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Stephen Goldblatt
Stephen Goldblatt
	Goldblatt in 2010
Born	29 April 1945 (age 79); Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality	South African; British;
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1968–present
Awards	Nominated for:; Academy Award for Best Cinematography; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography

Stephen Goldblatt, A.S.C., B.S.C. (born 29 April 1945) is a South African-born British cinematographer,^[1]^[2] noted for his work on numerous high-profile action films, including the first two entries in the Lethal Weapon series,^[3] as well as for his recent collaborations with director Mike Nichols^[4] and Tate Taylor.

Early life

Goldblatt was born on 29 April 1945 in Johannesburg, South Africa, to a Jewish family.^[5] When he was seven years old, he and his family moved to London, where at the age of 18 he started working as a photojournalist for the London Sunday Times.^[6]

Goldblatt attended Guildford School of Art for photography, but later discovered his interest in film while working on a special assignment for Lion Films at Shepperton Studios. It was this interest that motivated him to attend London's Royal College of Art Film School.^[7]

Career

Upon graduation, he went to work shooting documentaries and animation, much of it in 16mm. Among his assignments were two Disappearing World episodes for Granada TV.^[6]

Goldblatt began his career as a cameraman for documentaries and commercials. From 1972-75, he worked shooting TV commercials for directors such as Hugh Hudson, Alan Parker, Ridley Scott, and Brian Gibson.^[6] Goldblatt made the transition to feature films in 1979, when he shot Breaking Glass for Gibson, then in the following decade he worked with directors Peter Hyams on Outland (1981), Tony Scott on The Hunger (1983), Francis Coppola on The Cotton Club (1984), and Richard Donner on Lethal Weapon (1987) and Lethal Weapon 2 (1989).^[7]

In the 1990s, Goldblatt joined the Batman series with director Joel Schumacher and shot Batman Forever (1995) and Batman and Robin (1997). In the late 1990s, during a “film sabbatical” and after many years of only taking snapshots, Goldblatt built a darkroom and began to photograph his life and surroundings again.^[8] After his sabbatical Goldblatt worked with directors such as Mike Nichols on Angels in America (2003), Closer (2004) and Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Chris Columbus on Rent (2005) and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Nora Ephron on Julie & Julia (2009), and most recently Tate Taylor on The Help (2011) and Get On Up (2014).

Stephen Goldblatt now lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and has three grown children. When he is at home, Goldblatt enjoys tending to his pond and koi fish, gardening, playing his guitar, cooking, reading every day, and mastering the art of husbanding with his wife Deborah.^[8]

Photography

One of Stephen Goldblatt's most significant photo shoots was of the British band The Beatles in 1968, who at the time had just finished recording what came to be known as The White Album. The Beatles wanted some fresh publicity photos shot by an unknown photographer, with whom they planned to travel all over London to take random photos. One of Goldblatt's shots became a two-page spread in Life magazine, and a few others were used as album art on Beatles compilations.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director
1969	Forum^[a]	Mireille Dansereau
1972	Pass of Arms	Peter Elford
1980	Breaking Glass	Brian Gibson
1981	Outland	Peter Hyams
1982	The Return of the Soldier	Alan Bridges
1983	The Hunger	Tony Scott
1984	The Cotton Club	Francis Ford Coppola
1985	Young Sherlock Holmes	Barry Levinson
1987	Lethal Weapon	Richard Donner
1988	Everybody's All-American	Taylor Hackford
1989	Lethal Weapon 2	Richard Donner
1990	Joe Versus the Volcano	John Patrick Shanley
1991	For the Boys	Mark Rydell
1991	The Prince of Tides	Barbra Streisand
1992	Consenting Adults	Alan J. Pakula
1993	The Pelican Brief	Alan J. Pakula
1995	Batman Forever	Joel Schumacher
1996	Striptease	Andrew Bergman
1997	Batman & Robin	Joel Schumacher
1999	The Deep End of the Ocean	Ulu Grosbard
2004	Closer	Mike Nichols
2005	Rent	Chris Columbus
2007	Charlie Wilson's War	Mike Nichols
2009	Julie & Julia	Nora Ephron
2010	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Chris Columbus
2011	The Help	Tate Taylor
2014	Get On Up	Tate Taylor
2015	The Intern	Nancy Meyers
2017	Our Souls at Night	Ritesh Batra
2020	Ava	Tate Taylor
2020	Wild Mountain Thyme	John Patrick Shanley
2023	Red, White & Royal Blue	Matthew Lopez

^ Co-cinematographer with Tony Scott

Television

Miniseries

Year	Title	Director
1971-1972	The Flight of the Arctic 7
2003	Angels in America	Mike Nichols

TV movies

Year	Title	Director	Note
2001	Conspiracy	Frank Pierson
2002	Path to War	John Frankenheimer	With Nancy Schreiber

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Title^[10]	Result
1991	Best Cinematography	The Prince of Tides	Nominated
1995	Best Cinematography	Batman Forever	Nominated

American Society of Cinematographers

Year	Category	Title	Result
1991	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography	The Prince of Tides	Nominated
1995	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography	Batman Forever	Nominated
2003	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Limited Series	Angels in America	Nominated
2023	Lifetime Achievement Award		Won

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2001	Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	Conspiracy	Nominated
2002		Path to War	Nominated
2003		Angels in America	Nominated