Kramer Morgenthau Filmography

Feast of Love

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke, Selma Blair

Synopsis: A group of friends living in suburban Oregon come into contact with a sensual free spirit named Chloe (Alexa Davalos), who changes their outlook on life in the most unexpected of ways in this ensemble drama adapted from the acclaimed novel by author Charles Baxter. As college professor and writer Read More

Fracture

Crew: Cinematographer, Still Photographer

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz

Synopsis: A structural engineer (Anthony Hopkins) and an ambitious young district attorney (Ryan Gosling) become locked in a deadly battle of wits when the former is found innocent in the attempted murder of his wife in director Gregory Hoblit's tense tale of courtroom mind games. Ted Crawford (Hopkins) is Read More

Full of It

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Ryan Pinkston, Kate Mara, Craig Kilborn, John Carroll Lynch, Cynthia Stevenson

Synopsis: A teenager with a penchant for tall tales becomes tangled in his own complex web of deceit upon transferring to a new school in this cautionary comedy of little white lies starring Craig Kilborn, Carmen Electra, Teri Polo, and Ryan Pinkston. Sam Leonard (Pinkston) is the new kid at Bridgeport Read More

Cinematographer Style

Actors: Remi Adefarasin, Russ T. Alsobrook, Howard A. Anderson III, Peter Anderson

Synopsis: Over a hundred leading cameramen (and women) discuss the fine art of motion picture photography in this documentary. Cinematographer Style is compiled from interviews with a broad cross section of respected cinematographers, ranging from award-winning veterans such as Gordon Willis (The Read More

The Evidence [TV Series]

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Orlando Jones, Rob Estes, Martin Landau, Anita Briem

Synopsis: The gimmick of the ABC procedural drama The Evidence was established at the beginning of each hour-long episode. It was explained via a videotaped police log that a murder had been committed, and that several clues were left behind by the unknown killer. As the camera froze on each clue, the Read More

Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Sam Cagnina, Steven Margolin, Samantha Singh

Synopsis: Sam Cagnina and Steven Margolin first met when they were classmates in college; the two were studying similar fields (Sam was interested in massage therapy while Steven wanted to become a chiropractor), and as their fascination with one another grew, they discovered they were both bisexual. Sam Read More

Havoc

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Bijou Phillips, Anne Hathaway

Synopsis: A pair of naïve young girls learn that even the most insignificant actions can have lasting consequences in this music-driven take on teen culture starring Anne Hathaway and Bijou Phillips and directed by two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Influenced by the hip-hop thug lifestyle and Read More

Over There [TV Series]

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Erik Palladino, Lizette Carrion, Josh Henderson, Luke MacFarlane

Synopsis: Executive produced by Steven Bochco and Chris Gerolmo (who also wrote the theme music), the weekly, 60-minute Over There was the first TV war series to air while the war it was dramatizing was still being waged. Set in Iraq (with California and Mexico serving as location-filming substitutes), the Read More

Godsend

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn, Robert De Niro, Cameron Bright, Marcia Bennett

Synopsis: Paul (Greg Kinnear) and Jessie Duncan (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) have barely begun the grieving process when Dr. Richard Wells (Robert De Niro) attends the funeral of the Duncans' eight-year-old son, Adam (Cameron Bright), with a pressing question in tow. Head of the Godsend Fertility Clinic, Dr. Read More

The Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Rodney Bingenheimer

Synopsis: When Rodney Bingenheimer was just a teenager -- a diminutive, long-haired kid who was picked on a lot -- his mother, a divorced autograph hound, dropped him off in front of the home of actress Connie Stevens and essentially said, "Good luck." Stevens was on location shooting a movie and Bingenheimer Read More

Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: Widely considered one of the landmark albums in history and the starting point for jazz-rock fusion, Miles Davis' {^Bitches Brew} ranked as one of the one hundred greatest albums of all time in a Rolling Stone magazine poll published in 1987. Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue captures Davis Read More

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Daniels, Dagmara Dominczyk, Steve Grayhm, Michael Imperioli

Synopsis: Mitch Albom wrote the screenplay for this made-for-television adaptation of his best-selling story, which offers a novel perspective on life, death, and the meaning of our existence. Eddie (Jon Voight) is an elderly maintenance man who has spent most of his life keeping the rides at an amusement Read More

Cuba Libre

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Iben Hjejle, Gael García Bernal, Andhy Mendez, Diana Bracho

Green Dragon

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Nguyen Long, Catherine Ai, Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker, Don Duong, Hiep Thi Le

Synopsis: In 1975, as the war in Vietnam finally draws to a close, a number of Vietnamese refugees seeking new homes in the United States find themselves housed at the Camp Pendleton Marine base in California, where Sgt. Jim Lance (Patrick Swayze) is put in charge of their care. Lance is a compassionate man Read More

Empire

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Denise Richards, Vincent Laresca, Delilah Cotto

Synopsis: A man who has made good in an illegal business discovers going straight is a more complicated matter than he imagined in this urban drama. Victor Rosa (John Leguizamo) is a drug dealer who has made a small fortune selling a heroin-based drug cocktail he's concocted called "Empire." Victor doesn't Read More

