# Arthur Albert

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{{Short description|American cinematograpgher}}
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| birth_name                = Arturo Albert
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| birth_date                = {{birth date and age|1946|07|09}}
| birth_place               = [Caracas](/source/Caracas), [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)
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| years_active              = 1971–2019
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'''Arthur Albert''' (born '''Arturo Albert''' on July 9, 1946) is a Venezuelan born American [cinematographer](/source/cinematographer) and [television director](/source/television_director).

==Education==
He is an alum of [New Hampton School](/source/New_Hampton_School) (1964) and [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) (BA, 1969).<ref name="cinematographers.nl"/>

==Career==
As a cinematographer, he has photographed for a number of notable films including ''[Night of the Comet](/source/Night_of_the_Comet)'' (1984), ''[The Principal](/source/The_Principal)'' (1987), ''[Surf Ninjas](/source/Surf_Ninjas)'' (1993), ''[Dirty Work](/source/Dirty_Work_(1998_film))'' (1998), ''[Max Keeble's Big Move](/source/Max_Keeble's_Big_Move)'' (2001) and among other films. He has worked with director [Dennis Dugan](/source/Dennis_Dugan) on three films ''[Happy Gilmore](/source/Happy_Gilmore)'' (1996), ''[Beverly Hills Ninja](/source/Beverly_Hills_Ninja)'' (1997) and ''[Saving Silverman](/source/Saving_Silverman)'' (2001).<ref name="cinematographers.nl">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/albert.htm |title=Arthur Albert |publisher=Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers |accessdate=February 8, 2012}}</ref>

Albert has also worked in episodic television. Working as cinematographer on the television series ''[The Wonder Years](/source/The_Wonder_Years)'', ''[ER](/source/ER_(TV_series))'' and ''[The Gates](/source/The_Gates_(TV_series))''. He also directed episodes of all of those series. His other television cinematography credits include ''[ABC Weekend Special](/source/ABC_Weekend_Special)'', ''[The District](/source/The_District)'', ''[The $treet](/source/The_%24treet)'' and ''[The Glades](/source/The_Glades_(TV_series))'', ''[Breaking Bad](/source/Breaking_Bad)'', ''[Better Call Saul](/source/Better_Call_Saul)'', ''[Still Star-Crossed](/source/Still_Star-Crossed)''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/contributor/50880/credits;_ylt=AmiZq.ELgHNYiwE9P9uSIGy.o9EF |title=Arthur Albert credits |last= |first= |publisher=Yahoo! TV |accessdate=February 8, 2012}}</ref> Albert was also the cinematographer of the 1986 TV movie ''[My Two Loves](/source/My_Two_Loves_(1986_film))''.

In 2001, he directed the short film ''Dating in L.A.'', his only film directing credit.

