Thomas F. Denove

Thomas F. Denove (born 21 April 1949; age 75) is a cinematographer and camera operator who worked as director of photography on the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth season episode "Half a Life" on which Marvin V. Rush, who normally worked as director of photography, prepared for his directing debut for the following episode "The Host". Denove normally worked as 2nd Unit Director of Photography on The Next Generation and coordinated sequences such as on the third season episode "The Ensigns of Command" for the scenes aboard the Sheliak ship. He also worked as director of photography on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. [1]

Denove won a Clavell de Plata Award at the Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival in 1982 for Best Cinematography on the film The Last Horror Film. In 1991 he won a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy Awards for the development and manufacture of the Belco Denove Cinemeter, shared with Belco Associates, Inc.'s William L. Blowers. He chaired the Cinematography Department at the American Film Institute between 1988 and 1994 and was previously on the UCLA film, television and digital media faculty.

Among his credits as director of photography/ cinematographer are the crime movie The Goddaughter (1972), The Zebra Force (1976), A Time to Die (1982), The Big Bet (1985), the thriller Kidnapped (1987), Cold Steel (1987), Puppet Master II (1991), Midnight Witness (1993), the horror film Demon Keeper (1994), episodes of Ally McBeal (2000), the family movie All Aboard for the Magical Music Voyage (2009), and the short films Gimme Grace (2010) and Flexing with Monty (2010).

Denove also worked as camera operator and additional photographer on several projects including Young Lady Chatterley (1977), the thriller Cat in the Cage (1978), Fade to Black (1980), Satan's Mistress (1982), the comedy Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1990), and the drama Hollywood Boulevard (1996).

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External link[]

• Thomas F. Denove at the Internet Movie Database