The Woman Chaser

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Patrick Warburton, Eugene Roche, Ron Morgan, Emily Newman, Paul Malevitz

Synopsis: Robinson Devor directed this film noir parody about a used car salesman obsessed with writing and directing his dream project: a maudlin tale called The Man Who Got Away about a trucker who runs over a little girl. Richard Hudson (Seinfeld regular Patrick Warburton) works at a used Read More

Wirey Spindell

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Eric Schaeffer, Eric Mabius, Devon Matthews, Zane Adlum, Calliope Thorne

Synopsis: Eric Schaeffer writes, directs, produces, and stars in this wacky sex comedy. Nine days away from his wedding, Spindell (Schaeffer) realizes that, though his future bride Tabitha (Callie Thorne) is both gorgeous and understanding, he no longer finds her sexually attractive. In flashbacks, we learn Read More

Isaac Stern: Musical Encounters

Crew: Cinematographer

Cowboys and Angels

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Adam Trese, Mia Kirshner, Radha Mitchell

Synopsis: Writer-director Gregory C. Haynes serves up a down-home twist on the traditional romantic comedy with this tale of a 30-something lawyer who starts to feel the marriage bug. Danny (Adam Trese) still harbors dreams of becoming a cowboy when his fiancée leaves him on the eve of their wedding Read More

The Big Brass Ring

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Rosemary Garris, William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Miranda Richardson, Irène Jacob, Ewan Stewart

Synopsis: An unproduced screenplay written by the late Orson Welles (penned in collaboration with actress Oja Kodar, Welles' significant other in his later years) forms the basis of this drama of political gamesmanship and blackmail. Blake Pellarin (William Hurt) is running for governor of Missouri in a Read More

Pigeonholed

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Justin Pierce, Alison Folland, Galaxy Craze, Tom Lock, Andrea Ciannavei

Synopsis: Filmmaking duo Michael Swanhaus and his brother Trip direct this gothic tale about teens in an East Coast mental asylum. Devon (Justin Pierce), who was unjustly committed, finds company with the cute Kayleigh (Galaxy Craze) and the sex-crazed Eve (Alison Folland). Pigeonholed was screened at the Read More

Busby Berkeley: Going Through The Roof

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Larry Robinson, Kenneth Anger, Richard Barrios, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Jerome Delamater

Synopsis: This documentary captures rhythms in the life and career of famed cinema choreographer Busby Berkeley (1895-1976). In the late '20s, Berkeley's work on Broadway led Eddie Cantor to recommend him to producer Sam Goldwyn for the film version of the 1930 Whoopee! (remade in 1944 as Up in Arms). After 42nd Street Read More

Welcome to Hollywood

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Tony Markes, Adam Rifkin, Angie Everhart, David Andriole, Nicolas Cage

Synopsis: Film director Adam Rifkin spoofs Hollywood's star machine in concocting this fictional "mockumentary" about a director (Rifkin playing himself) who wants to make a documentary film about a rising young star. Anton Markwell (Tony Markes, who co-directed the film) is the object of Rifkin's inquiring Read More

Bombay Boys

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Naveen Andrews, Rahul Bose, Alexander Gifford, Naseeruddin Shah, Roshan Seth

Synopsis: A New Yorker, an Australian, and an Englishman return to their birthplace, Bombay India, in hopes of finding their identities and reorganizing their lives. All three arrive at the same time and end up sharing the same flat. Krishna, the American, has come back in hopes of launching a successful Read More

Dogtown

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Karen Black, Trevor St. John, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau

Synopsis: A failed actor discovers how little it takes to be a V.I.P. in a small town -- and what can happen when you abuse that small amount of fame -- in this independent drama. Philip Van Horn (Trevor St. John) left his tiny hometown of Cuba, Missouri, to move to Hollywood, with big dreams of making it Read More

Kiss and Tell

Crew: Second Unit Camera

Actors: Peter Howitt, Daniel Craig

Synopsis: In this low-budget screwball-mystery, the death of an L.A. woman leads to a surreal murder investigation on the outer fringes of la-la land. When Molly McMannis (Justine Bateman) turns up dead, still impaled with the murder weapon -- a carrot -- the police launch a probe into the colorful world Read More

Joe & Joe

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Sean Patrick Brennan, David Wysocki

Synopsis: Joe and his pal Joe are two simpletons who manage to eke out a modest living mowing lawns in their tiny Cape Cod village. This gentle comedy, marking the feature debut of director David Wall, chronicles their adventures when they meet a ghostly young woman in the town cemetery and she begins Read More

Synthetic Pleasures

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: In this high-tech world, people have many different ways to add pleasure or change their lives for the better. This lightning-paced documentary offers a montage of such technology that ranges from new drugs to enhanced natural environments. The film is divided into three sections. The first looks Read More

Small Wonders

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: Originally titled Fiddlefest, this feature-length documentary was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and became the basis for the motion picture Music of the Heart (1999). Filmmaker Allan Miller follows the story of Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras, an East Harlem, NY, music instructor Read More