Owen Roizman

Began his career working on TV commercials in New York and shot his first feature, Bill Gunn's "Stop," in 1970. Roizman soon became known for his gritty, documentary-influenced urban compositions, particularly in films such as "The French Connection" (1971) and "The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3" (1974). Roizman formed a commercial production company, Roizman and Associates, in 1983 but returned to feature-film making in 1990 with Lawrence Kasdan's "I Love You To Death." Owen Roizman died on January 6, 2023 at the age of 86.