Nick McLean behind the camera : the life and works of a Hollywood cinematographer / Wayne Byrne and Nick McLean ; foreword by Michael D O'Shea ; afterword by Nick S. McLean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byrne, Wayne, 1983- author.

McLean, Nick, 1941- author.

Contributor:

O'Shea, Michael D. (Cinematographer), writer of foreword.

McLean, Nick S. (Nicholas S.), writer of afterword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinematographers--United States--Biography.

McLean, Nick, 1941-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"Nick McLean was one of the most acclaimed camera operators in American cinema of the 1970s, during which time he shot many classics of the New Hollywood movement including McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Heaven Can Wait, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, Marathon Man, and Being There. As a cinematographer throughout the 1980s, McLean would film blockbusters such as Cannonball Run II, City Heat, The Goonies, and Short Circuit before being lured into television to photograph some of the biggest shows in town, including Evening Shade, Cybill, and the pop culture phenomenon Friends, for which he was thrice Emmy-nominated. This candid biography takes readers on an entertaining journey through five decades of Hollywood filmmaking, detailing McLean's personal and professional relationships with some of the biggest film stars and directors in Hollywood (such as Robert Altman, Warren Beatty, Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, John Travolta, Paul Newman, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, and Mel Brooks) while delivering a behind-the-scenes look at some revered classics and beloved blockbusters of American film and television"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Framing new Hollywood

Behind the blockbusters

Framing friends and farewell to film

The quiet men : an afterword. Ireland, week 1 / by Nicolas S. McLean (aka Nick Jr.) ; Ireland, week 2 / by Nick McLean.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-3893-4