Thomas Richmond (January 18, 1950 – July 29, 2022) was an American cinematographer.
Education Richmond earned an undergraduate degree in photography at Harvard University and then went to graduate film school at UCLA.
He also went to the American Film Institute's AFI Conservatory and graduated in 1979.
Career His first major feature film as cinematographer was Stand and Deliver (1988), and by the time he shot for A Midnight Clear (1992), he had settled into working with different directors with ease. Richmond described his experience, "All my films look different because they're not my visions; they're my reflections of the directors' visions."
He became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 2012, and was also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG). He taught cinematography at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the Brooklyn College Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.
Richmond died in New York City on July 29, 2022, at the age of 72.
Filmography Film Year Title Director Notes1984 Running HotMark Griffiths Hardbodies Hard Rock Zombies Krishna Shah1985 Stand Alone Alan BeattieWith Tim Suhrstedt Space Rage Conrad E. Palmisano1986 Chopping Mall Jim Wynorski The Malibu Bikini Shop David Wechter Hardbodies 2 Mark Griffiths 1987 Straight to Hell Alex Cox 1988 Stand and Deliver Ramón Menéndez 1988 The Chocolate War Keith Gordon 1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Keenen Ivory Wayans1991 Pastime Robin B. Armstrong Heaven Is a Playground Randall Fried 1992 A Midnight Clear Keith Gordon 1992 Roadside Prophets Abbe Wool 1993 Killing Zoe Roger Avary1994 Homage Ross Kagan Marks Love and a .45 C.M. Talkington Little Odessa James Gray1996 Mother Night Keith Gordon Johns Scott Silver1997 First Love, Last Rites Jesse Peretz Oakland Underground Michael A. Goorjian1998 Slums of Beverly Hills Tamara Jenkins Wild Horses Soleil Moon FryeMeeno Peluce2000 Waking the Dead Keith Gordon Gun Shy Eric Blakeney2001 The Château Jesse Peretz Chelsea Walls Ethan Hawke Knockaround Guys Brian KoppelmanDavid Levien Hardball Brian Robbins 2002 I'm with Lucy Jon Sherman 2003 The Singing Detective Keith Gordon 2003 House of 1000 Corpses Rob Zombie With Alex Poppas 2004 Palindromes Todd Solondz 2006 Right at Your Door Chris Gorak 2006 The Ex Jesse Peretz 2007 Chapter 27 Jarrett Schaefer 2008 Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Peter Sollett 2009 The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll Scott Rosenbaum2010 Quit Dick Rude All About Evil Joshua Grannell 2012 Should've Been Romeo Marc Bennett 2013 All That I Am Carlos Puga 2014 A Birder's Guide to EverythingRob Meyer2016 Little Boxes My Art Laurie Simmons
Documentary film Year Title Director Notes 1993 Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe Declan Lowney 2012 Scene Missing Alex Cox Shared credit with Alex Cox 2017 Ryuichi Sakamoto: CodaStephen Nomura SchibleWith Neo Sora 2018 Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
Short film Year Title Director Notes 1992 Frida Kahlo in the Casa Azul Del Zamora 1993 Straight to One Ethan Hawke 1998 Call Waiting Michael A. Goorjian 2002 Ethan and Alan C.M. Talkington 2004 Nobody's Perfect Hank Azaria 2006 The Need Chris Young 2007 The War Prayer Michael A. Goorjian 2010 Children of the Spider Jeff Vespa2011 Michael & Javier Marc Thomas With Maceo Bishop Dead of Nowhere Chris Young 2012 Commuters Himself 2014 Envelopes Nick Weiss-Richmond 2015 Double Trouble Stefan Roloff 2016 Visit 57 Kate Phelan 2017 Beast Mode Ernest Waddell With Chris Heinrich
Television Year Title Director Notes 1982 Powerhouse Michael SwitzerRuth PollakPaul Dunlap 5 episodes 2002 The Private Detective Mike Alex Cox Episode "Woman and Man, Man and Woman" 2003 Cold Case Mark Pellington Episode "Look Again"
TV movies Year Title Director 1989 Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes Sandor Stern 1990 Nightmare on the 13th Floor Walter Grauman 1995 Mr. Stitch Roger Avary 1996 The Twilight of the Golds Ross Kagan Marks
Miniseries Year Title Director 2004 Tanner on Tanner Robert Altman 2007 Fallen Kevin Kerslake
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result 1988Film Independent Spirit AwardsBest Cinematography Stand and Deliver 1991 Pastime 1994 Little Odessa 2006 Sundance Film Festival Excellence in Cinematography Award (Dramatic) Right at Your Door
References
Further reading
External links
Tom Richmond, Creative Master Series – Cinematography at NAB Show Craft Truck Interview Through the Lens – Part 1 S01EP14 and