Kramer Morgenthau, a renowned American cinematographer, was born on June 6, 1966. He is widely recognized for his exceptional skills in visual storytelling, having worked on both television and film projects.
Morgenthau's early career began in New York as a documentary filmmaker, where he gained experience shooting Oscar-winning and Academy Award-nominated films. He also worked on several Sundance Festival feature films and documentaries, establishing himself as a festival fixture.
Inspired by his family's unique upbringing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Morgenthau was exposed to the power of film in shaping culture, politics, art, and rural development through his family's extensive travels and documentary location shoots around the world.
Morgenthau's great-great-grandfather was businessman Mayer Lehman, and he has a strong family legacy in the film industry. His father, Henry Morgenthau III, was a producer of documentaries for PBS station WGBH-TV in Boston, and his mother, Ruth, was a Polish Jewish refugee, an African politics professor, and a trusted advisor to three American presidents.
Morgenthau's grandfather was Henry Morgenthau Jr., the U.S. Treasury secretary during the Roosevelt administration, and his great-grandfather was Henry Morgenthau, the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I. His uncle, Robert M. Morgenthau, was the Manhattan district attorney for 35 years.
Today, Morgenthau is an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the American Society of Cinematographers, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the International Cinematographers Guild. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and twin children.
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