Owen Roizman

Cinematographer. Born 22 September 1936 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 6 January 2023.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nominations

Born

22 September 1936, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died

6 January 2023

Active

1971–1995

Frequently works with

Sydney Pollack, Darryl Ponicsan, Faye Dunaway, Harold Becker, Max von Sydow, Ronny Cox, Timothy Hutton, William Friedkin

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

80Fi1m

72Critics

We rate Owen’s work 8 points above the press, across 7 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above5

60 to 794

Under 601

Of 10 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 10 films
Screen time: 19 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $1.1bn across 10 films with figures
Academy Awards: 5 Oscar nominations
Active: 1971–1995

Genres

Comedy4
Drama4
Romance4
Crime2
Thriller2
Action1

Best and worst on Fi1m

89BestThe Exorcist1973

55WorstFrench Kiss1995

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

161970s

61980s

61990s

12000s

Directors most worked with

Sydney Pollack3 titles

Harold Becker2 titles

William Friedkin2 titles

Co-stars most worked with

Faye Dunaway2 titles

Max von Sydow2 titles

Ronny Cox2 titles

Timothy Hutton2 titles