R. Michael Stringer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Actor
R. Michael Stringer began his film career in 1968. Displaying an
interest in lighting and camerawork, he decided that working as a film
technician would afford him the opportunity of learning filmmaking
while supporting a family. He worked with Orson Welles for more than 15
years, from whom he learned to have the patience to acquire the exact
composition and lighting concept required to display the director's
point on any given situation. His work with John Cassavetes on three of John's
films served to improve an already developing technical expertise.
Stringer worked as the Chief Lighting Technician on the first American
feature film shot by legendary cinematographer Néstor Almendros, who later went
on to receive the Academy Award for his cinematography on
Days of Heaven (1978).
