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| CHARLES LIBIN - CINEMATOGRAPHER BIOGRAPHY: www.ruby7.com Screen Charles Libin’s Reel Charles Libin lives in Brooklyn, NYC. He DP’d the recent campaign for United Colors of Benetton, directed by Zhang Yuan. Die-Hard, Verizon Wireless, Mercedes, and Glenlivet, are some commercials on his current reel. Libin DP’d spots for HBO’s Oz, Six Feet Under, John Leguizamo’s Sexaholix, and Reverb. He shot a package of spots for BET featuring Outkast, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Busta Rhymes, Nelly, Cornell West, and Snoop Dogg. Commercial production companies Libin has DP’d for include Park Pictures, cYclops, Epoch Films, Drop Squad, Cielo Films, Hungry Man, Picture Park, and @radical media.
Libin has DP’d various music video projects including a recent Bob Dylan performance of Train of Love for a tribute to Johnny Cash and Phish IT, directed by Mary Wharton. He photographed the documentaries Rise, an exposé of the rave scene in New Orleans during Mardis Gras and Abandon, a portrait of sculptor Louise Bourgeois.
In the nineties Libin performed additional cinematography on a portion of Alexandre Rockwell’s In the Soup. He has operated camera on films including Steve Buscemi’s Trees Lounge and Phil Joanou’s Entropy.
Born and raised on West 100th Street in Manhattan, Libin studied filmmaking at SUNY Purchase. Shortly thereafter Libin apprenticed with Wim Wenders. Libin soon became a gaffer and worked for a wide range of cinematographers including John Toll, Paul Cameron, Declan Quinn, Lisa Rinzler, Sal Totino, Peter Donahue, Newton Thomas Sigel, Tom DiCillo, Ron Fortunato, Christophe Lanzenberg, Bobby Bukowski, Anthony Wolberg, Tami Reiker, Caroline Chen, Larry Fong, and Robert Brinkman.
Libin is represented by The Jacob & Kole Agency | |