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His cinematography in tele- Rich Paradisin, Vicky Paradisin, Shel- vision commercials earned four CLIO ley Paradisin (Jim Vignato), and step Awards, including that iconic American grand-children Catherine, Beth, James, Tourister campaign of the bouncing Shane, Emma, Genevieve, Jimmy, Jake suitcase made during the early 1970s. and Ryan. He was preceded in death by He was twice president of the Interna- his first wife, Shirley, and his son, Rob- tional Cinematographer’s Guild Local ert Lloyd Negrin. 644. As a director of photography, Ne- ASC grin’s feature film credits includeThe ARRI Rental Expands Concert for Bangladesh, Amazing Grace ALEXA 65 network Sol Negrin (1974), Proof of the Man and Parades. Owen Roizman Owen to Canada He also contributed additional cinema- tography to many feature films, includ- Multiple Emmy Nominee ing Crazy Joe, Superman (1972), Com- Sol Negrin ASC Dies at 88 ing to America, King Kong (1976), Jaws 2 (1978), A Forgotten Tune for the Flute ol Negrin asc, a New York-based (1987) and Robocop (1981). He shared cinematographer, died on March his wealth of experience and expertise 20 at age 88. He was a five-time with students and aspiring filmmakers SEmmy nominee, best known for his through mentorships, seminars, dem- work on Kojak (1974-77) and St. Else- onstrations and speaking engagements. where (1982). Born in New York City, He taught Advanced Cinematography Negrin decided to pursue his love for at New York University, The School of photography in the movie industry, Visual Arts, and Five Towns College starting as a camera assistant from 1948 for more than a decade. He earned an to 1960. Later, Negrin became a cam- honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree era operator on mainstream television from Five Towns College in 2002.