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#1: From the doc "Cinematographer Style"
JOHNNY E. JENSEN ASC
Born: 1947, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Career: Went to the USA in 1966 and worked for Fouad Said, where he was involved in the design and manufacture of the Cinemobile. Joined the union in 1973 and became c.asst and c.op. Became doph in 1983.
Ph numerous commercials.
Member of the ASC since 1994.
His son Jimmy [born 1963] is a c.asst.
Teaches cinematography at the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Chapman University, Orange, Calif. [since 2011].
Spent three weeks in Korea mentoring students at the Asian Film Academy during the Busan Film Festival in 2012.
Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].
Awards: Independent Spirit Award nom [1992] for 'Rambling Rose'; 'Emmy' Award nom [1992] for 'Into the Badlands'; ASC Award nom [1993] & 'Emmy' Award nom [1993] for 'An American Story/After the Glory'.
Website: Johnny E. Jensen
| FILMS | |
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1984 |
Aloha Summer [Tommy Lee Wallace] c; co-addph; ph: Steven Poster; released 1988 |
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1989 |
Playboy: Secrets of Euromassage [prod: Eytan Keller] c/V; doc/50m |
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1990 |
Rambling Rose [Martha Coolidge] c |
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1992 |
Benefit of the Doubt [Jonathan Heap] c |
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1992 |
[Neil Simon's] Lost in Yonkers [Martha Coolidge] c |
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1993 |
Grumpy Old Men [Donald Petrie] c |
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1993 |
Angie [Martha Coolidge] p/c |
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1993 |
Exit to Eden [Garry Marshall] c; addph; ph: Theo van de Sande |
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1994 |
Three Wishes [Martha Coolidge] c; 2uc: Bill Neil; aph: Rex Metz |
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1996 |
Rosewood [John Singleton] p/c; 2uc: Frank Byers |
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1998 |
Morgan's Ferry [Sam Pillsbury] c |
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1999 |
The Ladies Man [Reginald Hudlin] c |
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2000 |
Life as a House [Irwin Winkler] p/c; addph; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond |
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2001 |
WiseGirls/Wisegirls [David Anspaugh] c |
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2002 |
Bringing Down the House [Adam Shankman] s35/c; 2uc (+ hph); ph: Julio Macat |
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2003 |
The Game of Their Lives/The Miracle Match [David Anspaugh] s35/c |
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2005 |
Material Girls [Martha Coolidge] s35/c |
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2005 |
Because I Said So [Michael Lehmann] c; addph; ph: Julio Macat |
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2006 |
Reflections [Gina Prince-Bythewood] c; short/21m; c.op 2u: Joe 'Jody' Williams & Alan Thatcher; prod for Scenarios USA |
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2008 |
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong [Martha Coolidge] c/V |
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2009 |
Our Family Wedding [Rick Famuyiwa] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc; ph: Julio Macat |
| TELEVISION | |
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1985 |
Shattered Spirits [Robert Greenwald] tvm |
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1986 |
Liberty [Richard Sarafian] tvm; ph USA; ph France: Jean Tournier |
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1987 |
The Three Kings [Mel Damski] tvm |
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1989 |
Trenchcoat in Paradise [Martha Coolidge] tvm |
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1989 |
Jacob Have I Loved [Victoria Hochberg] tvm/59m |
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1989 |
Spy [Philip Frank Messina] tvm |
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1990 |
Sisters [Mimi Leder] pilot/60m; for CBS-tv |
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1990 |
When You Remember Me [Harry Winer] tvm |
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1990 |
Bare Essentials [Martha Coolidge] tvm |
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1991 |
Into the Badlands [Sam Pillsbury] tvm |
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1991 |
An American Story/After the Glory [John Gray] tvm |
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1992 |
Crazy in Love [Martha Coolidge] tvm |
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1998 |
Swing Vote/The Ninth Justice [David Anspaugh] tvm |
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2000 |
Opposite Sex [pilot dir by Donald M. Petrie] 8-part (2 unaired) series; other ph: Steven Bernstein (5 ep) |
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2000 |
L.A. County 187/L.A. Sheriff's Homicide [David Anspaugh] tvm/60m; originally a pilot |
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2000 |
The Flamingo Rising [Martha Coolidge] tvm |
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2001 |
Two Against Time [David Anspaugh] tvm |
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2001 |
The Ponder Heart [Martha Coolidge] tvm; ep PBS-tv 'Masterpiece Theatre' |
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2002 |
Dragnet [ep #4 'Well Endowed' dir by Andy Wolk, #5 'The Cutting of the Swath' dir by Guy Norman Bee, #6 'The Brass Ring' dir by Juan Jose Campanella, #8 'Sticks and Stones' dir by Kevin Dowling, #9 'Redemption' dir by Darnell Martin, #10 'Let's Make a Deal' dir by Jean de Segonzac & #11 'For Whom the Whistle Blows' dir by Guy Norman Bee] 22-part series, 2003-04; 1st season, 2003 (12 ep); the title for the 2nd season was 'L.A. Dragnet' (10 ep); other ph: Russ Alsobrook (cph #12), Paul Maibaum (cph ep #11) & Bing Sokolsky (pilot + ep #2-3 & #7 + cph #12) |
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2003 |
Deceit [John Sacret Young] tvm |
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2007 |
Heartland [pilot dir by David Hollander + 8 ep dir by various] 9-part series; cph (pilot): Nancy Schreiber |
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2008 |
[Nora Roberts'] Tribute [Martha Coolidge] tvm |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1970 |
Bananas [Woody Allen] cred as technician; ph: Andrew M. Costikyan |
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1971 |
The Godfather [Francis Ford Coppola] Cinemobile tech; ph: Gordon Willis |
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1972 |
Tom Sawyer [Don Taylor] Cinemobile tech; ph: Frank Stanley |
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1975 |
Dr. Minx [Hikmet Avedis] c.asst; ph: Massoud Joseph |
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1977 |
How the West Was Won [various; tv-series] 1st c.asst; ph: Edward R. Plante |
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1978 |
Texas Detour [Hikmet Avedis] c.asst; ph: Massoud Joseph |
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1978 |
The Electric Horseman [Sydney Pollack] c.asst; ph: Owen Roizman |
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1979 |
Altered States [Ken Russell] c.asst; ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
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1979 |
Cutter's Way/Cutter and Bone [Ivan Passer] c.asst; ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
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1980 |
Dead and Buried [Gary Sherman] c.asst; ph: Steven Poster |
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1980 |
Coast to Coast [Joseph Sargent] c.asst; ph: Mario Tosi |
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1981 |
Blade Runner [Ridley Scott] c.op; ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
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1981 |
An Officer and a Gentleman [Taylor Hackford] c.op; ph: Don Thorin |
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1982 |
Best Friends [Norman Jewison] c.op; ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
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1983 |
Stop Making Sense [Jonathan Demme] co-c.op; ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
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1984 |
Refuge of the Roads [Joni Mitchell; mus perf] co-c.op; ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
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1985 |
The Hearst and Davies Affair [David Lowell Rich; tvm] 2u c.op; ph: Charles F. Wheeler |
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1987 |
U2: Rattle and Hum [Phil Joanou] co-c.op Tempe ph; ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
| TELEVISION AS DIRECTOR | |
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1995 |
The Lazarus Man [pilot 'Awakening (Part 1 & 2)'] ph: Gary Holt; followed by series; for TNT |
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1996 |
The Ditchdigger's Daughters [tvm] ph: Fernando Arguelles |
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1996 |
The Cape [ep #8 'Buried in Peace'] 21-part series, 1996-97; ph: James Chressanthis |
