# Tom Richmond (cinematographer)

Thomas Richmond (January 18, 1950 – July 29, 2022) was an American cinematographer who worked in the film industry since the mid-1980s. His first major feature film as cinematographer was Stand and Deliver (1988), and by the time he shot for A Midnight Clear (1992), he had settled into working with different directors with ease. Richmond described his experience, "All my films look different because they're not my visions; they're my reflections of the directors' visions." In 1998, he said he was most proud of his work on Little Odessa (1994), for which he was nominated an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography. For Right at Your Door (2006), he won the Excellence in Cinematography Award (Dramatic) at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
Richmond earned an undergraduate degree in photography at Harvard University and then went to graduate film school at UCLA. He also went to the American Film Institute's AFI Conservatory and graduated in 1979. He became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 2012, and was also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG). He taught cinematography at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the Brooklyn College Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.
Richmond died in New York City on July 29, 2022, at the age of 72.

## Credits

Credits are feature films unless indicated otherwise (e.g., TV movie, TV miniseries).
| Year | Title | Credit |
| 1980 | Edge City | Additional photography |
| 1983 | Running Hot | Director of photography |
| 1983 | Valley Girl | Electrician |
| 1984 | Hardbodies | Director of photography |
| 1984 | Night of the Comets | Second unit photographer |
| 1984 | Repo Man | Additional camera |
| 1985 | Hard Rock Zombies | |
| 1986 | Salvador | Camera operator (San Francisco) |
| 1985 | Space Rage | |
| 1986 | Chopping Mall | |
| 1986 | Hardbodies 2 | |
| 1987 | Straight to Hell | Director of photography |
| 1986 | Troll | Additional photography (US) |
| 1986 | When the Bough Breaks (TV movie) | Second unit photographer |
| 1987 | Walker | Additional photography |
| 1988 | The Chocolate War | Director of photography |
| 1988 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | Director of photography |
| 1988 | Stand and Deliver | Photography |
| 1989 | Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (TV movie) | |
| 1990 | Nightmare on the 13th Floor (TV movie) | |
| 1991 | Heaven Is a Playground | |
| 1991 | Pastime | Director of photography |
| 1992 | Death and the Compass | Cinematographer (Labyrinth shoot) |
| 1992 | A Midnight Clear | Director of photography |
| 1992 | Phone | Director of photography |
| 1992 | Roadside Prophets | Director of photography |
| 1993 | Killing Zoe | Director of photography |
| 1994 | Little Odessa | Director of photography |
| 1994 | Love and a .45 | Director of photography |
| 1995 | Homage | Director of photography |
| 1996 | Mother Night | Director of photography |
| 1996 | The Winner | Cinematographer (LasVeg and LA pick-ups) |
| 1997 | First Love, Last Rites | Director of photography |
| 1997 | Johns | Director of photography |
| 1997 | The Twilight of the Golds (TV movie) | Director of photography |
| 1998 | Hell's Kitchen NYC | Director of photography |
| 1998 | Slums of Beverly Hills | Director of photography |
| 2000 | Back to Hell | Camera operator |
| 2001 | Chelsea Walls | Director of photography |
| 2000 | Gun Shy | Director of photography |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead | Director of photography |
| 2001 | Hardball | Director of photography |
| 2002 | Autour de Lucy | Director of photography |
| 2002 | The Chateau | Director of photography |
| 2002 | I'm with Lucy | |
| 2002 | Knockaround Guys | Director of photography |
| 2002 | Mike Hama Must Die! | Director of photography |
| 2003 | The Singing Detective | Director of photography |
| 2003 | House of 1000 Corpses | Director of photography |
| 2003 | Look Again | Director of photography |
| 2003 | Monster | Additional photography |
| 2003 | Prey for Rock & Roll | Additional photography |
| 2004 | Nobody's Perfect | |
| 2004 | Palindromes | Director of photography |
| 2004 | Tanner on Tanner (TV movie) | |
| 2006 | The Ex | Director of photography |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Additional camera operator |
| 2006 | Right at Your Door | Director of photography |
| 2007 | Chapter 27 | Director of photography |
| 2007 | Fallen (TV miniseries) | |
| 2008 | Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist | Director of photography |
| 2010 | All About Evil | |
| 2010 | Straight to Hell Returns | |
| 2011 | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll | Director of photography |
| 2014 | A Birder's Guide to Everything | Director of photography |
| 2017 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda | Director of photography |