Director

Ron Fricke

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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 68994

IMDb ID: nm0294825

Known for: Camera

Born: February 24, 1953

Age: 72

Place of birth: USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1983 - 2024

Years active: 42

Average TMDB rating: 7.38

Wikidata: Q2032881

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Director (3)Director of Photography (3)Additional Director of Photography (1)Additional Photography (5)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ron Fricke is an American film director and cinematographer, considered to be a master of time-lapse photography and large format cinematography. He was the director of photography for Koyaanisqatsi (1982) and directed the purely cinematic non-verbal non-narrative feature Baraka (1992). He designed and used his own 65 mm camera equipment for Baraka and his later projects. He also directed the IMAX films Chronos (1985) and Sacred Site (1986). His most recent work was as cinematographer for parts of the film Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (he was hired to shoot the eruption of Mt Etna in Sicily for use in scenes of the volcanic planet Mustafar). Fricke writes about his work: "I feel that my work has evolved through Koyaanisqatsi, Chronos and Baraka. Both technically and philosophically I am ready to delve even deeper into my favorite theme: humanity's relationship to the eternal". Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Fricke, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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