Tom Stern

Tom Stern is an American cinematographer who has been nominated for an Oscar for his work on Changeling.OSCAR.com: 81st Annual Academy Awards - Cinematography However, the Award went to Slumdog Millionaire cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle.

While in college studying the classics, a classmate asked Stern to photograph a movie he was working on. Stern says, "I had no idea of what to do, so I read the ASC Manual from beginning to end". The movie, which was about the disenfranchisement of the original Spanish-American settlers in New Mexico, sparked his interest in film, and, he maintains, helped him get into graduate school at Stanford.Kodak OnFilm Interviews: A Conversation with Tom Stern

Stern shared the nomination with four other cinematographers, Claudio Miranda for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Wally Pfister for The Dark Knight, Chris Menges and Roger Deakins for The Reader and Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire. Claudio Miranda, Anthony Dod Mantle and Tom Stern are all first-time nominees. Mantle received the award for his work on Slumdog Millionaire.

• 2003: Mystic RiverInternational Cinematographers Guild: Guilty by Suspicion
• 2004: Million Dollar BabyInternet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers: Tom Stern
• 2005: Flags of Our FathersInternet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers: Tom Stern
• 2006: Letters from Iwo JimaInternet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers: Tom Stern
• 2007: ChangelingInternet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers: Tom Stern
• 2008: Gran TorinoInternet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers: Tom Stern