Owen Roizman, a cinematographer who shot many of the premier films of a generation, has died. He was 86. [No further details of his death are available at this time.]

He was nominated for an Oscar five times — for “The French Connection,” “The Exorcist,” “Network,” “Tootsie,” and “Wyatt Earp.”

In 2017, he was honored with an honorary Academy Award for his contributions to the medium. In addition to his Oscar nominations, Roizman was nominated for an Emmy for cinematography  (using film, not videotape) of the 1972 Liza Minnelli variety special “Liza With a Z,” directed by Bob Fosse. He received the American Society of Cinematographers’ lifetime achievement award in 1997. In 2001, Roizman won a lifetime achievement award from the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage, held in Poland.