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Bio
- Brian Sullivan
- In 2008 I created a TV series titled "bands". Before writing/directing/producing "bands" I crewed many projects. My first job in the film industry was in 1972 on Disney's The World's Greatest Athlete. Since then I have climbed through the ranks of many departments including Grip, Electric, and Camera. I will forgo listing hundreds of credits from the early years of my training. However, it is worth noting that as a Focus Puller I worked on over 40 mainstream pictures including: River Wild, Jungle Book, The Cure, Dumb and Dumber, Dying Young, Gleaming the Cube, Russkies, Liebestraum, Windwalker, Revenge of the Ninja, The Executioner's Song, Ski Patrol, and Space Hunter. (Nevermind The Berzerker Curse, Hanger 18, Mind Killer, and The Boogens.) I was also a Director of Photography at the Sundance Institute for 12 summers from 1981 through 1992. As Sundance DOP I helped develop films such as El Norte, Pretty Woman, Desert Bloom, 84 Charlie Mopic, A Dry White Season, Once Around, Dogfight, Crash, and Reservoir Dogs.
Eventually I left focus pulling behind and began to operate and or DP. Over 200 of the projects that I worked on are listed on imdb.com under Brian Sullivan (III).
As Camera Operator you will find titles such as The Strangers (Liv Tyler), High School Musical II, Everwood, Gilmore Girls, Touched by an Angel, and Bones.
As Second Unit Director of Photography titles such as Push (Dakota Fanning), Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, High School Musical III, Bicentennial Man, Almost Heroes (Chris Farley), and Frozen.
As First Unit Director of Photography: The Mine, The Last Day of Summer, Magnificent Seven, Little Secrets, Route 9, Wish Upon a Star, and Paper Brigade.
As Camera Operator you will find titles such as The Strangers (Liv Tyler), High School Musical II, Everwood, Gilmore Girls, Touched by an Angel, and Bones.
As Second Unit Director of Photography titles such as Push (Dakota Fanning), Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, High School Musical III, Bicentennial Man, Almost Heroes (Chris Farley), and Frozen.
As First Unit Director of Photography: The Mine, The Last Day of Summer, Magnificent Seven, Little Secrets, Route 9, Wish Upon a Star, and Paper Brigade.
One intent of this long and thorough apprenticeship was to work with and learn from exceptional film artists. My instinct has always been that in the film business one’s creative capability is not merely a result of education, credits, and on the job problem solving. I have always felt that working with “accomplished artists” is key. Over the years I have been fortunate to work closely with the following exceptional artists:
Directors: George Roy Hill, Chris Colimbus, Sydney Pollack, Lamont Johnson, Mike Figis, Bob Singer, Joel Schumacher, John Dahl, Curtis Hanseon, Tony Bill, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Michael Linsday Hogg, Graeme Clifford, Roland Emmerich, Paul McGuigan, Kenny Ortega, Christopher Guest, and Rob Reiner
Cinematographers: Phil Meheux, Juan Ruiz-Anchia, Amir Mokri, Freddie Francis, Frank Tidy, Hal Trussel, Mark Irwin, David Gurfinkel, Robert Elswit, Jean Lepine, Mikael Solomon, Ed Koons, Hero Narita, Ueli Steiger, John Demps, Jeff Jur, Alexander Gruszynski, John Stephens, Conrad Hall, Robbie Greenberg, Caleb Deschanel, Reed Smoot, Marc Reshovscky, Peter Soca, Laszlo Kovacs, and Steven Goldblatt
Actors: Julia Roberts, Karl Malden, Kathy Bates, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Paul Reiser, John Cleese, Laura Dern, Trevor Howard, Mimi Rogers, Kim Novak, Gary Busey, Ed Begley, Jr., Ed Harris, Diane Keaton, David Strathairn, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Kevin Bacon, Robert Duvall, Lena Olin, Wallace Shawn, Meryl Streep, Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Jim Carrey, Richard Gere, Christian Slater, Jeff Daniels, Eli Wallach, Robin Williams, Ron Pearlman, Matthew Perry, Chris Farley, David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Shia LaBeouf, Ann Margret, Ernest Borgning, Dakota Fanning, Djimon Hounsou, Zac Efron, Anne Bankroft, Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Meg Tilly, Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti, Kevin Anderson, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Alda, Meg Ryran, Keifer Sutherland, Catherine O'Hara, John C. Reilly, Morgan Freeman, and John Voight.
Education:
M.A., 1983, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
B.A., 1974, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
1975-1977 Studied in Northeast Italy
1984-1986 Designed and coordinated BYU Film Program
Directors: George Roy Hill, Chris Colimbus, Sydney Pollack, Lamont Johnson, Mike Figis, Bob Singer, Joel Schumacher, John Dahl, Curtis Hanseon, Tony Bill, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Michael Linsday Hogg, Graeme Clifford, Roland Emmerich, Paul McGuigan, Kenny Ortega, Christopher Guest, and Rob Reiner
Cinematographers: Phil Meheux, Juan Ruiz-Anchia, Amir Mokri, Freddie Francis, Frank Tidy, Hal Trussel, Mark Irwin, David Gurfinkel, Robert Elswit, Jean Lepine, Mikael Solomon, Ed Koons, Hero Narita, Ueli Steiger, John Demps, Jeff Jur, Alexander Gruszynski, John Stephens, Conrad Hall, Robbie Greenberg, Caleb Deschanel, Reed Smoot, Marc Reshovscky, Peter Soca, Laszlo Kovacs, and Steven Goldblatt
Actors: Julia Roberts, Karl Malden, Kathy Bates, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Paul Reiser, John Cleese, Laura Dern, Trevor Howard, Mimi Rogers, Kim Novak, Gary Busey, Ed Begley, Jr., Ed Harris, Diane Keaton, David Strathairn, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Kevin Bacon, Robert Duvall, Lena Olin, Wallace Shawn, Meryl Streep, Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Jim Carrey, Richard Gere, Christian Slater, Jeff Daniels, Eli Wallach, Robin Williams, Ron Pearlman, Matthew Perry, Chris Farley, David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Shia LaBeouf, Ann Margret, Ernest Borgning, Dakota Fanning, Djimon Hounsou, Zac Efron, Anne Bankroft, Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Meg Tilly, Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti, Kevin Anderson, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Alda, Meg Ryran, Keifer Sutherland, Catherine O'Hara, John C. Reilly, Morgan Freeman, and John Voight.
Education:
M.A., 1983, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
B.A., 1974, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
1975-1977 Studied in Northeast Italy
1984-1986 Designed and coordinated BYU Film Program
Brian with Katie Heigle
Push
Brian with Richard Geere