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name: "Barry Markowitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-markowitz"
fi1m_id: "barry-markowitz"
imdb_id: "nm0548718"
tmdb_id: 34191
wikidata_id: "Q111382065"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T20:34:40.849263+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Barry Markowitz

## Identity

Barry Markowitz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-markowitz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-markowitz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0548718
- **TMDB ID:** 34191
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111382065
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111382065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34191

Cinematographer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1996–2009
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (1), 2000s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111382065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34191

## Biography

Barry Markowitz is a cinematographer. He was director of photography on *Sling Blade* (1996), directed by Billy Bob Thornton, and has worked on films including *The Apostle* (1997), *All the Pretty Horses* (2000), *Crazy Heart* (2009), *Miss Meadows* (2014), *LBJ* (2016) and *Shock and Awe* (2017).

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Markowitz earned a degree in Jewish history from Israel’s Hebrew University. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2005 and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). His work includes long collaborations with Thornton and Rob Reiner.

*Sources: barrymarkowitz.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, highbrowmagazine.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Crazy Heart* (2009), Fi1m 71, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-heart.md)
- *Sling Blade* (1996), Fi1m 83, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/sling-blade.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fadia* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Mob Cops* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Albert Brooks: Defending My Life* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The Engineer* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Let the Party Begin* (2023), Cinematography
- *Queer Fish in God's Waiting Room* (2021), Cinematography
- *Bottom of the 9th* (2019), Cinematography
- *Shock and Awe* (2017), Director of Photography
- *LBJ* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Wetlands* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Harvest Moon* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Being Charlie* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Court of Conscience* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Wild Horses* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Miss Meadows* (2014), as Homeless Man · Director of Photography
- *Jayne Mansfield's Car* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Crazy Heart* (2009), Director of Photography — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-heart.md)
- *Sonny* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Daddy and Them* (2001), Director of Photography
- *All the Pretty Horses* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Two Girls and a Guy* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Apostle* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Sling Blade* (1996), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/sling-blade.md)
- *Cheatin' Hearts* (1993), Director of Photography
- *The Big Bang* (1990), Cinematography
- *Johnny Goes Home* (1982), Assistant Camera

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