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Austin De Besche

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
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In the Tradition of My Family (2006)
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Austin De Besche is known for In the Tradition of My Family (2006), Design Squad (2007) and Lianna (1983).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    In the Tradition of My Family (2006)
    In the Tradition of My Family
    7.1
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2006
    Design Squad (2007)
    Design Squad
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Lianna (1983)
    Lianna
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1983
    Lisa Vidal, Miriam Colon, and J.R. Yenque in The Blue Diner (2001)
    The Blue Diner
    6.0
    • Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)
    • 2001

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016–2021
    • Karan Casey in Childsplay: The Parting Glass (2020)
      Childsplay: The Parting Glass
      TV Special
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Roger V. Burton in Old Guy (2020)
      Old Guy
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • The Edge of All We Know (2020)
      The Edge of All We Know
      6.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • 25 Texans in the Land of Lincoln (2019)
      25 Texans in the Land of Lincoln
      Short
      • Cinematographer (as Austin de Besche)
      • 2019
    • Everything Matters (2018)
      Everything Matters
      8.7
      • Cinematographer (cinematography)
      • 2018
    • Les étonnantes vertus de la méditation (2017)
      Les étonnantes vertus de la méditation
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (2017)
      Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
      8.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • 1954
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014–2017
    • Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing (2016)
      Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing
      7.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Queer City (2016)
      Queer City
      6.9
      • Cinematographer (cinematography)
      • 2016
    • Outermost Radio (2015)
      Outermost Radio
      9.2
      • Cinematographer (as Austin de Besche)
      • 2015
    • Containment (2015)
      Containment
      6.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • The Year We Thought About Love (2015)
      The Year We Thought About Love
      7.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Undiagnosed (2022)
      Undiagnosed
      • B unit cinematography
      • 2022
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • additional photography
      • 2007–2018
    • Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Finding Your Roots (2012)
      Finding Your Roots
      8.6
      TV Series
      • additional camera
      • 2014
    • We Are Many (2014)
      We Are Many
      7.4
      • photography (as Austin de Besche)
      • 2014
    • The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
      The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • 2013
    • Rodney Brooks, Robert Krulwich, Jacob Ward, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sherry Turkle, Carla Wohl, Ziya Tong, Kristi Curry Rogers, David Pogue, Raymond Rogers, Mary Schweitzer, Peter Standring, Manel Esteller, Derek Briggs, Brian Hare, Jacob Ward, David Spergel, Jim Gillogly, Chad Cohen, James Sanborn, Jennifer Wittmeyer, Ed Scheidt, Elonka Dunin, Said Musa, Arlie Petters, Bernice Waight, Jean-Pierre Issa, and Randy Jirtle in Nova ScienceNow (2005)
      Nova ScienceNow
      8.5
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2008–2012
    • Diana Reiss, Irene Pepperberg, Roger Hanlon, Brian Hare, Jacob Ward, Jean Berko Gleason, Dallas K. Schittler Jr., John W. Pilly, Arlene Lewin, Anna Schwartz, Mark Hall, Teri Bolton, Clive D.L. Wynne, Carol Sokalski, Stan Kuczaj, Kathleen Lance, Kathie Hahn, and Doug Hamilton in Nova Science Now: How Smart Are Animals? (2011)
      Nova Science Now: How Smart Are Animals?
      7.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2011
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2009–2011
    • Will Lyman and Sarah Childress in Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator
      • 2010
    • A Girl's Life
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2009
    • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2008
    • Kids by the Dozen (2007)
      Kids by the Dozen
      7.3
      TV Series
      • camera operator (as Austin de Besche)
      • 2007
    • Lisa Vidal, Miriam Colon, and J.R. Yenque in The Blue Diner (2001)
      The Blue Diner
      6.0
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2001
    • Understanding (1994)
      Understanding
      7.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1997
    • Nails (1979)
      Nails
      7.1
      Short
      • assistant camera (as Austin DeBeche)
      • 1979

    Director

    • A Simple Question
      Short
      • Director
      • 1998

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    In The Tradition of My Family

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