Wally Pfister

Cinematographer

Birthday July 8, 1961

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Chicago, IL

Age 63 years old

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About

Well known for his collaborations with director Christopher Nolan, he is a director of photography who won the 2010 Oscar for Inception. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematographer for Nolan's films Batman BeginsThe Prestige and The Dark Knight.

Before Fame

He first became interested in the film industry at the age of 11 when a film company shot scenes of the 1973 picture Shamus in the New York neighborhood in which he lived.

Trivia

He made his directorial debut with a sci-fi film called Transcendence which starred Johnny Depp.

Family Life

He was raised in the New York suburb of Irvington-on-Hudson by parents Patricia Ann and Walter J. Pfister, Jr.

Associated With

Robert Altman gave him one of his first film jobs, hiring to do some B-roll on the 1988 HBO mini-series Tanner '88.