David Myers

David Myers

Nacimiento : 1914-05-08, Auburn, New York, USA

Muerte : 2004-08-26

Historia

David Myers was a cinematographer best-known for his camera work on landmark concert documentaries such as 'Woodstock', 'Elvis on Tour' and 'The Grateful Dead Movie', and 'Cracked Actor'. He started as still photographer after being inspired by the works of Walker Evans in an exhibition at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1938.

Perfil

David Myers

Películas

Neil Young: Harvest Time
Director of Photography
The docu-film is described as “a never been seen before fan piece including footage from Northern California, London, and Nashville, during its creation.” It takes you on a journey from his iconic Broken Arrow Ranch to a performance with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Director of Photography
En una mezcla alquímica de hechos reales y fantasía, Martin Scorsese rememora la gira de Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Revue en 1975 y un país preparado para reinventarse.
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'.
La casa de los 1000 cadáveres
Additional Second Assistant Camera
Dos parejas de jóvenes se pierden durante la noche y van a dar a una oscura casa habitada por una familia de psicópatas. Asesinatos, canibalismo y ritos satánicos son algunos de los mil horrores que allí les esperan.
Wee Sing: Wee Singdom The Land of Music and Fun
Weeber
Wee Sing characters Punchinello, Sillywhim, Little Bunny Foo Foo, Weeber, Snoodle and Doodle, and Trunky (originally Tusky) who are all from earlier Wee Sing Videos, ride the Wee Sing Train to Singalingaland where Singaling (voiced by Mikey Moran) and Warbly (voiced by Maureen Robinson) are hosting a big musical party called "The Wee Sing Festival". Singalingaland also happens to be an extension of Tim and Annie’s game board, Wee Singdom. However, the main guest of honor (a singing rainbow) is missing, so as each character performs his or her respective performance, Chug-a-Long the engine and Cubby the caboose are sent to go look for her by asking a cirrus, stratus, cumulus cloud where she disappeared too. Eventually, she is found after Tim and Annie find her playing with their cat friend, Staccato, and as a reward, Chug-a-long and Cubby invited Annie and Tim and Staccato to attend the Wee Sing Festival, and Singing Rainbow is able to perform.
Hard Traveling
Director of Photography
Set during the Depression, Dan Bessie's film (based on a novel by his father Alvah) stars Ellen Geer as a widow who begins a romance with an uneducated janitor (J.E. Freeman) who is later accused of murder.
UFOria
Director of Photography
Sheldon Bart (Fred Ward) is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), a big-time con man into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a small town. While he's helping Brother Bud, he falls in love with Arlene (Cindy Williams), a local supermarket clerk who believes in UFOs and is deeply religious and deeply lonely. When Arlene has a vision of a coming UFO, everyone deals with it in their own way.
Stoney el frio
Director of Photography
Stoney Cooper ha dejado de ser un duro policía de Los Angeles para convertirse en un detective privado que tiene entre manos un caso que conmociona la ciudad: persigue a un asesino en serie que ha grabado una X en la frente de cada una de sus diecisiete víctimas, que son siempre mujeres. Sus métodos nunca fueron demasiado bien vistos, pero a los que fueron antes sus colegas del lado de la ley no les gusta que Stoney avance más en sus investigaciones que ellos, por lo que le presionan en demasía, sobre todo el que fuera su antiguo compañero, Otto Hoxley.
Human Highway
Director of Photography
The new owner of a roadside diner stuck in a town built around an always leaking nuclear power plant plans to torch the place to collect insurance. However, an assortment of bizarre characters and weird events (such as spaceships flying around) gets in his way.
Zoot Suit
Director of Photography
Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.
Roadie
Director of Photography
Travis Redfish (Meat Loaf), un sureño de Texas, se enamora perdidamente de Lola (Kaki Hunter), una grupie adolescente muy emperifollada y decidida a perder su virginidad con la estrella de rock Alice Cooper. Con la esperanza de conquistarla, Travis se une a un grupo de rock que está de gira, y pronto se hace célebre como "el mejor roadie de todos los tiempos". Mientras tanto, la cita de Lola con su destino se acerca...
Die Laughing
Director of Photography
A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased…
The Secret Life of Plants
Director of Photography
A documentary about the study of plant sentience with original music by Stevie Wonder. Utilizing time-lapse photography, the film proposes that plants are able to experience emotions and communicate with the world around them.
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Director of Photography
A couple whose son had been institutionalized for three years after being diagnosed as mentally retarded are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong, and that their son is, in fact, deaf.
El último vals
Additional Director of Photography
