Newton Thomas Sigel | |
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Born | August 1955 (age 68) |
Occupation | Cinematography |
Years active | 1972–present |
Known for | |
Spouse | Lisa Chang |
Newton Thomas Sigel, ASC (born August 1955; sometimes credited as Tom Sigel) is an American cinematographer [1] best known for his collaborations with director Bryan Singer on films like The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie, and the X-Men film franchise. He has also worked with filmmakers like Haskell Wexler, Mike Newell, David O. Russell, Terry Gilliam, Alan Ball, Robert Redford, and Nicolas Winding Refn. He is a BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, Critics' Choice Award, and Satellite Award nominee.
Sigel was born in Detroit, Michigan, [2] and studied painting in New York City, [1] becoming an artist-in-residence at the Whitney Museum of American Art. [1] He began his career working with experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger as a camera operator. [1] Becoming a documentary filmmaker, he shot a number of projects filming, including El Salvador: Another Vietnam, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. His photography caught the attention of DP Haskell Wexler, [1] and the two spent several years developing what would become the 1985 film Latino , his first feature film as director of photography. [1]
Sigel worked mostly on television films and as a second unit DP throughout the 1980s before shooting the comedy film Rude Awakening . He regularly served under Robert Richardson on films like Platoon and The Doors. Starting with The Usual Suspects , he has become the regular cinematographer of director Bryan Singer.
Sigel is Jewish [3] and married to Lisa Chang. [1] His father, Irving Sigel, was a psychologist who worked for the Educational Testing Service. His mother, Roberta Sigel, was a professor at Rutgers who studied gender and politics.
Short film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1994 | Suspicious | David Koepp | |
2001 | Ambush | John Frankenheimer | Segment of The Hire |
2004 | Keep Right | Tim Godsall | |
2005 | The Big Empty | Himself Lisa Chang | |
2013 | Happy Birthday | Brett Ratner | Segment of Movie 43 |
2018 | Arcade Fire: Money + Love | David Wilson | With Christophe Collette |
TV movies
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1987 | Home Fires | Michael Toshiyuki Uno | With Rick F. Gunter |
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius | Rob Thompson | ||
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's | Leon Ichaso | ||
1988 | Perfect People | Bruce Seth Green | |
1989 | Roe vs. Wade | Gregory Hoblit | |
1990 | Rock Hudson | John Nicolella | |
Challenger | Glenn Jordan | ||
Turner & Hooch | Donald Petrie | TV pilot | |
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Percy Adlon | Segment "So In Love" | |
A Promise to Keep | Rod Holcomb | ||
1991 | Murder in High Places | John Byrum | |
1993 | Daybreak | Stephen Tolkin | |
1994 | A Time to Heal | Michael Toshiyuki Uno |
TV series
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1987 | Great Performances | Paul Bogart | Episode "Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson" |
1988 | The Wonder Years | Steve Miner Carol Black Neal Marlens Jeffrey D. Brown | 3 episodes |
1999 | Cop Rock | Gregory Hoblit | Episode "Pilot" |
2004 | House | Bryan Singer | Episode "Pilot" |
2015 | Battle Creek | Episode: "The Battle Creek Way" | |
2017 | The Gifted | Episode "eXposed" | |
2023 | Citadel | Himself Jessica Yu | 4 episodes |
Film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1980 | We Are the Guinea Pigs | Joan Harvey | With Mark Benjamin, Tom Houghton, Tom Hurwitz and Peter Schnall |
1981 | El Salvador: Another Vietnam | Glenn Sillber Teté Vasconcellos | |
1983 | When the Mountains Tremble | Himself Pamela Yates | |
1988 | Inheritance | William Donovan | |
1990 | Teatro! | Edward Burke Ruth Shapiro Pamela Yates | |
Short film
Year | Title | Director |
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1983 | Atomic Artist | Glenn Silber |
TV movie
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1992 | Oliver Stone: Inside Out | Steven Fischler Joel Sucher | With Martin D. Toub |
TV series
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1999 | American Masters | Steven Fischler Joel Sucher | Episode "Martin Scorsese Directs" |
Documentary film
Year | Title | Notes |
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1981 | Resurgence: The Movement for Equality vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Co-directed with Pamela Yates |
1983 | When the Mountains Tremble |
TV movie
TV series
Year | Title | Notes |
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2004-2006 | House | Episodes "Maternity" and "Lines in the Sand" |
2023 | Citadel | 6 episodes (Co-directed 2 episodes with Jessica Yu) |
Camera operator
Year | Title | Director | DoP |
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1972 | Lucifer Rising [4] | Kenneth Anger | Chris O'Dell |
2nd unit director of photography
Year | Title | Director | DoP |
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1986 | Platoon | Oliver Stone | Robert Richardson |
1987 | Dead of Winter | Arthur Penn | Jan Weincke |
Matewan | John Sayles | Haskell Wexler | |
Wall Street | Oliver Stone | Robert Richardson | |
1991 | The Doors | ||
1995 | Casino | Martin Scorsese | |
2010 | Eat Pray Love | Ryan Murphy | |
Additional photography
Year | Title | Director | DoP |
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1988 | The Thin Blue Line | Errol Morris | Stefan Czapsky Robert Chappell |
1989 | Heart of Dixie | Martin Davidson | Robert Elswit |
Wild Orchid | Zalman King | Gale Tattersall | |
2013 | World War Z | Marc Forster | Ben Seresin |
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