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name: "Phil Gries"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phil-gries"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "2 February 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-17T04:54:01.046966+00:00"
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# Phil Gries

Cinematographer. Born 2 February 1943 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 February 1943, New York City
- **Active:** 1985–1997
- **Also known as:** Elroy Brandy
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 93 (1), 1990s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130469958, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105044/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1265224

## Biography

Phil Gries is an American cinematographer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1943, he studied film production at the City College of New York and earned a master's degree in fine arts in film and television from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Gries has worked extensively on documentaries, features and television. He contributed cinematography to the Holocaust documentary *Shoah* (1985). Other credits include *Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor* (1990) and behind-the-scenes work on *Wag the Dog* (1997). He has photographed numerous BBC documentaries and PBS productions, including the Emmy Award-winning *Vermeer: Master of Light* (2001) and the Emmy-nominated *88 Seconds in Greensboro* (1983). He is also credited as Elroy Brandy on several adult films from the 1980s.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, philgries.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wag the Dog* (1997), Fi1m 77, Other — [page](https://film.one/film/wag-the-dog.md)
- *Shoah* (1985), Fi1m 93, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/shoah.md)

## Also known for

- *Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor* (1990), Director of Photography

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