Documental sobre el mundo del rock rodado en 1976 en el que Scorsese filma los conciertos de despedida de "The Band", por los que pasaron Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton y otras míticas figuras del rock de las últimas décadas. (FILMAFFINITY)
FM
Director of Photography
Q-SKY is the #1 radio station in Los Angeles mainly because of the music they play; running the station the way they want to, it has made them a ratings success.
Renaldo and Clara
Director of Photography
Filmed in the autumn of 1975 prior to and during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour – featuring appearances and performances by Ronee Blakley, T-Bone Burnett, Jack Elliott, Allen Ginsberg, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Hawkins, Roger McGuinn, Joni Mitchell, Mick Ronson, Arlen Roth, Sam Shepard, and Harry Dean Stanton – the film incorporates three distinct film genres: concert footage, documentary interviews, and dramatic fictional vignettes reflective of Dylan's song lyrics and life.
Forever
Director of Photography
Romantic drama about a teenage girl's first love and the perennial adolescent dilemma of whether to give herself to him in order to hang on to him. Based on the novel by Judy Blume.
Sammy Stops the World
Director of Photography
A man who sells coffee for a living gets his boss's daughter pregnant. This changes his life and eventually leads to his becoming a powerful business tycoon with no moral center. (TCM)
Cómo se hizo La Guerra de las Galaxias
Director of Photography
Conozca la increíble historia del rodaje y de cómo la película original de Star Wars llegó a la pantalla grande en este fascinante documental presentado por C-3PO y R2-D2 que incluye entrevistas con George Lucas y apariciones de Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford y Carrie Fisher.
The Grateful Dead Movie
Director of Photography
Released in 1977 and directed by Jerry Garcia, is a film that captures performances from the Grateful Dead's October 1974 five-night stand at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. This end-of-tour run marked the beginning of an extended hiatus for the band, with no shows planned for 1975. The movie also faithfully portrays the burgeoning Deadhead scene. The film features the "Wall of Sound" concert sound system that the Dead used for all of 1974.
Bienvenido a Los Ángeles
Director of Photography
Cuando un joven compositor de música rock regresa a Los Ángeles, descubre que un álbum con sus canciones va a ser grabado por un famoso cantante. Herido en su orgullo, entra en una espiral de dinero fácil, coches rápidos y mujeres ardientes. Alan Rudolph fue ayudante de dirección de Robert Altman.
The Mysterious Monsters
Director of Photography
One of the many notorious 70's "unknown" documentaries, The Mysterious Monsters covers topics such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Pictures, sounds, and videos of these two monsters are examined by Peter Graves, the host. Psychics, hypnotism, and the history of Bigfoot in many ancient cultures is also scrutinized.
Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films
Director of Photography
A promotional short which details the making of 'The Enforcer'.
Cracked Actor
Director of Photography
The documentary depicts Bowie on tour in Los Angeles, using a mixture of vérité sequences filmed in limousines and hotels, and concert footage. Most of the concert footage was taken from a show at the Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre on 2 September 1974 (Also featured are excerpts from D.A. Pennebaker's concert film shot at London's Hammersmith Odeon on 3 July 1973). Cracked Actor is notable for being a source for footage of Bowie's ambitious Diamond Dogs tour, and also for showing Bowie's fragile mental state during this period.
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
Director of Photography
Behind the scenes look at 'Magnum Force'.
Let the Good Times Roll
Director of Photography
Documentary of a 1950s rock and roll revival show, with split-screen editing to rival Woodstock.
Save the Children
Director of Photography
A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.
Wattstax
Director of Photography
A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage from the concert with footage of the living conditions in the current day Watts neighborhood. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film.
Journey to the Outer Limits
Director of Photography
Journey to the Outer Limits is a 1973 American documentary film directed by Alexander Grasshoff. The fillm is a National Geographic documentary about students in the Outward Bound program as they confront themselves while training to climb the Santa Rosa Peak in the Peruvian Andes. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Journey Through the Past
Director of Photography
Self-directed combination of concert footage from 1966 onward, backstage footage and art film-like sequences.
Marjoe
Director of Photography
Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the showmanship of Evangelism and "the religion business", prior to the start of "televangelism".
This Is It
Director of Photography
James Broughton's creation myth, THIS IS IT, places a 2-year-old Adam and a bright apple-red balloon in a backyard garden of Eden, and works a small miracle of the ordinary. And since that miracle is what his film is about, he achieves a kind of casual perfection in matching means and ends.
