{{Short description|American cinematographer and photographer}} {{otherpeople|Russell Ward}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Ward Russell | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!--{{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}--> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Kansas | years_active = 1977–2007 | spouse = Mary Cay Hollander | website = | othername = }} '''Ward T. Russell''' is an American cinematographer and photographer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wardrussellphoto.photoshelter.com/index|title=WARD RUSSELL photography|website=wardrussellphoto.photoshelter.com|access-date=3 June 2017}}</ref>
==Career== He is best known for his collaborations with film director Tony Scott,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moviemavericks.com/2010/11/interview-ward-russell/ |title=Interview: Ward Russell |last=Rugaard |first=Jason |publisher=moviemavericks.com |date=November 11, 2010 |accessdate=December 9, 2013}}</ref> serving as a chief lighting technician on ''Top Gun'', ''Beverly Hills Cop II'', ''Revenge'', before working as a cinematographer on ''Days of Thunder'' and ''The Last Boy Scout''<ref name="cinematographers.nl">{{cite web |title=Ward Russell |url=http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/russell.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211220745/http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/russell.htm |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |accessdate=December 9, 2013 |publisher=cinematographers.nl.}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is married to film production coordinator Mary Cay Hollander.<ref name="cinematographers.nl"/>
==Filmography== ===Cinematographer=== '''Film''' {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Director |- | 1990 | ''Days of Thunder'' |rowspan=2|Tony Scott |- | 1991 | ''The Last Boy Scout'' |- | 1996 | ''Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace'' | Farhad Mann |- | 1998 | ''The X-Files'' | Rob Bowman |- | 2004 | ''Unstoppable'' | David Carson |- | 2005 | ''Cruel World'' | Kelsey T. Howard |}
'''Short film''' {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Director |- | 2007 | ''The Burden Carriers'' | Pierre Barrera |}
=== Other roles === '''Best boy''' * ''Record City'' (1977) * ''Our Winning Season'' (1978) * ''The Electric Horseman'' (1979) (uncredited) * ''The Idolmaker'' (1980) (electric best boy) * ''Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.'' (1981) * ''Independence Day'' (1983)
'''Gaffer''' * ''Dreamscape'' (1984) * ''Frankenweenie'' (1984) * ''Mussolini: The Untold Story'' (1985) * ''Back to School'' (1986)
'''Chief lighting technician''' *''Top Gun'' (1986) *''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987) *''Revenge'' (1990)
'''Other credits''' {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 2004 | ''Elvis Has Left the Building'' | Camera operator |- | 2006 | ''Believe in Me'' | Director of photography: landscape |- | 2007 | ''Undead or Alive'' | Director of photography: second unit |}
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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.wardrussellphoto.com/}} *{{IMDb name|0751505}}
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