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Tom Stern

Camera

Born December 16, 1946 · Palo Alto, California, USA

Also known as Tom Stein · Thomas 'Iguana' Stern · Thomas E. Stern

Biography

Thomas Evans "Tom" Stern (born December 16, 1946) is an American cinematographer best known for his work on films directed by Clint Eastwood. He has been Eastwood's primary cinematographer since Blood Work in 2002 and has worked as a gaffer since 1977. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Stern (cinematographer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Satellite AwardBest Cinematography · 2006
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography · 2009 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Cinematography · 2009 · nominated
  • Satellite AwardBest Cinematography · 2008 · nominated
  • Chicago Film Critics Association AwardBest Cinematography · 2006 · nominated
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  • Satellite AwardBest Cinematography · 2006 · nominated
  • Satellite AwardBest Cinematography · 2004 · nominated

Filmography45 titles

Gran Torino

2008Director of Photography

Million Dollar Baby

2004Director of Photography

Unforgiven

1992Chief Lighting Technician

Mystic River

2003Director of Photography

Changeling

2008Director of Photography

Letters from Iwo Jima

2006Director of Photography

A Perfect World

1993Chief Lighting Technician

The Goonies

1985Gaffer

American Sniper

2014Director of Photography

Road to Perdition

2002Chief Lighting Technician

Sully

2016Director of Photography

The Hunger Games

2012Director of Photography

Invictus

2009Director of Photography

Pale Rider

1985Gaffer

Trouble with the Curve

2012Director of Photography

Bad Boys

1983Gaffer

Flags of Our Fathers

2006Director of Photography

Spaceballs

1987Chief Lighting Technician

Heartbreak Ridge

1986Gaffer

The Ice Road

2021Director of Photography

Jersey Boys

2014Director of Photography

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

2023Director of Photography

Luther: The Fallen Sun

2023Director of Photography

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007Director of Photography

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2005Director of Photography

In the Land of Saints and Sinners

2023Director of Photography

Rails & Ties

2007Director of Photography

Space Cowboys

2000Chief Lighting Technician

Ice Road: Vengeance

2025Director of Photography

The Meg

2018Director of Photography

J. Edgar

2011Director of Photography

Blood Work

2002Director of Photography

Tightrope

1984Gaffer

Hereafter

2010Director of Photography

Paris 36

2008Director of Photography

The Last Kiss

2006Director of Photography

Romance & Cigarettes

2005Director of Photography

Sleepless Night

2011Director of Photography

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

2004Director of Photography

Broken Horses

2015Director of Photography

All the Right Moves

1983Gaffer

The 15:17 to Paris

2018Director of Photography

Between the Lines

1977Best Boy Grip

Tenderness

2009Director of Photography

The Almond and the Seahorse

2022Director, Director of Photography