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From The Clubhouse
Mikael Salomon, the Danish

cinematog¬
rapher whose work in The Abyss earned
him nominations for an Academy Award
and the ASC Award earlier this year, has
been elected to active membership in the
ASC.
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Danish film industry. "I am 45 years of
age and have worked in the industry for
29 years," he said recently. "I have
worked as a cinematographer for 25
years and shot my first theatrical feature
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Born in Malmo, Sweden, Salo¬
lived most of his life in Copenhagen

than 45 features for the theater and

I have extensive

experience shooting

documentaries and movies for televi¬
sion."
Salomon has made movies in

written and directed by Anthony Slide,
author of numerous film history books.

Brown's

longtime friend, Sy Hoffberg,

ASC, helped to arrange the interviews. A
sincere and

knowledgable narration was
spoken by Allen Daviau, ASC.
Featured is Brown himself tell¬

ing of his experiences as assistant to G.
W. "Billy" Bitzer and as special effects
cinematographer on The Avenging Con¬
science, Birth of a Nation, Intolerance,
Broken Blossoms and other Griffith clas¬
sics. Cinematographer Wayne Kennan (of
the Newhart Show) used one of Di
Giulio's GSMO cameras equipped with
an Angenieux 10-1 zoom lens, lighting
the subject gently with three heavily
diffused Lowel "Tota" lights. Terry Finch
edited the live action, film clips and

graphics. Arthur Mitchell recorded the

many parts of the world. His European
features include The Wolf at the Door,

sound.

Early Spring, Once a Cop, The Baron, The
Flying Devils and The Marksman. His
honors include the Danish Academy

ago

Award, the Danish Filmcritics Award, and

were

the

Country Hospital only months before his
93). Al¬
though partially paralyzed and confined
to a wheelchair, the maestro is witty and
well-spoken in this last public appear¬

Spanish Award for "Mejor Photographia."
He made his American debut
in 1987, when Journey/Lorimar asked
him to photograph The Man Who Broke

a Thousand Chains, an HBO feature with
Val Kilmer and Charles Durning, which
won him an ACE award. More recently
Salomon photographed Zelly and Me
with Isabella Rosselini for Columbia,

Stealing Heaven with Denholm Elliott for
FiImDallas/New World, Torch Song

Brown appeared some years
in the acclaimed Thames TV series,
Hollywood, by Kevin Brownlow and

David Gill. The Centurian interviews
conducted at the Motion Picture

death (March 10, 1990 at age

ance.

♦ ♦♦

Linwood Dunn, ASC, was a

special guest speaker at a seminar,
Special Photographic Effects, at Colum¬
bia Studios (the former MGM) in Culver

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sponsored the event, in which three topranking visual effects firms - Apogee
Productions, Boss Film Corporation, and
Industrial Light and Magic - partici¬
pated. Dunn, a veteran of the field,
talked about the development of special
photographic effects over the years. The

Mitchell, who heads Centurian Films in

three studios discussed and showed

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