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TOM PRIESTLEY Jr. ASC
Born: ?, as Thomas A. Priestley Jr., son of newsreel ph & doc filmmaker Thomas A. Priestley Sr. [1918-1993].
Career: Wanted to become a chemical engineer, however, a visit in 1961 to the set of the tv-series 'Naked City' [ph by his uncle Jack Priestley] convinced him otherwise. After working on 'Naked City' he became c.asst, later c.op.
Awards: ASC TV Award nom [1992] for 'Intruders'.
| FILMS | |
|---|---|
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1983 |
Beat Street [Stan Lathan (replaced Andrew Davis)] c; addph: Alicia Weber, Jack Priestley & Joseph Coffey; doc ph (Bronx): Brent Owens |
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1991 |
A League of Their Own [Penny Marshall] p/c; addph (= 1st unit doph for six weeks replacing M. Ondrícek, who was ill) (+ co-c.op); ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1992 |
Calendar Girl [John Whitesell] c |
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1992 |
Above the Rim [Jeff Pollack] c |
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1993 |
Blue Chips [William Friedkin] c |
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1994 |
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde [David Price] c |
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1995 |
Tales from the Crypt Presents - Bordello of Blood [Gilbert Adler] c; addph: Joseph F. Valentine |
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1996 |
This WORLD, then the FIREWORKS [Michael Oblowitz] c; 2uc: Michael Barrow |
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1996 |
Screwed: Al Goldstein's Kingdom of Porn [Alexander Crawford] 16mm/c; doc/85m; addph; ph: A. Crawford |
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1997 |
Tequila Express [Charles Picerni Jr.] scheduled for July start; in 2002 a film with this title was dir by David Starr and ph by Matt Cantrell |
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1998 |
The Thomas Crown Affair [John McTiernan] p/c; 2uc: John E. Sullivan; took over from doph Ericson Core after 8 days of shooting; remake of film (1967, Norman Jewison; ph: Haskell Wexler) |
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1999 |
New Best Friend/Mary Jane's Last Dance [Zoe Clarke-Williams] c |
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1999 |
The In Crowd [Mary Lambert] c |
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2001 |
Undercover Brother [Malcolm D. Lee] c; addph: Robert McLachlan; 2uc: Craig Haagensen |
[Left] with actor Ice Cube and dir Tim Story - "Barbershop"
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2002 |
Barbershop [Tim Story] c |
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2002 |
Stateside/Sinners [Reverge Anselmo] c; cph: Adam Holender; 2uc: Petr Hlinomaz |
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2003 |
Surviving Christmas [Mike Mitchell] c; cph: Peter Lyons Collister; 2uc: Flemming Olsen |
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2003 |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business [Kevin Rodney Sullivan (replaced Tim Story)] c |
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2005 |
Three Days to Vegas/Retirement [Charlie Picerni] c; 2uc: Joseph Cicio |
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2005 |
Spaghetti Park [Charlie Picerni] scheduled to start filming in August; status unknown |
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2006 |
The List [Gary Wheeler] c |
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2006 |
Delta Farce [C.B. Harding] c |
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2007 |
The Pool Boys/American Summer [James B. Rogers] s35-to-35mm/c; L.A. ph: Imre Juhasz |
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2008 |
The Bleeding [Charlie Picerni] c; 2uc: Bo Webb |
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2008 |
The Janky Promoters [Marcus Raboy] c |
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2009 |
The Trial [Gary Wheeler] RED/c; 2uc: Philip Hurn |
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2011 |
10 Rules for Sleeping Around [Leslie Greif] c |
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2011 |
Undeserving Grace [Dennis 'Yahuchesed' Delemar] HD (Sony)/c; short/17m; released in 2014 |
| FILMS AS 2ND UNIT CINEMATOGRAPHER | |
|---|---|
|
1985 |
F/X [Robert Mandel] c; + uncred c.op; ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1987 |
Big Business [Jim Abrahams] c; 2uc New York; ph: Dean Cundey |
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1988 |
Second Sight [Joel Zwick] c; + c.op; ph: Dana Christiaansen |
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1988 |
See No Evil, Hear No Evil [Arthur Hiller] c; ph: Victor Kemper |
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1992 |
Striking Distance [Rowdy Herrington] c; ph: Mac Ahlberg |
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1993 |
