Harris Savides (September 28, 1957 – October 9, 2012) was an American cinematographer. Notable films include Gus Van Sant’s “young death” trilogy (Gerry, Elephant, and Last Days), and the Van Sant films Milk, Finding Forrester, and Restless; David Fincher’s The Game, Zodiac, and the opening title sequence in Seven; Martin Scorsese’s short film The Key to Reserva; Wong Kar Wai’s short film The Follow; Ridley Scott’s American Gangster; Woody Allen’s Whatever Works; Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere and The Bling Ring; Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg and Margot at the Wedding; and John Turturro’s Illuminata.
Savides also won a “Best Cinematographer” New York Film Critics Circle award in 2003 for his cinematography work in Gerry and Elephant. Savides was also nominated five times for Best Cinematographer in the Independent Spirit Awards for his cinematography in Gerry, Elephant, Last Days, Milk and Greenberg. In 2007, Savides was nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Cinematography for Zodiac. In 2008, Savides was nominated for a BAFTA award for Best Cinematographer in American Gangster. In 2011, Savides was nominated for a Best Cinematography National Society of Film Critics Award for his cinematography work in Somewhere.
Harris Savides Biography / Wiki
| Name | Harris Savides |
| Also Know | ΧάÏης Σαββίδης |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Camera |
| Place of Birth | New York, New York, U.S.A. |
| Date of Birth | 1957-09-28 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 55 |
| Deathday | 2012-10-11 |
Harris Savides Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Saltlake Van Sant | Himself | 2003-11-11 | Behind-the-scenes documentary of one morning on the set of “Gerry” directed by Gus Van Sant…. |
| The Making of Last Days | Himself | 2004-01-01 | Behind-the-scenes documentary of Gus Van Sant’s “Last Days.”… |
| Se7en | 911 Operator | 1995-09-22 | Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the “seven deadly sins” in this dark and haunting film t… |
| The Game | Ankles | 1997-09-12 | In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his y… |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Finding Forrester | Director of Photography | 2000-12-21 | Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accide… |
| Last Days | Director of Photography | 2005-06-12 | The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial… |
| Elephant | Director of Photography | 2003-09-20 | Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent…. |
| Gerry | Director of Photography | 2002-09-20 | Two friends named Gerry become lost in the desert after taking a wrong turn. Their attempts to find their way home only lead them into further trouble… |
| Zodiac | Director of Photography | 2007-03-02 | A cartoonist teams up with an ace reporter and a law enforcement officer to track down an elusive serial killer…. |
| Milk | Director of Photography | 2008-11-05 | The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an acti… |
| The Game | Director of Photography | 1997-09-12 | In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his y… |
| Birth | Director of Photography | 2004-10-29 | It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she’s on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving… |
| American Gangster | Director of Photography | 2007-11-02 | Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem dist… |
| The Key to Reserva | Director of Photography | 2007-12-14 | Finding an unfinished script written by Alfred Hitchcock himself, Martin Scorsese attempts to recreate it himself as Hitchcock would have…. |
| Greenberg | Director of Photography | 2010-08-18 | A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother’s assistant…. |
| Heaven’s Prisoners | Director of Photography | 1996-05-17 | A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash d… |
| Somewhere | Director of Photography | 2010-09-03 | After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a vis… |
| Restless | Director of Photography | 2011-09-16 | Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love…. |
| Whatever Works | Director of Photography | 2009-06-19 | Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. Whe… |
| The Yards | Director of Photography | 2000-10-20 | In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city’s subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. W… |
| The Bling Ring | Director of Photography | 2013-06-12 | Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track the whereabouts of famous celebrities, then rob their homes of… |
| Cindy Crawford: The Next Challenge Workout | Director of Photography | 1993-04-27 | On the Cindy Crawford – The Next Challenge Workout DVD, the glamorous supermodel presents her second fitness title, this time with the help of exercis… |
| Illuminata | Director of Photography | 1998-05-21 | It’s the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, “Ill… |
| Margot at the Wedding | Director of Photography | 2007-11-16 | Margot Zeller is a short story writer with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. On the eve of her estranged sister Pauline’s wedding to unemployed … |
| Four Boys in a Volvo | Director of Photography | 1996-01-01 | The short film was made from material shot for a Levi’s commercial on which Gus Van Sant was given complete freedom. Van Sant delivered the ad, and … |
| Se7en | Additional Photography | 1995-09-22 | Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the “seven deadly sins” in this dark and haunting film t… |
| The Follow | Director of Photography | 2001-05-24 | The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor’s wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way t… |
| Lake Consequence | Director of Photography | 1993-02-23 | A repressed housewife is plunged into erotic ecstasy by the arrival of a handsome groundskeeper. At a remote lake, she is encouraged by the groundskee… |
| Robbie Robertson: Going Home | Director of Photography | 1995-05-28 | Documentary on musician Robbie Robertson…. |
| The Investigator | Director of Photography | 1994-12-01 | Strange things happens to a young Private Eye, till he meets a starving young lady…. |
| WALL·E | Thanks | 2008-06-22 | WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued … |
| Director of Photography | BMW film presents “The Hire”, a series of eight short films produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. A form of branded content, all eight films fea… | ||
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