
About
Newton Thomas Sigel
Overview
Newton Thomas Sigel, ASC (born August 1955; sometimes credited as Tom Sigel) is an American cinematographer best known for his collaborations with director Bryan Singer on films like The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie, and the X-Men film franchise. He has also worked with filmmakers like Haskell Wexler, Mike Newell, David O. Russell, Terry Gilliam, Alan Ball, Robert Redford, and Nicolas Winding Refn. He is a BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, Critics' Choice Award, and Satellite Award nominee.
Sigel was born in Detroit, Michigan, and studied painting in New York City, becoming an artist-in-residence at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He began his career working with experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger as a camera operator. Becoming a documentary filmmaker, he shot a number of projects, including El Salvador: Another Vietnam, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. His photography caught the attention of DP Haskell Wexler, and the two spent several years developing what would become the 1985 film Latino, his first feature film as director of photography.
Sigel worked mostly on television films and as a second unit DP throughout the 1980s before shooting the comedy film Rude Awakening. He regularly served under Robert Richardson on films like Platoon and The Doors. Starting with The Usual Suspects, he has become the regular cinematographer of director Bryan Singer.
Sigel is Jewish and married to Lisa Chang. His father, Irving Sigel, was a psychologist who worked for the Educational Testing Service. His mother, Roberta Sigel, was a professor at Rutgers who studied gender and politics.
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Known for
Acting |
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2006 | Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
Directing |
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2005 | The Big Empty | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2002 | Point of Origin | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1987 | Vandemonium Plus | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1986 | Real Life | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1983 | When the Mountains Tremble | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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2005 | The Big Empty | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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2023 | Citadel | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
2005 | The Big Empty | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
Camera |
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2023 | Candy Cane Lane | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2022 | Dog | Camera | Director of Photography | 69 Fair |
2021 | Cherry | Camera | Director of Photography | 69 Fair |
2020 | Da 5 Bloods | Camera | Director of Photography | 62 Fair |
2020 | Extraction | Camera | Director of Photography | 71 Good |
2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Camera | Director of Photography | 79 Good |
2017 | Marshall | Camera | Director of Photography | 66 Fair |
2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | Camera | Director of Photography | 64 Fair |
2016 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny | Camera | Director of Photography | 60 Fair |
2014 | Seventh Son | Camera | Director of Photography | 55 Average |
2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Camera | Director of Photography | 74 Good |
2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
2013 | Movie 43 | Camera | Director of Photography | 48 Bad |
2011 | Drive | Camera | Director of Photography | 75 Good |
2011 | The Conspirator | Camera | Camera Operator | 61 Fair |
2011 | The Conspirator | Camera | Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
2010 | Frankie & Alice | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2010 | Leap Year | Camera | Director of Photography | 66 Fair |
2008 | Valkyrie | Camera | Director of Photography | 68 Fair |
2008 | Towelhead | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2008 | Leatherheads | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
2006 | Superman Returns | Camera | Director of Photography | 57 Average |
2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
2005 | The Big Empty | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2003 | X2 | Camera | Director of Photography | 69 Fair |
2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Camera | Director of Photography | 64 Fair |
2001 | Ambush | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2000 | X-Men | Camera | Director of Photography | 69 Fair |
1999 | Three Kings | Camera | Director of Photography | 65 Fair |
1999 | Brokedown Palace | Camera | Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
1998 | Apt Pupil | Camera | Director of Photography | 62 Fair |
1998 | Fallen | Camera | Director of Photography | 65 Fair |
1996 | Blood and Wine | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1996 | The Trigger Effect | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1996 | Foxfire | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1995 | The Usual Suspects | Camera | Director of Photography | 80 Very good |
1994 | Blankman | Camera | Director of Photography | 57 Average |
1994 | A Time to Heal | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1993 | Money for Nothing | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1993 | Daybreak | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1993 | Indian Summer | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1992 | Into the West | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1992 | Crossing the Bridge | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1991 | Salmonberries | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1991 | Murder in High Places | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1990 | A Promise to Keep | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1990 | Turner & Hooch | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1990 | Challenger | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1990 | Rock Hudson | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1989 | Rude Awakening | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1989 | Roe vs. Wade | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1988 | Perfect People | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1987 | Doll Day Afternoon | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1987 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1987 | Matewan | Camera | Second Unit Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
1985 | Latino | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1983 | When the Mountains Tremble | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1983 | Atomic Artist | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1982 | La operación | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1981 | El Salvador: Another Vietnam | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1979 | The Heart of Loisaida | Camera | Camera Operator | N/A N/A |
Crew |
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1980 | We Are the Guinea Pigs | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |