Russell Carpenter

Russell Carpenter

Actor · Director · Producer

Van Nuys, California, USA
December 9, 1950

Biography

Russell Paul Carpenter, ASC (born December 9, 1950) is an American cinematographer and photographer, known for collaborating with directors James Cameron, Robert Luketic, and McG. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the 1997 Best Picture-winning film Titanic. Much of his work has been in blockbuster films, including Hard Target (1993), True Lies (1994), Charlie's Angels (2000) and its sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Ant-Man (2015), and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). His documentary cinematography includes George Harrison: Living in the Material World, directed by Martin Scorsese. It earned six nominations at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming for the cinematography team. In 2018, Carpenter received the American Society of Cinematographers' Lifetime Achievement Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Russell Carpenter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Representative Works

Titanic
Titanic
7.9
/ English
Ant-Man
Ant-Man
7.1
/ English
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels
5.9
/ English
True Lies
True Lies
7.1
/ English
Hard Target
Hard Target
6.5
/ English
The Negotiator
The Negotiator
7.1
/ English
The Ugly Truth
The Ugly Truth
6.5
/ English
21
21
6.7
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025Winner

Best Director

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Titanic
1997Winner

Best Director

Titanic

Avatar: The Way of Water
2022Winner

Best Director

Avatar: The Way of Water

Career Highlights

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022Highlight

Best Director

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Ant-Man
2015Highlight

Best Director

Ant-Man

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