Oliver Wood, an English cinematographer whose credit embrace `Die Hard 2`, `Face/Off`, aThe Other Guys` and the unique `Bourne` trilogy, has handed away at his residence in Hollywood following a battle with most cancers. He was 80.
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With a profession spanning throughout seven a long time, Wood labored throughout all kinds of tasks, collaborating with administrators like John Woo, Adam McKay, Antoine Fuqua, Barry Sonnenfeld and Larry Cohen, stories `Variety`.
He was nominated for a BAFTA award for greatest cinematography for his work on 2007`s aThe Bourne Ultimatum`, directed by Paul Greengrass.
Born in London, Wood moved to New York City when he was 19. His first main credit score got here on Leonard Kastle`s 1970 crime movie aThe Honeymoon Killers` making a robust impression for his strategy of utilizing accessible mild to present the anachronistic darkish comedy the look of a newsreel.
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As per `Variety`, Wood shot quite a few B-movies and unbiased movies all through the late Seventies and `80s, regularly collaborating with cinematographers Joseph Mangine and Fred Murphy. He additionally labored as a digital camera operator on high-profile tasks, together with 1984`s `Body Rock` and the 1985 movie `To Live and Die in L.A.`
Wood was a prolific music video and industrial cinematographer, working for administrators like Bob Giraldi and Rupert Wainwright. Wood`s breakthrough arrived working because the director of images for 53 episodes of the hit crime collection `Miami Vice` serving because the collection` major DP between 1987 and 1989.
Big-budget Hollywood movies adopted within the `90s, with notable credit together with `Die Hard 2`, `Bill & Ted`s Bogus Journey`, `Face/Off` and `U-571`.