Oliver Wood

Oliver Wood February 21 1942 February 13 2023 was a British cinematographer best known for his work on blockbuster action and comedy films such as Die Hard 2 FaceOff Freaky Friday Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and the Bourne franchise He collaborated with directors like Paul Greengrass John Woo Renny Harlin Ron Underwood and Adam McKay and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for The Bourne Ultimatum Wood was born in London on 21 February 1942 At the age of 19 he moved to New York City His first break came for director Leonard Kastle on the cult crime film The Honeymoon Killers 1969 where he used available light to give the dark comedy a newsreel look He shot numerous Bmovies and independent films throughout the late 1970s and 1980s frequently collaborating with cinematographers Joseph Mangine and Fred Murphy He also worked as a camera operator on higherprofile projects including Body Rock 1984 and To Live and Die in LA 1985 both of which were shot by Robby Müller He also became a music video and commercial cinematographer working for directors like Bob Giraldi and Rupert Wainwright9 His big break came when he was director of photography for 53 episodes of the stylish crime drama Miami Vice serving as the series primary DP between 1987 and 1989 His work on the series caught the attention of producers enabling him to work on bigbudget Hollywood films including Die Hard 2 1990 FaceOff 1997 U571 2000 Fantastic Four 2005 and Anchorman 2 The Legend Continues 2013 He was the original director of photography on the swashbuckling action film Cutthroat Island but suffered an onset injury and was replaced by Peter Levy He also shot the Bourne Trilogy where he worked with director Paul Greengrass to produce a spontaneous naturalistic effect often using multiple cameras frequently handheld citing films such as The Battle of Algiers as an influence He was nominated for a BAFTA for The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 In 2016 Wood shot the remake of BenHur directed by Timur Bekmambetov utilising GoPro cameras to film the movies action sequences His last credit was for Morbius 2022 Wood died from cancer at his home in Los Angeles California on 13 February 2023 at the age of 80 He is survived by his wife Sabina Groh his daughters Katharine Wood and Fiona Wood and his son Emerson Forth Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver Wood licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia