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David Sperling(I)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Sound Department
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David Sperling is known for Margin Call (2011), Black-Eyed Susan (2004) and Olivia (1983).
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    Known for

    Demi Moore, Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, and Zachary Quinto in Margin Call (2011)
    Margin Call
    7.1
    Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Dave Sperling, EPK)
    • 2011
    Black-Eyed Susan (2004)
    Black-Eyed Susan
    8.1
    Movie
    • Cinematographer(as Dave Sperling)
    • 2004
    Olivia (1983)
    Olivia
    5.2
    Movie
    • Cinematographer(as Dave Sperling)
    • 1983
    Oxygen (1999)
    Oxygen
    6.0
    Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Dave Sperling, second unit)
    • 1999

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • The Samsara Suites: Ballet Meets Butoh
      • Cinematographer
    • Moses Ezekiel: Portrait of a Lost Artist (2024)
      Moses Ezekiel: Portrait of a Lost Artist
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • This Is the Way That They Keep You Dumb (2021)
      This Is the Way That They Keep You Dumb
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • The Prescription
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Los Hermanos/the Brothers (2020)
      Los Hermanos/the Brothers
      7.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Holy Silence (2020)
      Holy Silence
      7.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! (2020)
      Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino (2017)
      Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Stephen Lang and Henry Ian Cusick in The Girl on the Train (2014)
      The Girl on the Train
      4.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus (2013)
      50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus
      7.6
      • director of photography
      • 2013
    • America on Stage
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground (2010)
      The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground
      8.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Robert D. James (2009)
      Robert D. James
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Lifelines (2008)
      Lifelines
      5.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Deep Sea Blues (2007)
      Deep Sea Blues
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Robert Wuhl in Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl (2007)
      Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Best Seller TV (2014)
      Best Seller TV
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 2018
    • C-Suite TV Insights (2017)
      C-Suite TV Insights
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2018
    • Plain Jane (2010)
      Plain Jane
      6.1
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2012
    • Demi Moore, Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, and Zachary Quinto in Margin Call (2011)
      Margin Call
      7.1
      • camera operator: EPK (as Dave Sperling)
      • 2011
    • Robert D. James (2009)
      Robert D. James
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 2009
    • Why We Fight (2005)
      Why We Fight
      8.0
      • additional camera operator
      • 2005
    • Modern Marvels (1993)
      Modern Marvels
      8.1
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1999–2000
    • Oxygen (1999)
      Oxygen
      6.0
      • additional director of photography: second unit (as Dave Sperling)
      • 1999
    • Dominic Chianese, Jonathan LaPaglia, Michael Rodrick, and Frank Vincent in Under Hellgate Bridge (1999)
      Under Hellgate Bridge
      4.5
      • additional photographer
      • 1999
    • Biography (1987)
      Biography
      7.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1999
    • The Return of Sarah's Daughters (1997)
      The Return of Sarah's Daughters
      8.2
      Video
      • additional camera operator
      • 1997
    • Return of the Boogeyman (1994)
      Return of the Boogeyman
      1.4
      Video
      • camera: special
      • 1994
    • Rosanna Arquette and David Bowie in The Linguini Incident (1991)
      The Linguini Incident
      6.2
      • additional photographer
      • 1991
    • Pierre Sauvage in Bill Moyers Interviews Filmmaker Pierre Sauvage (1990)
      Bill Moyers Interviews Filmmaker Pierre Sauvage
      TV Movie
      • second camera (as Dave Sperling)
      • 1990
    • We Are Family (1983)
      We Are Family
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1983

    Sound Department

    • Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988)
      Going Hollywood: The War Years
      4.7
      • sound
      • 1988
    • Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
      Hollywood Uncensored
      5.9
      • sound: New York
      • 1987
    • Zoltan Klein and Yossi Klein in Kaddish (1984)
      Kaddish
      7.6
      • sound recordist
      • 1984
    • Greatest Sports Legends (1972)
      Greatest Sports Legends
      2.4
      TV Series
      • sound recordist
      • 1979–1981

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      • Dave Sperling

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