==Filmography==
===Film===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1971
| ''[Is There Sex After Death?](/source/Is_There_Sex_After_Death%3F)''
| [Alan Abel](/source/Alan_Abel)<br>Jeanne Abel
| With Gerald Cotts
|-
| 1972
| ''Please Stand By''
| Jack Milton<br>Joanna Milton
| With Paul Goldsmith 
|-
|rowspan=3|1976
| ''[Los muertos sí salen](/source/%3Aes%3ALos_muertos_s%C3%AD_salen)''
| Alfredo Lugo
|
|-
| ''The Faking of the President''
| Alan Abel<br>Jeanne Abel
|
|-
| ''Nomadic Lives''
| Mark Obenhaus
|
|-
| 1977
| ''El vividor''
| Manuel Díaz Punceles
|
|-
| 1978
| ''Muerte en el paraíso''
|rowspan=2|Michel Katz
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1983
| ''Carpion milagrero''
| With Luis Jacko
|-
| ''[La gata borracha](/source/La_gata_borracha)''
| [Román Chalbaud](/source/Rom%C3%A1n_Chalbaud)
| 
|-
|rowspan=2|1984
| ''[The House of Water](/source/The_House_of_Water)''
| [Jacobo Penzo](/source/Jacobo_Penzo)
|
|-
| ''[Night of the Comet](/source/Night_of_the_Comet)''
| [Thom Eberhardt](/source/Thom_Eberhardt)
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[The Boys Next Door](/source/The_Boys_Next_Door_(1985_film))''
| [Penelope Spheeris](/source/Penelope_Spheeris)
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1986
| ''[Odd Jobs](/source/Odd_Jobs_(1986_film))''
| Mark Story
|
|-
| ''[Streets of Gold](/source/Streets_of_Gold_(film))''
| [Joe Roth](/source/Joe_Roth)
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1987
| ''[The Squeeze](/source/The_Squeeze_(1987_film))''
| [Roger Young](/source/Roger_Young_(director))
| 
|-
| ''[The Principal](/source/The_Principal)''
| [Christopher Cain](/source/Christopher_Cain)
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[Miss Firecracker](/source/Miss_Firecracker)''
| [Thomas Schlamme](/source/Thomas_Schlamme)
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[Heart Condition](/source/Heart_Condition_(film))''
| [James D. Parriott](/source/James_D._Parriott)
| 
|-
| 1991
| ''[By the Sword](/source/By_the_Sword_(film))''
| [Jeremy Kagan](/source/Jeremy_Kagan)
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[Passed Away](/source/Passed_Away_(film))''
| Charlie Peters
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[Surf Ninjas](/source/Surf_Ninjas)''
| [Neal Israel](/source/Neal_Israel)
| With Victor Hammer
|-
| 1995
| ''[One Night Stand](/source/One_Night_Stand_(1995_film))''
| [Talia Shire](/source/Talia_Shire)
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[Happy Gilmore](/source/Happy_Gilmore)''
|rowspan=2|[Dennis Dugan](/source/Dennis_Dugan)
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[Beverly Hills Ninja](/source/Beverly_Hills_Ninja)''
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[Dirty Work](/source/Dirty_Work_(1998_film))''
| [Bob Saget](/source/Bob_Saget)
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
| ''[Saving Silverman](/source/Saving_Silverman)''
| Dennis Dugan
|
|-
| ''[Max Keeble's Big Move](/source/Max_Keeble's_Big_Move)''
| [Tim Hill](/source/Tim_Hill_(filmmaker))
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[Puff, Puff, Pass](/source/Puff%2C_Puff%2C_Pass)''
| [Mekhi Phifer](/source/Mekhi_Phifer)
|
|-
| 2013
| ''The Chosen Ones''
| Maria Cruz
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[Benjamin](/source/Benjamin_(2018_American_film))''
| Bob Saget
|
|}
<!---
'''Documentary film'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1974
| ''Old-Fashioned Woman''
| [Martha Coolidge](/source/Martha_Coolidge)
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[You So Crazy](/source/You_So_Crazy)''
| [Thomas Schlamme](/source/Thomas_Schlamme)
| Stand-up comedy
|-
|}

'''Short film'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1974
| ''Linda's Film on Menstruation''
| [Linda Feferman](/source/Linda_Feferman)
| With Fred Hadley
|-
| 1976
| ''Last Stand Farmer''
| [Richard Brick](/source/Richard_Brick)
|
|-
| 2008
| ''St. California''
| Rebecca Scott
|
|}

