Nick McLean Behind the Camera: The Life and Works of a Hollywood Cinematographer

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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Nick McLean Behind the Camera: The Life and Works of a Hollywood Cinematographer

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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Nick McLean Behind the Camera: The Life and Works of a Hollywood Cinematographer

Nick McLean Behind the Camera: The Life and Works of a Hollywood Cinematographer

Nick McLean Behind the Camera: The Life and Works of a Hollywood Cinematographer

Nick McLean Behind the Camera: The Life and Works of a Hollywood Cinematographer

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476638935
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 03/20/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 189
File size: 17 MB
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Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Wayne Byrne is an Irish author and film historian. He has written on film and music culture for a variety of notable publications and has published books 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.
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.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Michael D. O’Shea
Introduction by Nick McLean
Framing New Hollywood
Behind the Blockbusters
Framing Friends and Farewell to Film
The Quiet Men: Two Afterwords
Ireland, Week 1, by Nicolas S. McLean
(aka Nick Jr.)
Ireland, Week 2, by Nick McLean
(aka Nick Sr.)
The Nick McLean Filmography
Index
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