Kramer Morgenthau, A.S.C. (born June 6, 1966), is an American cinematographer and a member of both the Morgenthau and the Lehman family.
Background Morgenthau was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
His father, Henry Morgenthau III, was a producer of documentaries for the flagship PBS station, WGBH-TV, in Boston and his mother, Ruth (née Schachter), was a Polish Jewish refugee from WWII Vienna; was a professor of international politics at Brandeis University; served as an advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter on Africa; and in 1988 ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic candidate for Congress in Rhode Island. He has one brother, Henry "Ben" Morgenthau and one sister, Sarah Elinor Morgenthau Wessel.Morgenthau Family Tree ; retrieved October 3, 2015.
His great-great-grandfather was businessman Mayer Lehman. His grandfather was Henry Morgenthau Jr., the U.S. Treasury secretary during the Roosevelt administration. His great-grandfather, Henry Morgenthau Sr., was the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I; his uncle is Robert M. Morgenthau, Manhattan district attorney for 35 years.
Career His early career began in New York as a documentary filmmaker, which led him to shoot Allan Miller's Academy Award-nominated film, Small Wonders, as well as Sundance Festival feature film, Joe & Joe, which began his years as a festival fixture, shooting seven more features and documentaries that played there.
Morgenthau is an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the American Society of Cinematographers, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the International Cinematographers Guild.
Personal life In 2011, he married Tracy Fleischman in a Jewish ceremony at the former Cathedral of Saint Vibiana in Los Angeles.
He currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and twin children.
Filmography
Film Year Title Director Notes1995 Give a Damn Again Adam Isidore With Robert Levi and Maryse Alberti Multiple Futures Alyce Wittenstein With Richard E. Brooks 1996 Joe & Joe David Wall1997 Dogtown George Hickenlooper Destination Unknown Nestor Miranda 1998 Bombay Boys Kaizad Gustad Welcome to Hollywood Tony MarkesAdam Rifkin With Rob Bennett, Nick Mendoz and Howard Wexler1999 The Big Brass Ring George Hickenlooper Wirey Spindell Eric Schaeffer Pigeonholder Michael Swanhaus The Woman Chaser Robinson Devor 2000 Cowboys and Angels Gregory C. Haynes 2001 Green Dragon Timothy Linh Bui The Man from Elysian Fields George Hickenlooper 2002 Empire Franc. Reyes 2003 Dreaming of Julia Juan Gerard 2004 Godsend Nick Hamm 2005 Havoc Barbara Kopple2007 Full of It Christian Charles Fracture Gregory Hoblit Feast of Love Robert Benton 2008 The Express: The Ernie Davis Story Gary Fleder 2012 The Factory Morgan O'Neill 2013 Thor: The Dark World Alan Taylor 2014 Chef Jon Favreau 2015 Terminator Genisys Alan Taylor 2017 Rebel in the Rye Danny Strong2018 The Darkest Minds Jennifer Yuh Nelson Creed II Steven Caple Jr.2021 Waiting for Godot Scott Elliot Respect Liesl Tommy The Many Saints of Newark Alan Taylor 2022 Spirited Sean Anders 2023 Creed III Michael B. Jordan 2025 Captain America: Brave New World Julius Onah 2027 Protecting Jared Ruben Fleischer
Television Year Title Director Notes 1998 Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future Allan Miller TV special2005 Blind Justice Gary Fleder Episode "Pilot" Over There Also directed episode "Orphans"2006 The Evidence Gary Fleder Episode "Pilot" Saved Darnell Martin Episode "A Day in the Life" 2008 Life on Mars Gary Fleder Episode "Out Here in the Fields" 2009 FlashForward David S. Goyer Episode "No More Good Days" 2010 Boardwalk Empire Jeremy PodeswaTim Van PattenBrian KirkSimon Cellan Jones Episodes "Anastasia, "Family Limitation", "Hold Me in Paradise","The Emerald City" and "A Return to Normalcy" 2011 The Playboy ClubAlan Taylor Episode "Pilot"2012 Game of Thrones Episodes "The North Remembers" and "The Night Lands" Vegas James Mangold Episode "Pilot" 2013 Sleepy Hollow Len Wiseman Episode "Pilot" (Also made an uncredited cameo as George Washington) 2017 The OrvilleJon Favreau Episode "Pilot" 2027 Oswald Episode "Pilot"
TV movies Year Title Director 1999 The Caseys Michael Steinberg 2002 Untitled Paul Simms pilot Timothy Van Patten 2004 The Five People You Meet in Heaven Lloyd Kramer 2011 Too Big to Fail Curtis Hanson 2018 Fahrenheit 451 Ramin Bahrani 2019 American Son Kenny Leon
Documentary works Film Year Title Director Notes1995 Synthetic Pleasures Iara Lee With Marcus Hahn Toshifumi Furusawa Small Wonders Allan Miller Varga Girl Wolfgang Hastert 1999 Music Bridges Over Troubled Waters Marc Cadieux 2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip George Hickenlooper With Igor Meglic 2004 Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family Susan Kaplan With Sarah Cawley, Samuel M. Henriques and Don Lenzer A Different Kind of Blue Murray Lerner
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