---
name: "Woody Omens"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/woody-omens"
fi1m_id: "woody-omens"
imdb_id: "nm0648386"
tmdb_id: 56943
wikidata_id: "Q2593252"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T22:54:41.921616+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."
---

# Woody Omens

## Identity

Woody Omens

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/woody-omens
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** woody-omens
- **IMDb ID:** nm0648386
- **TMDB ID:** 56943
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2593252
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2593252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648386/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56943

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 2000 in Chicago.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Chicago
- **Active:** 1988–1992
- **Frequently works with:** [Barry W. Blaustein](https://film.one/person/barry-w-blaustein.md), [David Sheffield](https://film.one/person/david-sheffield.md), [Eddie Murphy](https://film.one/person/eddie-murphy.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 76 (1), 1990s 60 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2593252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648386/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56943

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Coming to America*](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Boomerang*](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Woody Omens is an American cinematographer. Born in Chicago, he studied art and painting at the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating in 1959. He later moved to Los Angeles and earned a master's degree in cinematography from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television in 1965.

Omens began his career in documentaries and commercials before moving into television and feature films. He served as director of photography on *History of the World: Part I* (1981), *Coming to America* (1988), *Harlem Nights* (1989) and *Boomerang* (1992). His television credits include the pilot of *Magnum, P.I.* (1980) and episodes of *Heart of the City*.

Omens has received an Academy Award nomination for the short documentary *Somebody Waiting* (1972) and multiple Primetime Emmy Awards for cinematography. A member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1985, he served as its president from 1998 to 1999 and later taught at USC.

*Sources: imdb.com, theasc.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Boomerang* (1992), Fi1m 60, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md)
- *Coming to America* (1988), Fi1m 76, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Boomerang* (1992), Director of Photography — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/boomerang.md)
- *Harlem Nights* (1989), as Ringside Announcer · Director of Photography
- *Coming to America* (1988), Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)
- *I Saw What You Did* (1988), Director of Photography
- *An Early Frost* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Blade in Hong Kong* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Evergreen* (1985), series, Director of Photography
- *The Red-Light Sting* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Policewoman Centerfold* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Grace Kelly* (1983), Director of Photography
- *The Facts of Life Goes to Paris* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Fire on the Mountain* (1981), Director of Photography
- *History of the World: Part I* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Madame X* (1981), Cinematography
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, Director of Photography
- *The Man in the Santa Claus Suit* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Stone* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Ishi: The Last of His Tribe* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Operation Breadbasket* (1969), Cinematography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1972: Best Documentary (Short Subject) (nominated), for *Somebody Waiting*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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