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Lisa Rinzler

Career

Active from 1982 to 2025, busiest in 2003 and 2012 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lisa Rinzler Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.9, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 10
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Documentary 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Social Justice 3
  • Inner-City Life 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Melancholic 2
  • Historical Context 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 67
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House (2025)

Director of Photography

Dear Shop Girl
Dear Shop Girl (2025)

Cinematography

Rare Objects
Rare Objects (2023)
GoodWatch score 40

Director of Photography

With This Light
With This Light (2023)

Director of Photography

The Fire That Took Her
The Fire That Took Her (2022)
GoodWatch score 80

Director of Photography

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) (2020)
GoodWatch score 80

Director of Photography

2010s

16 titles · average score 60
The Infiltrators
The Infiltrators (2019)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

Cabaret Maxime
Cabaret Maxime (2018)
GoodWatch score 39

Director of Photography

The Lennon Report
The Lennon Report (2016)
GoodWatch score 51

Director of Photography

City of Joy
City of Joy (2016)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

Hitchcock/Truffaut
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

Don't Blink - Robert Frank
Don't Blink - Robert Frank (2015)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

30 Beats
30 Beats (2012)
GoodWatch score 21

Director of Photography

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
GoodWatch score 83

Director of Photography

Drunkboat
Drunkboat (2012)
GoodWatch score 49

Director of Photography

American Passages
American Passages (2011)

Director of Photography

An Invisible Sign
An Invisible Sign (2010)
GoodWatch score 28

Director of Photography

2000s

11 titles · average score 58
Sleep Dealer
Sleep Dealer (2008)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

The Year of Getting to Know Us
The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008)
GoodWatch score 32

Director of Photography

Gardener of Eden
Gardener of Eden (2007)
GoodWatch score 48

Director of Photography, Cinematography

The Night Listener
The Night Listener (2006)
GoodWatch score 49

Director of Photography

Best of Chris Isaak
Best of Chris Isaak (2006)

Director of Photography

Drum
Drum (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

The Soul of a Man
The Soul of a Man (2003)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Rick
Rick (2003)
GoodWatch score 44

Director of Photography

Welcome to Collinwood
Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

Love Liza
Love Liza (2002)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography

Pollock
Pollock (2000)
GoodWatch score 74

Director of Photography

1990s

11 titles · average score 72
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
GoodWatch score 83

Director of Photography

Three Seasons
Three Seasons (1999)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

Trees Lounge
Trees Lounge (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Black Kites
Black Kites (1996)

Director of Photography

Dead Presidents
Dead Presidents (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Lisbon Story
Lisbon Story (1994)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

Menace II Society
Menace II Society (1993)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns
Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns (1993)

Director of Photography

Guncrazy
Guncrazy (1992)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Death By Unnatural Causes
Death By Unnatural Causes (1991)

Director, Director of Photography

Teach 109
Teach 109 (1990)

Director of Photography

1980s

7 titles · average score 44
True Love
True Love (1989)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Forever, Lulu
Forever, Lulu (1986)
GoodWatch score 42

Director of Photography

I Was a Teenage TV Terrorist
I Was a Teenage TV Terrorist (1985)

Cinematography

Lady
Lady (1984)

Director of Photography, Producer

Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982 (1982)

Director of Photography

Girls Nite Out
Girls Nite Out (1982)
GoodWatch score 40

First Assistant Camera

Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)
GoodWatch score 35

Assistant Camera