Stephen H. Burum

On behalf of his onetime UCLA classmate Francis Ford Coppola, Burum wielded his camera on the second unit of The Black Stallion (1979) and as the cinematographer for Rumble Fish (1983). Since 1980, Burum has worked with directors ranging from Brian De Palma (The Untouchables, 1987) to Danny De Vito (War of the Roses, 1989). In 1992, he earned an Academy Award nomination for his work on Hoffa, another De Vito picture; he spent the remainder of the decade working on such high profile films as De Palma's Carlito's Way (1993) and Mission: Impossible (1996). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide