Jimmy Glasberg

Jimmy Glasberg

Cinematographer. Born 22 March 1940 in Nîmes, Gard, France. Died 13 January 2023.

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Born
22 March 1940, Nîmes, Gard, France
Died
13 January 2023

Biography

Jimmy Glasberg (1940–2023) was a French cinematographer. He began his career in the 1960s as a news and television reporter cameraman, developing expertise in handheld and shoulder-mounted camera work during the era of direct cinema and documentaries.

He is known for his contributions to Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah (1985), on which he served as one of several cinematographers alongside Dominique Chapuis, Phil Gries and William Lubtchansky. Glasberg also worked on music films, including the 1967 Stax Tour featuring Otis Redding and Sam & Dave, and feature films such as Hu-Man (1975). He remained active in French television and independent productions into the 2000s.

Films and series