Nick McLean, Sr., Behind the Camera: The Life and Works of a Hollywood Cinematographer - Softcover

Wayne Byrne (author) & Nick McLean, Sr. (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476677832 ISBN 13: 9781476677835

Publisher: McFarland, 2020

Synopsis

Nick McLean was one of the most acclaimed camera operators in American cinema of the 1970s, during which time he shot many classics of the New Hollywood movement including McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Heaven Can Wait, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, Marathon Man, and Being There. As a cinematographer throughout the 1980s, McLean would film blockbusters such as Cannonball Run II, City Heat, The Goonies, and Short Circuit before being lured into television to photograph some of the biggest shows in town, including Evening Shade, Cybill, and the pop culture phenomenon Friends, for which he was thrice Emmy-nominated.

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About the Authors

Wayne Byrne is an Irish author and film historian. He has written on film and music culture for a variety of notable publications and on subjects such as Tom DiCillo, Burt Reynolds, Nick McLean, Elm Street, and Walter Hill.

Nick McLean is an Emmy Award-nominated cinematographer and former camera operator whose credits include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, Sharky's Machine, The Goonies, Short Circuit, Cybill, and Friends. He lives in Malibu, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476677832
• ISBN 13: 9781476677835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 151