Biography
Sandra "Sandi" Sue Sissel (born August 9, 1949) is an American cinematographer, director and producer. Her interest in photography was apparent as early as high school, where she was a photojournalist for her school paper. She is best known for documentaries such as Chicken Ranch, The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition , and Mother Teresa (1986) as well as TV shows like 60 Minutes, and feature films like Salaam Bombay!, Master and Commander Far Side of the World and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. She has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1994, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2004, and the Australian Cinematographers Society since 2017. She started college in 1967. She pursued her interests and desire to become a reporter by studying journalism and television. While she still wanted to pursue journalism, she did contribute to a few small films during her time in college. After completing this degree, she moved to Wisconsin where she pursued a graduate degree and filmed for the University of Wisconsin. After this she moved to New York City, where she soon got a job with both NBC and later ABC. During this time, she contributed as cinematographer for "The Wobblies" and assisted in camera or electrical work for Best Boy, Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang, Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists, Fame, No Nukes and "Rush". After working for ABC for a few years, she eventually decided to pursue a career that focused primarily on cinematography for documentaries and feature films in Los Angeles. In her pursuit of this career she has gained a great deal of respect from her colleagues as a female working behind the camera. She taught "Advanced Cinematography Techniques" and "Advanced Cinematography Practicum" at Tisch School of the Arts. from 2001 until 2015. Sissel adopted Raju Barnad (now known as Bernard Chamblis Sissel), one of the real-life street children who was cast in Salaam Bombay! In 2005 she married Kelly Drummond Cawthon with whom she has two children Joshua Cawthon and Jack Thomas Cawthon.
Filmography
all 55
Movies 54
Director 11
self 3
TV Shows 1
Karaoke Girl (2013)
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012)
Side by Side (2012)
Meet the Browns (2008)
Women Behind the Camera (2007)
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004)
Black Knight (2001)
Blow (2001)
Yellow Card (2000)
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000)
A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999)
Passion's Way (1999)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
The Mod Squad (1999)
Hemingway: Winner Take Nothing (1998)
Barney's Great Adventure (1998)
Toothless (1997)
Night Sins (1997)
Soul of the Game (1996)
Radiant City (1996)
The Great Mom Swap (1995)
Dad, the Angel & Me (1995)
Dragstrip Girl (1994)
Camp Nowhere (1994)
It's Nothing Personal (1993)
In the Company of Darkness (1993)
Visions of Light (1992)
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
No Secrets (1991)
Keeping Secrets (1991)
The Flash (1990)
Rising Son (1990)
Songs for Drella (1990)
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990)
Heavy Petting (1989)
That Rhythm, Those Blues (1988)
Krik? Krak!: Tales of a Nightmare (1988)
Calling the Shots (1988)
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Lily Tomlin (1987)
The Believers (1987)
A Stitch for Time (1987)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
Mother Teresa (1986)
Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements (1985)
Before Stonewall (1984)
High Wire (1984)
Chicken Ranch (1983)
Traveling Hopefully (1982)
Rush (1980)
Best Boy (1979)
Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang (1979)
The Wobblies (1979)
Speaking Our Peace
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GenderFemale
Birthday1949-08-09 (74 years old)
Birth NameSandra Sue Sissel
Birth PlaceParis, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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