Inside film phedon papamichael biography

 Academy Award-nominated cinematographer PHEDON PAPAMICHAEL (Director of Photography) was born in Athens, Greece, and moved with his family to Munich, where he completed his education in Fine Arts in 1982.  Working as a photojournalist, Papamichael moved to New York in 1983, and began to cross over into cinematography.

His first short film, the black and white Spud, earned him the Award for Best Cinematography at the Cork Film Festival in Ireland.

Following a call from John Cassavetes, his uncle and later collaborator, Papamichael moved to Los Angeles. While continuing to work on short and experimental films, he began his feature career as a Director of Photography for Roger Corman, for whom he photographed seven feature films within two years.

Papamichael now counts over forty-five features to his credit as Director of Photography, including the early blockbusters While You Were Sleeping and Cool Runnings, as well as Phenomenon, all directed by Jon Turtel