Biography
Lisa Rinzler is an American cinematographer who has worked on feature films and documentaries. She was born on 30 November 1955 in New Jersey and studied painting at the Pratt Institute before earning a B.F.A. in cinematography from New York University in 1978.
Rinzler shot Menace II Society (1993) for the Hughes brothers, for which she received an Independent Spirit Award for best cinematography. She has collaborated repeatedly with the Hughes brothers (Dead Presidents, 1995) and with Wim Wenders (Lisbon Story, 1994; Buena Vista Social Club, 1999). Other credits include Trees Lounge (1996), Three Seasons (1999), for which she won a second Independent Spirit Award and the Sundance Cinematography Award, and Pollock (2000). She has also directed short films and received a Primetime Emmy Award.
