Schaefer, Roberto

PERSONAL

Born in New York (some sources cite White Plains), NY. Education: Washington University, graduated, 1973.

Addresses:

Agent—Jonathan Silverman, Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Cinematographer. Worked as a camera operator. Worked for a commercial production house in New York City, 1970s; photographer and filmmaker in Italy until c. 1992; photographer of music videos and advertisements.

Awards, Honors:

Film Award nomination, best cinematography, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2005, for Finding Neverland.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

Non date da mangiare agli animali (short film), 1987.

La fine della notte, Pagnoni, 1989.

Camera 64 (short documentary; also known as Room 64), 1990.

Le mosche in testa, FCM, 1991.

Loungers, 1995.

Just Your Luck (also known as Whiskey Down), Propaganda Films, 1996.

Waiting for Guffman (also known as The Christopher Guest Project, Broadwayn kutsu, El experto, Esperant en Guffman, and Sognando Broadway), Sony Pictures Classics, 1996.

Best in Show (also known as Dog Show and Dogumentary), Warner Bros., 2000.

Everything Put Together (also known as Gritos na noite and Un grito en la noche), Moonstone Entertainment, 2000, Vitagraph Films, 2001.

Monster's Ball (also known as Chocolate, A l'ombre de la haine, A ultima ceia, Cambio de vida (Monster's Ball), Czekajac na wyrok, El pasado nos condena, Kesisen yollar, Le bal du monstre, Monster's Ball—Depois do odio, Monster's Ball—L'ombra della vita, and Szoernyek keringoeje), Lions Gate Films, 2001.

Finding Neverland (also known as J. M. Barrie's "Neverland," Neverland, Avastades Eikunagimaad, Descubriendo el pais de nunca jamas, Descubriendo la tierra del nunca jamas, Descubriendo nunca jamas, Em busca da terra do nunca, Finding Neverland—tarinan laehteillae, Marzyciel, Neverland—Un sogno per la vita, Voyage au pays imaginaire, and Wenn Traeume fliegen lernen), Miramax, 2004.

At Last, Anything for Love, 2005.

Stay (also known as A passagem, El umbral, Gitme, Reste, Stay—Nel labirinto della mente, and Transito), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

For Your Consideration, Warner Independent Pictures, 2006.

Stranger Than Fiction (also known as Killing Harold Crick, Aidosti outoa, L'incroyable destin de Harold Crick, Luetfen beni oelduerme, Mais estranho que a ficcao, Mas extrano que la ficcion, Pio paraxeno ki apo paraxeno, Plus etrange que fiction, Przypadek Harolda Cricka, Schraeger als Fiktion, Vaeljamoeldisestki veidram, and Vero come la finzione), Columbia, 2006.

The Kite Runner (also known as Drachenlaeufer, Il cacciatore di aquiloni, and O cacador de pipas), DreamWorks, 2007.

Film Camera Operator:

Steadicam operator, 45 parallelo (also known as 45th Parallel), MVM, 1986.

Television Camera Operator; Miniseries:

Steadicam operator, I promessi sposi (also known as The Betrothed and Les fiances), [Italy], 1989.

Television Director of Photography; Movies:

Finalmente morta (also known as Dead at Last), [Italy], 1984.

Cool and the Crazy (also known as When I Catch Her I'll Kill Her, Juventud rebelde, Juventude rebelde, Traicao fatal, and Vaimot vapaalla), broadcast on Rebel Highway (series of movies), Showtime, 1994.

Roadracers (also known as Bad Boys Never Die, El indomable, Rebeldes do asfalto, Revanche rebelde, and Vauhdin huumaa), broadcast on Rebel Highway (series of movies), Showtime, 1994.

Runaway Daughters (also known as Ligeiramente gravida, Raparigas em fuga, Tyttaeret karkuteillae, and Wilde Toechter), broadcast on Rebel Highway (series of movies), Showtime, 1994.

Television Director of Photography; Episodic:

"The Bounty Hunter," Red Shoe Diaries (also known as Foxy Fantasies, Diarios del zapato rojo, and Skjulte laengsler), Showtime, 1992.

"Weekend Pass," Red Shoe Diaries (also known as Foxy Fantasies, Diarios del zapato rojo, and Skjulte laengsler), Showtime, 1992.

Television Director of Photography; Pilots:

D.O.A., HBO, 1999.

"A Life of Its Own," Robbery Homicide Division (also known as Metro and R.H.D./LA: Robbery Homicide Division/Los Angeles), CBS, 2002.

The Thick of It, ABC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, "Monster's Ball," Anatomy of a Scene, Sundance Channel, c. 2001.

RECORDINGS

Video Camera Operator:

"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)," Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns … and Then Some, Sony Music Video Enterprises, 1994.

(As Roberto Schaeffer) Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory, Epic Music Video/Sony Music Entertainment, 1998.

Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J, Warner Reprise Video, 2004.