Harris Savides

Harris Savides ( born September 28, 1957 in New York City; † October 9, 2012 ) was an American cinematographer. Among his most famous works include Gus Van Sant's death trilogy ( Gerry, Elephant and Last Days ), The Game - The gift of his life and American Gangster.

Savides was born in 1957 in New York as a child, Greek -born parents. He completed his training in photography and film at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Savides also became known through his special screen design for the movies The Yards and Birth, in which he was developing the footage only gradually to dissolve the colors and to give blacks a violet- brown color, which makes images of paintings by Georges de la Tour and Caravaggio remember.

In addition, Savides was the only cameraman who has won three MTV Video Music Awards for Best Cinematography, two of them even after the other, for Rain by Madonna and Everybody Hurts by REM.

Savides last lived in Manhattan with his wife, Medine and his daughter Sophie. He died there at the age of 55 years to a brain tumor.

Filmography

2013: The Bling Ring - Director: Sofia Coppola The film is dedicated to him in opening and closing credits Web Links

• Harris Savides at the Internet Movie Database (English)