A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Yoram Astrakhan is an Israeli cinematographer and director based in Los Angeles, California. He studied at the Hadassah College of Technology photography school in Jerusalem, and holds a Master of Arts degree in Cinematography from the American Film Institute.
Additional Camera:
2018 Black Hole Apocalypse
Camera Operator:
2009 The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2012 The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2018 Black Hole Apocalypse
Chief Lighting Technician:
1999 Election
2009 The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2012 The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2018 Black Hole Apocalypse
Cinematography:
1997 Plan B
1998 Heaven & the Suicide King
1999 Election
2000 Net Worth
2000 The Doorway
2002 Nantucket
2005 Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2006 The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2007 Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007 The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2008 An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
2008 Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
2008 Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008 Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2009 The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2011 Turning Like Clockwork
2012 Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012 Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2016 Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect
2016 Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle
2018 Black Hole Apocalypse
2018 Ocean's Team 3.0
2020 Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020 We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember
2023 Dorothy Arzner: Pioneer, Queer, Feminist
Director of Photography:
1997 Plan B
1998 Heaven & the Suicide King
1999 Election
1999 Kolobos
2000 Moving Target
2000 Net Worth
2000 The Doorway
2002 Nantucket
2002 Shakedown
2004 Dinocroc
2005 Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2006 The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2007 Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007 The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2008 A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008 An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
2008 Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
2008 Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008 Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008 The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008 Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2009 The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2011 Clint Eastwood's West
2011 Turning Like Clockwork
2012 Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012 Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2013 The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
2013 The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2016 Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect
2016 Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle
2018 Black Hole Apocalypse
2018 Ocean's Team 3.0
2020 Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020 We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember
2023 Dorothy Arzner: Pioneer, Queer, Feminist
Dolly Grip:
1997 Inside Out
1997 Plan B
1998 Heaven & the Suicide King
1999 Election
1999 Kolobos
2000 Moving Target
2000 Net Worth
2000 The Doorway
2002 Nantucket
2002 Shakedown
2004 Dinocroc
2005 Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2006 The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2007 Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007 The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2008 A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008 An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
2008 Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
2008 Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008 Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008 The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008 Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2009 The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2011 Clint Eastwood's West
2011 Turning Like Clockwork
2012 Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012 Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2013 The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
2013 The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2016 Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect
2016 Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle
2018 Black Hole Apocalypse
2018 Ocean's Team 3.0
2020 Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020 We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember
2023 Dorothy Arzner: Pioneer, Queer, Feminist
Key Grip:
1997 Inside Out
1997 Plan B
1998 Heaven & the Suicide King
1999 Election
1999 Kolobos
2000 Moving Target
2000 Net Worth
2000 The Doorway
2002 Nantucket
2002 Shakedown
2004 Dinocroc
2005 Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2006 The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2007 Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007 The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2008 A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008 An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
2008 Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
2008 Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008 Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008 The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008 Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2009 The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2011 Clint Eastwood's West
2011 Turning Like Clockwork
2012 Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012 Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2013 The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
2013 The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2016 Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect
2016 Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle
2018 Black Hole Apocalypse
2018 Ocean's Team 3.0
2020 Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020 We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember
2023 Dorothy Arzner: Pioneer, Queer, Feminist
Second Unit Director of Photography:
1997 Inside Out
1997 Plan B
1998 Heaven & the Suicide King
1999 Election
1999 Kolobos
2000 Moving Target
2000 Net Worth
2000 The Doorway
2000 The Suicide Club
2002 Nantucket
2002 Shakedown
2004 Dinocroc
2005 Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2006 The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2007 Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007 The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2008 A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008 An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
2008 Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
2008 Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008 Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008 The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008 Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2009 The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2011 Clint Eastwood's West
2011 Turning Like Clockwork
2012 Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012 Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2013 The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
2013 The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2016 Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect
2016 Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle
2018 Black Hole Apocalypse
2018 Ocean's Team 3.0
2020 Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020 We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember
2023 Dorothy Arzner: Pioneer, Queer, Feminist
Cinematography:
1974 Little House on the Prairie
2021 Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Director:
1974 Little House on the Prairie
2016 Betrayed
2021 Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
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