much of his free time furthering the charter of the organization.
Credits as Director
- PasadenaPasadena (TV series)Pasadena is an American primetime soap opera originally broadcast in the U.S. from September to November 2001 on Fox.-Summary:The series starred Alison Lohman as Lily McAllister, an initially naïve young woman who witnesses a stranger's suicide and begins to investigate the secrets being hidden by...
(2001 - Television) - CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
(2000 - Television, Episode "$35K O.B.O.")
Credits as Cinematographer
- HouseHouse (TV series)House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
(2004/2005 - Television) - Shackles (2005 - Feature)
- A Thief of TimeA Thief of TimeA Thief of Time is the eighth novel by author Tony Hillerman.The plot involves the Anasazi, a missing archeologist, a stolen backhoe, and people who are termed "pot hunters".Characters include Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee....
(2004 - Television) - Coyote WaitsCoyote WaitsCoyote Waits is a novel by Tony Hillerman. It was adapted as a TV film, which aired in 2003.-Coyote Waits :The plot involves rock formation vandalism, a dead policeman, an elderly Navajo accused of his murder, a bottle of expensive scotch, and a book on Navajo witchcraft beliefs.This book...
(2003 - Television) - Joan of ArcadiaJoan of ArcadiaJoan of Arcadia is an American television fantasy/family drama telling the story of teenager Joan Girardi , who sees and speaks with God and performs tasks she is given. The series originally aired on Fridays, 8-9 p.m...
(2003 - Television, Pilot Episode, Additional Photography) - Push, NevadaPush, NevadaPush, Nevada is an American mystery television series set in the fictional town of Push, Nevada. It premiered on September 17, 2002 on the ABC network, and ran for 7 episodes before it became one of the first shows to be cancelled during the Fall 2002 season.Created by Ben Affleck and Sean Bailey ,...
(2003 - Television) - K-9: P.I.K-9: P.I.K-9: P.I. is a motion picture comedy which was released direct-to-video in 2002. It was directed by Richard J. Lewis and stars James Belushi as Detective Michael Dooley...
(2002 - Direct to Video) - PasadenaPasadena (TV series)Pasadena is an American primetime soap opera originally broadcast in the U.S. from September to November 2001 on Fox.-Summary:The series starred Alison Lohman as Lily McAllister, an initially naïve young woman who witnesses a stranger's suicide and begins to investigate the secrets being hidden by...
(2001 - Television) - CSICSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
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(2000 - Television) - A Rumor of AngelsA Rumor of AngelsA Rumor of Angels is a 2000 American film directed by Peter O'Fallon, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ray Liotta. The story is based upon the 1918 novel Thy Son Liveth: Messages From a Soldier to His Mother by Grace Duffie Boylan...
(2000 - Film) - In the Company of Spies (1999 - Television)
- Cold Feet (1999 - Television Pilot)
- Get RealGet Real (TV series)Get Real is a short-lived comedy-drama on the FOX Network centering on the fictional Green family of San Francisco. It ran from September 1999 to April 2000...
(1999 - Television) - Cyclops, Baby (1997 - Film)
- CrackerCracker (US TV series)Cracker is an American crime drama series produced by Granada Entertainment for ABC and based upon the British television crime drama of the same name created by Jimmy McGovern....
(1997 - Television) - Robert AltmanRobert AltmanRobert Bernard Altman was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.His films MASH , McCabe and...
's GunGunA gun is a muzzle or breech-loaded projectile-firing weapon. There are various definitions depending on the nation and branch of service. A "gun" may be distinguished from other firearms in being a crew-served weapon such as a howitzer or mortar, as opposed to a small arm like a rifle or pistol,...
(1997 - Television) - The Pest (1997 - Film)
- Nick of Time (1995 - Film)
- Drop ZoneDrop zoneA drop zone is a place where parachutists or parachuted supplies land. It can be an area targeted for landing by paratroopers, or a base from which recreational parachutists and skydivers take off in aircraft and land under parachutes...
(1994 - Film) - The Secrets of Lake Success (1993 - Television)
- Another StakeoutAnother StakeoutAnother Stakeout is a 1993 comedy film, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez and Rosie O'Donnell. It is a sequel to the 1987 film, Stakeout. Unlike its predecessor, the film was neither a critical nor a commercial success.-Plot:...
(1993 - Television) - 2000 Malibu Road2000 Malibu Road2000 Malibu Road is a prime time American soap opera that aired on CBS in the summer of 1992. The series stars Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Beals, Brian Bloom, Scott Bryce, Lisa Hartman, Tuesday Knight, and Michael T...
(1992 - Television) - The Broken Cord (1992 - Television)
- Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel (1992 - Television)
- Saturday's (1991 - Television)
- The AntagonistsThe AntagonistsThe Antagonists is an historical novel by Ernest K. Gann about the siege of Masada. The novel explores the themes of leadership and patriotism by comparing and contrasting the two protagonists/antagonists of the story...
(1991 - Television) - Nasty Boys (1990 - Television)
- Christine Cromwell (1989 - Television)
- Nasty Boys (1989 - Television Pilot)
- Quantum Leap (1989 - Television)
- Mortuary Academy (1988 - Film)
- Disaster at Silo 7 (1988 - Television)
- Nightforce (1987 - Film)
- Beauty and the Beast (1987 - Television)
- Burglar (1987 - Film, San Francisco 2nd Unit)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 slasher film and the third film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. The film was directed by Chuck Russell and starred Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson, Robert Englund and Patricia Arquette in her first role.- Plot :Six years after the events...
(1987 - Film) - Return to Horror HighReturn to Horror HighReturn to Horror High is a 1987 American comedy/horror film starring George Clooney, Vince Edwards and Scott Jacoby, it was directed by Bill Froehlich and written by Mark Lisson, Dana Escalante, Greg H. Sims and Bill Froehlich...
(1987 - Film) - WitchboardWitchboardWitchboard is a 1986 American horror film written and directed by Kevin S. Tenney, and starring Tawny Kitaen and Stephen Nichols. The film focuses on a female college student who is harassed and later possessed by an evil spirit after communicating with it through a friend's Ouija board...
(1986 - Film) - Pray for DeathPray For DeathPray For Death is a 1985 American martial arts action film starring Sho Kosugi.-Plot:The movie's plot centers on a Japanese man and his family moving to America to start a new life. But they find themselves the target of an American gangster who believes the family has in their possession a stolen...
(1985 - Film) - Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985 - Film)
Miscellaneous Credits
- Visions of LightVisions of LightVisions of Light is a 1992 documentary film directed by Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy, and Stuart Samuels. The film is also known as Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography....
: The Art of Cinematography (1992 - Film, Committee Member: ASC education)
Quotes
- "I...would like to take the curse off of technology. There is no reason why any director should fear new ideas or technologies that might significantly contribute to their ability to tell stories."