"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" cinematographer Michael Gershman is no more. He was 73. He was found dead in his Malibu house on March 10. The cause of death was not known, reports variety.com. Gershman began work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer from the beginning in 1997, and continued through its fifth season in 2001. He also directed several episodes of the cult TV series, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Before embarking on his work with the show, Gershman studied under cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond as a camera assistant on films like "The Deer Hunter", "Heaven's Gate", "The River", "The Blow Out" and "The Rose" during the 1970s and 1980s. He received an Emmy nomination in 2000 for outstanding cinematography for a single camera series for his work on the episode "Hush", widely considered one of the most frightening "Buffy" episodes.