 Savides first solo job as a cinematographer was on the thriller starring Alec Baldwin, "Heaven's Prisoners" (1996) directed by Phil Joanou.Before that film, he served as a cinematographer on a TV short film entitled "The Investigator" (1994) directed by Matthew Tabak and a TV movie "Lake Consequence" (1993) directed by Rafael Eisenman.One of his earliest jobs was being the director of photography on a workout video from Cindy Crawford.