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Adam Greenberg

Adam Greenberg was an Israeli-American cinematographer who shot many Israeli films and Hollywood movies, including the first two Terminator films.

1937 to 2025Cinematography of the Terminator filmsShooting Lemon Popsicle and its sequelsOscar nomination for Terminator 2

Born: 11 April 1937, Kraków
Died: 30 October 2025, Los Angeles
Occupation: cinematographer, camera operator

Adam Greenberg was born in 1937 in Kraków

Greenberg was born in Kraków, Poland, into a family with 4 children. He grew up in Tel Aviv and worked as an assistant at the Geva studios as a teenager.

In 1958 he joined Geva as a lab technician and newsreel cameraman. In 1963 he shot David Perlov's short film In Jerusalem, and in 1966 he shot the comedy The Flying Matchmaker. He went on to shoot many Israeli films, including Lemon Popsicle and its sequels for Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

His first American film was Samuel Fuller's war film The Big Red One in 1980. He then moved to the United States and became a citizen in 1986. In Hollywood he shot The Terminator, Ghost, Three Men and a Baby and Sister Act, among others.

For Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. His last film, Footsteps in Jerusalem, was a tribute to David Perlov. He lived in Brentwood with his wife Varda, and they had 3 children.