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Known for
Cinematographer
Gender
Male
Birthday
18 January
Location
New York, United States
Edit pageTom Richmond
Biography
Thomas Richmond was an American cinematographer born on January 18, 1950. He earned an undergraduate degree in photography from Harvard University before pursuing graduate film studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He also attended the AFI Conservatory, graduating in 1979.
He began his major feature-film career as a cinematographer with Stand and Deliver (1988). He subsequently worked on films such as A Midnight Clear (1992), Angus (1995), The Spitfire Grill (1996), The Winning Season (2009) and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006). Known for adapting his visual style to suit each director's vision, he became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers in 2012.
Alongside his filmmaking career, Richmond taught cinematography at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and Brooklyn College's Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. He was also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the International Cinematographers Guild.
He died in New York City on July 29, 2022, at the age of 72.
