Overview
- James Cameron called Greenberg a guiding light who taught him the narrative power of color and lighting, praising his resourcefulness under tight budgets.
- Industry peers announced the death on social media, with cinematographer Avraham Karpick posting a remembrance and colleagues Eddie Ziv and Mosh Levin offering condolences.
- Reports differ on Greenberg’s age, with Deadline initially listing 85 and later citing 88, while JoBlo reported 88.
- Greenberg shot The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), earning an Academy Award nomination for the latter, and his credits include Ghost, La Bamba, Sister Act, Rush Hour and Snakes on a Plane.
- Born in Kraków and raised in Tel Aviv, he started as a film lab technician and documentary cameraman and later returned to Israel for the 2013 documentary Footsteps in Jerusalem.