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Favorite DP's

Studied still photography at Santa Monica College and planned to transfer to the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, but he left Santa Monica after two years without graduating.
In 2006 Steelberg began his career in the feature film world with Quinceañera, earning both the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prizes at Sundance. Since then, he found success with director Jason Reitman on the films Juno, Up in the Air, Young Adult, and the upcoming release of Labor Day. Juno and Up in the Air were both Oscar nominated for Best Picture. In addition to those films, he has also photographed Golden Globe and Spirit Award nominee (500) Days of Summer, Bandslam, and Going the Distance.
He is a member of the ICG Local 600, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and ASC.
Filmography

Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television.
Jeff worked with his father Jordan Cronenweth (cinematographer most notable for Blade Runner) as a camera loader and second assistant camera during high school, working his way up to first assistant camera and then camera operator until the mid-1990s. His first major motion picture as a DP was Fight Club. A few other of his notable feature films are One Hour Photo, K-19: The Widowmaker, Down With Love, The Social Network, Hitchcock, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and recently Gone Girl. In 2011, Jeff was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on The Social Network.
He is a member of ASC, IATSE, AMPTP, SAG, and DGA.
Filmography

Jeff is known for his dim-lit, close-up, long shot filming as shown in Fight Club. He says of Fight Club, "Whether we were inside or outside, we always wanted to keep a shallow depth of field to keep the audience focused on what we wanted them to see."
Jeff and brother Tim ("The Cronenweths") work as a Director/DP team doing commercials and music videos in and out of Los Angeles.

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