Parmet, Phil 1942-

PERSONAL

Full name, Philip Alan Parmet; born March 7, 1942, in Princeton, NJ; married, wife's name Lisa (a costume designer). Education: Attended Fairleigh Dickinson University and University of Pennsylvania.

Addresses:

Agent—Jasan Pagni, Paradigm, 360 North Crescent Dr., North Bldg., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Cinematographer and video game director. Also photography director for music videos by Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, Meatloaf, the Temptations, and other recording artists; worked as documentary filmmaker, photographer, and camera operator; still photographer, with solo and group shows in New York City, Los Angeles, and European cities.

Member:

International Cinematographers Guild.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

(With others) Elephant with Seven Feet (documentary), 1966.

(Uncredited) The Song Remains the Same (documentary; also known as Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same), Warner Bros., 1976.

(Contributor) Harlan County U.S.A. (documentary), Cinema 5 Distributing, 1976.

Baby Snakes (documentary with animation), Intercontinental Absurdities, 1979.

He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (documentary), Edgar J. Scherick Associates, 1984.

Directed by William Wyler, 1986.

Fatal Mission (also known as Enemy), Anchor Bay Entertainment, 1990.

Street Hunter, 21st Century Film, 1990.

American Dream (documentary), Cabin Creek Films, 1990.

In the Soup (also known as In the Soup-alles kino and In the Soup—un mare di guai), Triton Pictures, 1992.

Distant Justice, Columbia TriStar, 1992.

Distant Cousins (also known as Desperate Motive), New Line Cinema, 1993.

Two Small Bodies (also known as Two Small Bodies—Zwei Koerper), Castle Hill, 1994.

Nina Takes a Lover, Triumph Releasing, 1994.

Cyborg 3: The Recycler (also known as Cyborg 3 and Cyborg 3: The Creation), Prism Leisure/Warner Vision Entertainment, 1994.

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (short film), cin-cine, 1995.

"The Wrong Man" segment, Four Rooms, Miramax, 1995.

Under the Hula Moon, Trident Releasing, 1995.

Big Ell's, 1995.

364 Girls a Year (also known as The Last Bachelor), Lost Studios, 1996.

Flipping, Dove International, 1997.

The Lovemaster, Rocket Pictures Home Video, 1997.

Girly Magazine Party, 1997.

Voices Unheard, 1998.

Devil Doll/Ring Pull (short film), Fuel/Ministry of Information, 1999.

Love and Action in Chicago, New Films International, 1999.

Next Stop, Eternity (short film), Seventh Art Releasing, 2000.

The Cutting Room (short film), 2001.

13 Moons, Lot 47 Films, 2002.

American Gun, Miramax, 2002.

Heavy Put-Away (short film), Fox Searchlight, 2004.

Dallas 362, 2003, ThinkFilm, 2005.

The Devil's Rejects (also known as TDR—The Devil's Rejects), Lions Gate Films, 2005.

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½ (documentary), Criterion Collection, 2006.

Lonesome Jim, IFC Films, 2006.

The Dog Problem, ThinkFilm, 2006.

Halloween: The Shape of Horror (short film), Compass International Pictures, 2006.

"Werewolf Women of the SS" segment, Grindhouse (also known as Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" and Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror"), Weinstein Co., 2007.

Blue State, Eagle Vision/Paquin Films, 2007.

Halloween, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2007.

Film Work; Other:

Coproducer and codirector, Driving to Ground Zero, 2001.

Film Appearances:

Baby Snakes (documentary with animation), Intercontinental Absurdities, 1979.

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½ (documentary), Criterion Collection, 2006.

Television Cinematographer; Movies:

The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (also known as Frankie the Fly), HBO, 1997.

Mind Games, ABC, 1998.

Black and White, HBO, 1999.

Animal Factory, Cinemax, 2000.

Run for the Money (also known as Hard Cash), USA Network, 2002.

Bastards of the Party, HBO, 2006.

Television Cinematographer; Specials:

"No Maps on My Taps," American Masters, PBS, 1979.

(Contributor) L.A. Homefront/The Fires Within, Showtime, 1994.

(Contributor) "John Brown's Holy War," The American Experience, PBS, 2000.

Television Cinematographer; Other:

Women: Stories of Passion (series), Showtime, 1996.

Orleans (miniseries), CBS, 1997.

RECORDINGS

Video Director:

Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine (video game), 1994.

Ripper (video game), Take2 Interactive, 1996.

Video Appearances:

30 Days in Hell (also known as 30 Days in Hell: The Making of "The Devil's Rejects"), Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, 2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

International Photographer, February, 1997, pp. 27-31.

Electronic:

Phil Parmet Official Site,http://www.byeye.com, May 19, 2007.