Overview
- Fellow cinematographer Avraham Karpick confirmed Greenberg’s death on Facebook, and no cause was disclosed.
- James Cameron called Greenberg “the master” and said he could not have made his Terminator films without him, praising lessons in color, lighting, and hand-held work.
- Greenberg served as director of photography on The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), receiving an Academy Award nomination for the latter.
- Beyond the Cameron films, his credits spanned Ghost, La Bamba, Three Men and a Baby, Sister Act, Rush Hour, Near Dark, Alien Nation, and his final Hollywood feature, Snakes on a Plane (2006).
- Born in Kraków and raised in Tel Aviv, he began in film labs and documentaries, later assisting on T2’s stereo 3D color timing and returning to Israel in 2013 for Footsteps in Jerusalem.