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Steven Poster ASC, knew he wanted to be a cinematographer by the age of fourteen. A native of Chicago, he attended Southern Illinois University, the Los Angeles Art College of Design and is a graduate of the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Poster began his cinematography career in Chicago at the age of twenty-one, filming commercials. His last film, 'Donnie Darko', was a critical success at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
Poster is the only American cinematographer to shoot a French language film 'Une Chance Sur Deux', in France for director Patrice Leconte. He received an ASC Nomination for Best Cinematography for Ridley Scott’s 'Someone To Watch Over Me'. Additionally, Poster was director of photography on a number of motion pictures, including 'Rocky V', 'The Cemetery Club', 'Life Stinks', 'Opportunity Knocks', 'Next of Kin', 'Big Top Pee-Wee' and 'The Boy Who Could Fly'.
Poster filmed the controversial, award-winning Madonna video, 'Like A Prayer'. He has also done second unit photography on 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and 'Blade Runner'.
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