Eric Saarinen
Eric Saarinen is a Finnish American cinematographer and film director. His parents were the architect Eero Saarinen and his first wife, sculptor Lilian Swann Saarinen.
Saarinen has photographed several features, including The Hills Have Eyes directed by Wes Craven and Lost in America directed by Albert Brooks. Saarinen was the cinematographer on Exploratorium, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 47th Academy Awards in 1974. In 1982 he finished the film Symbiosis, which was shown in Walt Disney World for 28 million people. It was filmed in 24 countries on 70 mm film.
Saarinen has directed and co-produced a document about his father's work in PBS series American Masters. His parents divorced when Eric was 12 years old. As a student he worked in his father's office, but he did not became as passionate about architecture as his father or his grandfather, Eliel Saarinen. His first cousin once removed is Edie Sedgwick.