Demolition Man [Marco Brambilla] c; ph: Alex Thomson |
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1993 |
I Love Trouble [Charles Shyer] c; co-2uc; ph: John Lindley |
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1994 |
Die Hard: With a Vengeance/Die Hard 3 [John McTiernan] p/c; ph: Peter Menzies Jr. |
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1994 |
Fair Game [Andrew Sipes] c; ph: Richard Bowen |
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1995 |
Eraser [Charles Russell] p/c; co-2uc; ph: Adam Greenberg |
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1996 |
Maximum Risk/Bloodstone/The Exchange [Ringo Lam] s35/c; co-2uc; ph: Alexander Gruszynski |
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1996 |
Double Team/The Colony [Hark Tsui] s35/c; ph: Peter Pau |
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1997 |
I Know What You Did Last Summer [Jim Gillespie] p/c; ph: Denis Crossan |
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1997 |
For Richer or Poorer [Bryan Spicer] s35/c; 2uc New York; ph: Buzz Feitshans IV |
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1997 |
Deep Impact [Mimi Leder] s35/c; co-2uc (+ 2ud Los Angeles); ph: Dietrich Lohmann |
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2000 |
Don't Say a Word [Gary Fleder] s35/c; 2uc New York (+ 2ud New York); ph: Amir Mokri |
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2001 |
Swimfan/Swimf@n/Tell Me You love Me [John Polson] J-D-C Scope/c; ph: Giles Nuttgens |
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2003 |
Cursed [Wes Craven] Hawk Scope/c; co-2uc; ph: Robert McLachlan |
| TELEVISION | |
|---|---|
|
1985 |
Miami Vice [16 ep dir by various] 114-part series, 1984-89; 2nd season, 1985-86; other ph: James A. Contner |
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1986 |
Miami Vice [10 ep dir by various] 3rd season, 1986-87; other ph: Oliver Wood; see 1985 |
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1987 |
Leg Work [various] 10-part (4 unaired) series; other ph: Bob Bailin |
|
1990 |
Wiseguy [5 ep dir by various] 75-part (3 unaired) series, 1987-90; 4th season, 1990 |
|
1990 |
Against the Law [various] 17-part series, 1990-91; other ph: Paul Goldsmith & Misha Suslov |
|
1991 |
Perfect Crimes [Armand Mastroianni] tvm; as lighting dir |
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1991 |
Intruders [Dan Curtis] 2-part tvm |
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1992 |
The Last Hit/The Long Kill [Jan Egleson] tvm |
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1994 |
One of Her Own [Armand Mastroianni] tvm |
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1997 |
Love-Struck [Larry Peerce] tvm |
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1998 |
Holy Joe/Man of Miracles [Larry Peerce] tvm |
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2004 |
Cooking Lessons [Ivan Reitman] pilot; for CBS-tv |
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2005 |
South Beach [various] 8-part series, 2006; other ph: David Hennings |
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2006 |
Monk [ep #71 'Mr. Monk and the Leper' dir by Randall Zisk & #76 'Mr. Monk and the Really, Really Dead Guy' dir by Anthony R. Palmieri] 125-part series, 2002-09; 5th season, 2006-07 (16 ep) |
| FILMS & TELEVISION AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR | |
|---|---|
|
1961 |
Naked City [various; tv-series] ?; ph: Jack Priestley, a.o. |
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1967 |
Rachel, Rachel [Paul Newman] c.asst; ph: Gayne Rescher |
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1968 |
Midnight Cowboy [John Schlesinger] c.asst; ph: Adam Holender |
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1970 |
The Owl and the Pussycat [Herbert Ross] ?; ph: Harry Stradling Sr. & Andrew Laszlo |
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1970 |
A New Leaf [Elaine May] uncred c.asst; ph: Gayne Rescher |
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1970 |
The French Connection [William Friedkin] c.asst; ph: Owen Roizman |
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1971 |
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight [James Goldstone] uncred c.asst; ph: Owen Roizman |
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1972 |
The Heartbreak Kid [Elaine May] 1st c.asst; ph: Owen Roizman |
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1972 |
Where the Lilies Bloom [William A. Graham] co-c.asst; ph: Urs Furrer |
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1972 |
The Exorcist [William Friedkin] c.asst; ph: Owen Roizman |
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1973 |
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three [Joseph Sargent] c.asst; ph: Owen Roizman |
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1974 |
The Stepford Wives [Bryan Forbes] 1st c.asst; ph: Owen Roizman |
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1974 |
