Biography
Owen Roizman was an American cinematographer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied mathematics and physics at Gettysburg College before beginning his career in television commercials. His first feature credit was the 1970 film Stop!.
Roizman received five Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, for The French Connection (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Network (1976), Tootsie (1982) and Wyatt Earp (1994). He also received an Academy Honorary Award in 2017. He collaborated frequently with directors William Friedkin, Sydney Pollack and Lawrence Kasdan, and served as president of the American Society of Cinematographers and on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His credits include The Addams Family (1991).
