American filmmaker Owen Roizman was born on September 22, 1936, and died on January 6, 2023. He received five Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography for his work on the movies Tootsie, Wyatt Earp, The French Connection, and The Exorcist Network. He was on the Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
For the movies The French Connection (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Network (1976), Tootsie (1982), and Wyatt Earp, Roizman received five Oscar nominations (1994). At the Governors Awards in 2017, he received additional recognition in the form of an honorary Oscar.
Roizman represented the Cinematographers Branch on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors from 2002 to 2011. From 1997 to 1998, he was also the American Society of Cinematographers’ president.
What was Owen Roizman net worth at the time of death?
He was 86 years old when he died, and his net worth was about $36 million. He has other companies outside his excursions with the camera that brought in extra money.
Roizman passed away at the ripe old age of 86 from natural causes. He spent a considerable amount of time in bed with an undisclosed illness before he passed away.
He left behind his 1964 bride, Mona Lindholm, and his son Eric Roizman, a camera operator who is currently employed in Hollywood.
