Biography
Steven Poster, ASC, is an American cinematographer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he studied at Southern Illinois University, the ArtCenter College of Design and the Illinois Institute of Technology. He began his career in Chicago working on commercials and documentaries, later serving as second-unit director of photography on Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and contributing additional photography to Blade Runner (1982).
Poster joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 1987. As director of photography his credits include Donnie Darko (2001), Rocky V (1990), Stuart Little 2 (2002), Daddy Day Care (2003) and The Box (2009). He collaborated with director Richard Kelly on three features. Poster served as president of the ASC (2002–2003) and as national president of the International Cinematographers Guild (2006–2019). He received an ASC Award nomination for Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) and an Emmy nomination for Mrs. Harris (2006).
