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Among the many feature films photographed by Mr. Crudo are Federal Hill, American Buffalo, American Pie, Down To Earth, Outside Providence, Grind, Out Cold, Brooklyn Rules and the forthcoming Peekaboo (for director Sallyanne Massimini) and Forever Wild Ones (for director Christie Santo).  On the television side, he has shot numerous episodes of FX Network’s Justified, The CW’s Jane the Virgin, MTV’s Awkward and CBS’s SWAT.  He has also contributed to such series as Good Girls Revolt and Doubt(Amazon), Greenleaf (OWN), Sweet Vicious (MTV) and NCIS, Tommy and Why Women Kill (CBS).

Mr. Crudo shot the pilot episode of Federal Hill: The Beginning; Executive Produced by Terence Winter (creator of Boardwalk Empire, writer\producer of The Sopranos & The Wolf of Wall Street), it saw him reunited with longtime collaborator, writer\director Michael Corrente.  He also shot the pilot episode of Executive Producer David E. Kelley’s ABC series, Avalon.

A Life Member of the American Society of Cinematographers, he is a six-term Past- President of the organization and served three years as a Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  He is a frequent lecturer at universities and is a regular contributor to American Cinematographer magazine and other industry publications.

He is also a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and in 2007 was made a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.  Mr. Crudo is a dual-passport holder and his popular blog on cinematography-related issues can be found at www.normalexposure.com.