Three Days of the Condor [Sydney Pollack] c.asst; ph: Owen Roizman |
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1975 |
Movin' On [10 ep dir by various; tv-series, 2nd season] 1st c.asst; ph: William H. Steiner, Jack Priestley & Robert B. Hauser |
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1976 |
Annie Hall [Woody Allen] 1st c.asst; ph: Gordon Willis |
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1976 |
Network [Sidney Lumet] c.asst; ph: Owen Roizman |
|
1977 |
Saturday Night Fever [John Badham] c.op; ph: Ralf Bode |
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1977 |
See How She Runs [Richard T. Heffron; tvm] c.op; ph: Ron Lautore |
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1977 |
Hair [Milos Forman] c.op New York; ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1978 |
Last Embrace [Jonathan Demme] c.op; ph: Tak Fujimoto |
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1978 |
Kramer vs. Kramer [Robert Benton] c.op; ph: Nestor Almendros |
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1979 |
Windows [Gordon Willis] c.op; ph: Gordon Willis |
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1979 |
Fame [Alan Parker] co-c.op; ph: Michael Seresin |
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1979 |
Wolfen [Michael Wadleigh] c.op; ph: Gerry Fisher |
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1980 |
Eyewitness/The Janitor [Peter Yates] c.op; ph: Matthew Leonetti |
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1980 |
Ragtime [Milos Forman] co-c.op; ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1981 |
Rollover [Alan J. Pakula] c.op; ph: Giuseppe Rotunno & (New York) William Garroni |
|
1981 |
The World According to Garp [George Roy Hill] c.op; ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1981 |
Yes, Giorgio [Franklin J. Schaffner] c.op New York; ph: Fred J. Koenekamp |
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1981 |
Muggable Mary, Street Cop [Sandor Stern; tvm] c.op; ph: Ronald M. Lautore |
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1982 |
Sophie's Choice [Alan J. Pakula] co-c.op; ph: Nestor Almendros |
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1982 |
Silkwood [Mike Nichols] c.op; ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1983 |
The Survivors [Michael Ritchie] c.op; ph: Billy Williams |
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1983 |
Amadeus [Milos Forman] co-c.op; ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1983 |
The Pope of Greenwich Village [Stuart Rosenberg] c.op; ph: John Bailey |
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1984 |
Falling in Love [Ulu Grosbard] c.op; ph: Peter Suschitzky |
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1984 |
A Chorus Line [Richard Attenborough] c.op; ph: Ronnie Taylor |
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1985 |
F/X [Robert Mandel] uncred c.op (+ 2uc); ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1985 |
Runaway Train [Andrei Konchalovsky] c.op Alaska; ph Alaska: Don Burgess; ph: Alan Hume |
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1985 |
The Manhattan Project/Deadly Game [Marshall Brickman] co-c.op; ph: Billy Williams |
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1987 |
Big Shots [Robert Mandel] c.op; ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1987 |
Masquerade [Bob Swaim] c.op; ph: David Watkin |
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1987 |
Funny Farm [George Roy Hill] c.op; ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1988 |
Cookie [Susan Seidelman] c.op (+ co-2ud); ph: Oliver Stapleton |
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1988 |
Scrooged [Richard Donner] c.op New York; ph: Michael Chapman |
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1988 |
Loose Cannons [Bob Clark] c.op; ph: Reginald H. Morris |
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1988 |
Family Business [Sidney Lumet] c.op; ph: Andrzej Bartkowiak |
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1989 |
Parenthood [Ron Howard] c.op; ph: Donald McAlpine |
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1989 |
She-Devil [Susan Seidelman] c.op; ph: Oliver Stapleton |
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1990 |
Awakenings [Penny Marshall] c.op; ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1990 |
Q & A [Sidney Lumet] c.op; ph: Andrzej Bartkowiak |
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1990 |
Sleeping with the Enemy [Joseph Ruben] c.op; ph: John Lindley |
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1990 |
Delirious [Tom Mankiewicz] c.op New York; ph: Robert M. Stevens |
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1991 |
A League of Their Own [Penny Marshall] co-c.op (+ addph); ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1992 |
Searching for Bobby Fischer/Innocent Moves [Steven Zaillian] co-c.op; ph: Conrad L. Hall |