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Director of Photography
"Joe Cocker - the Rotating Rocker - and his 42 member communal touring company Mad Dogs & Englishmen with the Master of Space and Time Leon Russell - see them perform in the pleasure palaces of America - it's a moving picture" says the classic film poster. See this spectacular rock 'n' roll tour documentary and get a dramatic visual record that captures the spirit of the hippie era with mind-blowing performances, crazy backstage footage, and spaced-out interviews. Supporting cast includes Claudia Lennear, Rita Coolidge, Sherman Jones reciting "Face on the Barroom Floor," and Canina the dog.
Soul to Soul
Director of Photography
Footage of an American soul music concert held in Ghana to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the independence of that country in 1971. Features live performances by Ike & Tina Turner, Roberta Flack, Carlos Santana, Wilson Pickett and Willie Bobo.
THX 1138
Director of Photography
La gente, en el futuro, vive en una sociedad totalitaria. Un técnico llamado THX 1138 lleva una vida mundana entre el trabajo y el consumo controlado de drogas que el gobierno utiliza para hacer de la gente unos títeres. Cuando THX decide dejar de tomar drogas, se enamora de una mujer y ambos comienzan una relación secreta. La primera película de George Lucas.
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
The film features a conversation between Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, producer of THX 1138. They discuss Lucas' vision for the film, including his ideas about science fiction in general and in particular his concept of the "used future" which would famously feature in his film Star Wars. Intercut with this discussion is footage shot prior to the start of production of THX 1138 showing several of its actors having their heads shaved, a requirement for appearing in the film. In several cases the actors are shown being shaved in a public location. For example, Maggie McOmie is shaved outside the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, while Robert Duvall watches a sporting event as his hair is cut off. Another actor, Marshall Efron, who would later play an insane man in the film, cut off his own hair and was filmed doing so in a bathtub.
Woodstock, 3 días de paz y música
Camera Operator
Documental sobre el famoso festival de Woodstock que tuvo lugar en Bethel, NY. En agosto de 1969, 450.000 personas asistieron al mayor festival de música rock hasta la fecha. "Woodstock", ganadora del Oscar de la Academia, fue un acontecimiento que dio nombre a una generación y marcó a toda una época. "Woodstock, 3 días de paz y música: el montaje del director" (Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music: The Director's Cut) de 225 minutos de duración, cuenta con imágenes restauradas y con sonido digital. Además, ofrece 40 minutos adicionales de imágenes nunca vistas en la película inicial, que fueron integradas en el film por el propio director Michael Wadleigh. Un joven Martin Scorsese fue asistente del director y ayudó en el montaje de este aclamado e histórico documental. (FILMAFFINITY)
Johnny Cash at San Quentin
Director of Photography
Johnny Cash at San Quentin was recorded live at San Quentin State Prison on February 24, 1969 and released as an album onJune 16 of that same year. The concert was filmed by Granada Television. Songs performed include Wreck of the Old 97 , I Walk the Line, San Quentin and A Boy Named Sue.
Black Panthers
Director of Photography
A film shot during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California around the meetings organised by the Black Panthers Party to free Huey Newton, one of their leaders, and to turn his trial into a political debate. They tried and succeeded in catching America’s attention.
The World of Piri Thomas
Camera Operator
Piri Thomas, a painter, poet, author, ex-con, and ex-junkie, describes the life of a Puerto Rican in the Spanish Harlem ghetto in New York City
Uncle Yanco
Camera Operator
While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda, tipped by her friend Tom Luddy, gets to know a relative she had never heard of before, Jean Varda, nicknamed "Yanco". This hitherto unknown uncle lives on a boat in Sausalito, is a painter, has adopted a hippie lifestyle and loves life. The meeting is a very happy one.
Uncle Yanco
Director of Photography
While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda, tipped by her friend Tom Luddy, gets to know a relative she had never heard of before, Jean Varda, nicknamed "Yanco". This hitherto unknown uncle lives on a boat in Sausalito, is a painter, has adopted a hippie lifestyle and loves life. The meeting is a very happy one.
Ask Me, Don't Tell Me
Director of Photography
Short film documenting the San Francisco Youth for Service program.
Ask Me, Don't Tell Me
Writer
Short film documenting the San Francisco Youth for Service program.
Ask Me, Don't Tell Me
Director
Short film documenting the San Francisco Youth for Service program.
Ansel Adams, Photographer
Director of Photography
Records the life and work of Ansel Adams. Dwells on his equipment, home, interests, and his attitude toward art, photography and life.