===Television===
====Cinematographer====
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1984-1986
| ''[ABC Weekend Special](/source/ABC_Weekend_Special)''
| Mark Cullingham<br>Claude Kerven<br>John Fox
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1985
| ''[CBS Schoolbreak Special](/source/CBS_Schoolbreak_Special)''
| [Michael Toshiyuki Uno](/source/Michael_Toshiyuki_Uno)
| Episode "The Exchange Student"
|-
| 1985-1986
| ''[ABC Afterschool Special](/source/ABC_Afterschool_Special)''
| Claude Kerven<br>[James Scott](/source/James_Scott_(director))
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1986
| ''[Sledge Hammer!](/source/Sledge_Hammer!)''
| [Martha Coolidge](/source/Martha_Coolidge)
| Episode "Under the Gun"
|-
| 1991-1993
| ''[The Wonder Years](/source/The_Wonder_Years)''
|
| 30 episodes
|-
| 1991
| ''John Leguizamo: Mambo Mouth''
| [Thomas Schlamme](/source/Thomas_Schlamme)
| TV special
|-
| 1997-1998
| ''[Early Edition](/source/Early_Edition)''
| 
| 9 episodes
|-
| 2001-2009
| ''[ER](/source/ER_(TV_series))''
| 
| 165 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
| ''[The Gates](/source/The_Gates_(TV_series))''
| [Terry McDonough](/source/Terry_McDonough)<br>[David Barrett](/source/David_Barrett_(director))<br>Paul A. Edwards
| 4 episodes
|-
| ''[The Glades](/source/The_Glades_(TV_series))''
| Gary A. Randall<br>[Dennie Gordon](/source/Dennie_Gordon)
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[Missing](/source/Missing_(American_TV_series))''
| [Steve Shill](/source/Steve_Shill)<br>Paul Edwards<br>[Phil Abraham](/source/Phil_Abraham)<br>[James Strong](/source/James_Strong_(director))
| 8 episodes
|-
| 2012-2013
| ''[The Mob Doctor](/source/The_Mob_Doctor)''
| 
| 8 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
| ''[Breaking Bad](/source/Breaking_Bad)''
| [Michelle MacLaren](/source/Michelle_MacLaren)<br>[Michael Slovis](/source/Michael_Slovis)<br>[Vince Gilligan](/source/Vince_Gilligan)
| Episodes "[Buried](/source/Buried_(Breaking_Bad))", "[Confessions](/source/Confessions_(Breaking_Bad))" and "[Felina](/source/Felina_(Breaking_Bad))"
|-
| ''[Sleepy Hollow](/source/Sleepy_Hollow_(TV_series))''
| [Ken Olin](/source/Ken_Olin)<br>[John Showalter](/source/John_Showalter_(director))
| Episodes "Blood Moon" and "For the Triumph of Evil"
|-
| 2013-2017
| ''[The Blacklist](/source/The_Blacklist)''
| 
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2015-2016
| ''[Better Call Saul](/source/Better_Call_Saul)''
| 
| [Season 1](/source/Better_Call_Saul_(season_1)) and [Season 2](/source/Better_Call_Saul_(season_2))
|-
| 2016-2017
| ''[The Night Shift](/source/The_Night_Shift_(TV_series))''
| 
| 20 episodes
|-
| 2017
| ''[Still Star-Crossed](/source/Still_Star-Crossed)''
| [Jonathan Jones](/source/Jon_Jones_(director))<br>[Tom Verica](/source/Tom_Verica)
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2019
| ''[Sneaky Pete](/source/Sneaky_Pete)''
| [Jon Avnet](/source/Jon_Avnet)
| Episode "The Huckleberry Jones"
|}

'''TV movies'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
|-
| 1986
| ''[My Two Loves](/source/My_Two_Loves)''
| [Noel Black](/source/Noel_Black)
|-
| 1988
| ''Sam Found Out: A Triple Play''
| [Piers Haggard](/source/Piers_Haggard)
|-
| 1992
| ''[For Richer, for Poorer](/source/For_Richer%2C_for_Poorer_(film))''
| [Jay Sandrich](/source/Jay_Sandrich)
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
| ''Close to Danger''
| [Neema Barnette](/source/Neema_Barnette)
|-
| ''The Hired Heart''
| [Jeremy Kagan](/source/Jeremy_Kagan)
|-
| 1999
| ''Behind the Mask''
| [Tom McLoughlin](/source/Tom_McLoughlin)
|}
--->
====Director====
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Episode(s)
|-
|rowspan=4|1992-1993
|rowspan=4|''[The Wonder Years](/source/The_Wonder_Years)''
| "The Lost Weekend"
|-
| "Kevin Delivers"
|-
| "Alice in Autoland"
|-
| "Reunion"
|-
|rowspan=3|1996
|rowspan=3|''[Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.](/source/Bailey_Kipper's_P.O.V.)''
| "Pilot"
|-
| "A Living Doll"
|-
| "Talk Ain't Cheap"
|-
|rowspan=2|2004-2005
|rowspan=2|''[ER](/source/ER_(TV_series))''
| "An Intern's Guide to the Galaxy"
|-
| "Wake Up"
|-
| 2010
| ''[The Gates](/source/The_Gates_(TV_series))''
| "Bad Moon Rising"
|}

==Recognition==
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Title
! Episode
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| 1997
| [Directors Guild of America](/source/Directors_Guild_of_America)
| [Outstanding Directing – Children's Programs](/source/Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_%E2%80%93_Children's_Programs)
| ''[Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.](/source/Bailey_Kipper's_P.O.V.)''
| "Talk Ain't Cheap"
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dga.org/The-Guild/Members/Profile.aspx?mid=C8K6B%2fb7H68%3d |title=Arthur Albert member profile |publisher=[Directors Guild of America](/source/Directors_Guild_of_America) |accessdate=February 8, 2012}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0016473}}

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Category:1946 births
Category:American cinematographers
Category:American television directors
Category:Columbia College, Columbia University alumni
Category:Living people
Category:Mass media people from Caracas
Category:Venezuelan emigrants to the United States
Category:New Hampton School alumni

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