Claudio Miranda Biography

Chilean-born American cinematographer

Claudio Miranda, ASC (Spanish pronunciation: ) is a Chilean cinematographer. He is best known for his work on the Ang Lee-directed film Life of Pi (2012), for which Miranda won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and for the David Fincher-directed film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which was the first film shot entirely digitally to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and the American Society of Cinematographers Award. He is also known for his collaborations with American director Joseph Kosinski. He is the second Chilean person to win an Academy Award.

Career

Miranda first worked with David Fincher in 1995 as the gaffer on Seven. He performed the same role on The Game and Fight Club before becoming an additional photographer on Zodiac. He carried on Fincher's previous use of the Thomson Viper FilmStream Camera on Zodiac when filming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Recently, he has become known for his collaborations with American director Joseph Kosinski, acting as cinematographer in all of his movies.

Personal life

Miranda was born in Santiago to a Chilean father and a Danish mother. When he was a year old, he and his family emigrated to the United States.

Filmography

Additional photography

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

BAFTA Awards

American Society of Cinematographers

Other awards

References

    External links

    • Official website
    • Claudio Miranda at IMDb
    1968–present
    • Geoffrey Unsworth (1968)
    • Gerry Turpin (1969)
    • Conrad Hall (1970)
    • Pasqualino De Santis (1971)
    • Geoffrey Unsworth (1972)
    • Anthony B. Richmond (1973)
    • Douglas Slocombe (1974)
    • John Alcott (1975)
    • Russell Boyd (1976)
    • Geoffrey Unsworth (1977)
    • Douglas Slocombe (1978)
    • Vilmos Zsigmond (1979)
    • Giuseppe Rotunno (1980)
    • Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet (1981)
    • Jordan Cronenweth (1982)
    • Sven Nykvist (1983)
    • Chris Menges (1984)
    • Miroslav Ondříček (1985)
    • David Watkin (1986)
    • Bruno Nuytten (1987)
    • Allen Daviau (1988)
    • Peter Biziou (1989)
    • Vittorio Storaro (1990)
    • Pierre Lhomme (1991)
    • Dante Spinotti (1992)
    • J*z Kamiński (1993)
    • Philippe Rousselot (1994)
    • John Toll (1995)
    • John Seale (1996)
    • Eduardo Serra (1997)
    • Remi Adefarasin (1998)
    • Conrad Hall (1999)
    • John Mathieson (2000)
    • Roger Deakins (2001)
    • Conrad Hall (2002)
    • Andrew Lesnie (2003)
    • Dion Beebe/Paul Cameron (2004)
    • Dion Beebe (2005)
    • Emmanuel Lubezki (2006)
    • Roger Deakins (2007)
    • Anthony Dod Mantle (2008)
    • Barry Ackroyd (2009)
    • Roger Deakins (2010)
    • Guillaume Schiffman (2011)
    • Claudio Miranda (2012)
    • Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
    • Emmanuel Lubezki (2014)
    • Emmanuel Lubezki (2015)
    • Linus Sandgren (2016)
    • Roger Deakins (2017)
    • Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
    • Roger Deakins (2019)
    • Joshua James Richards (2020)
    • Greig Fraser (2021)
    • James Friend (2022)
    • Hoyte van Hoytema (2023)