IEC
#1: 2009
JOHN TOLL ASC
Born: 15 June 1952, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Education: Los Angeles City College; California State University, Los Angeles.
Career: Came to Los Angeles at the age of 19 to attend college. While in college he got a part-time job as prod asst and ph of inserts at David Wolper Productions. Was c.asst for Mike Dugan [2nd unit] and Andrew Laszlo [1st unit] on a tvm shot in the Bahamas. Ph some low-budget exploitation films in the early 70's. After his study he had several non-union jobs until he became c.asst working for doph David Walsh, Archie R. Dalzell [on the tv-series 'The Rookies'], Melvin Sokolsky [commercials], Richard Kline and John Alonzo. Became c.op.
Ph a 'behind-the-scenes' doc about the making of 'E.T.' [1981-82]. Started ph commercials in 1986 dir by Hugh Hudson ['US Marines'], Roland Emmerich [for DaimlerChrysler], a.o. Ph music videos dir by David Hogan ['Tragedy', 2001; a: Marc Anthony], a.o.
Member of the ASC [since 1995] and the SOC.
Married [1998-present] to make-up artist Lois Burwell.
Appeared in the doc's 'Italian Soldiers' [2000, Francesco Cabras; 65m], 'Prelude to a Dream' [2001; the making of 'Vanilla Sky'; 6m], 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan], 'Behind the Scenes of 'Seraphim Falls'' [2007; 19m] & 'The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo' [2007, Axel Schill; ph: Volker Gläser; 78m].
Awards: ASC TV Award nom [1990] for 'The Young Riders' [pilot 'The Kid']; 'Oscar' AA [1995], ASC Film Award nom [1995] & Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1995] for 'Legends of the Fall'; 'Oscar' AA [1996], ASC Film Award [1996], BAFTA Film Award [1996] & Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1996] for 'Braveheart'; NYFCC Award [1998], ASC Film Award [1999], 'Oscar' AA nom [1999], BSC Award nom [1999], Berlin IFF 'Honorable Mention' [1999] & CFCA Award [1999] for 'The Thin Red Line'; National Board of Review of Motion Pictures 'Career Achievement Award for Cinematography' [2003]; ASC Film Award nom [2003] & Golden Satellite Award [2004] for 'The Last Samurai'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2008] for 'Breaking Bad' [pilot]; ASC 'Lifetime Achievement Award' [2015]; Camerimage 'Lifetime Achievement Award' [2017].
| FILMS | |
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1971 |
The Young Graduates [Robert Anderson] c; cph: J. Barry Herron |
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1971 |
The Hoax/The Swiss Bank Account [Robert Anderson] c |
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1981 |
E.T.: Behind-the-Scenes [?] c; doc/?m |
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1985 |
The Beach Boys: An American Band [Malcolm Leo] c; doc/103m; addph: Fritz Roland |
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1988 |
Tequila Sunrise [Robert Towne] c; co-2uc; ph: Conrad Hall |
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1989 |
Blaze [Ron Shelton] c; 2uc; ph: Haskell Wexler |
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1989 |
Always [Steven Spielberg] c; addph Montana; ph: Mikael Salomon |
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1991 |
Wind [Carroll Ballard] c; 2uc: Gary Capo; aph: Stan McClain |
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1991 |
The Forfeit [Kate Hall] c; 61m |
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1993 |
Legends of the Fall [Edward Zwick] c; addph: David Wagreich; 2uc: Ron Orieux |
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1994 |
Braveheart [Mel Gibson] p/c; 2uc; Eddie Collins, John Clothier & Raymond Stella |
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1995 |
Jack [Francis Ford Coppola] c |
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1996 |
[John Grisham's] The Rainmaker [Francis Ford Coppola] p/c; 2uc: Bob Yeoman |
"The Thin Red Line"
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1997 |
The Thin Red Line [Terrence Malick] p/c; 2uc (Solomon Islands): Reuben Aaronson |
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1998 |
Simpatico [Matthew Warchus] c; addph: Kenneth Barrows; 2uc: Mike Thomas |
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1999 |
Almost Famous/Untitled: Almost Famous the Bootleg Cut [Cameron Crowe] c; 2uc: Charles Minsky; aph: Stan McClain |
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2000 |
Captain Corelli's Mandolin [John Madden] p/c; 2uc: Peter Field |
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2000 |
Vanilla Sky [Cameron Crowe] c; 2uc: Craig Haagensen; vfx ph: David Drzewiecki |
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2001 |
Orange County [Jake Kasdan] c; uncred end beach ph; ph: Greg Gardiner |
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2002 |
The E.T. Reunion [Laurent Bouzereau] c/V; doc/18m; ph original 'E.T.: Behind-the-Scenes' footage (1981); ph: Ron Siegel |
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2002 |
The Last Samurai [Edward Zwick] p/c; 2uc (+ 2ud): Gary Capo |
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2004 |
Elizabethtown [Cameron Crowe] c; 2uc: Mike Thomas |
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2005 |
Rise [: Blood Hunter] [Sebastian Gutierrez] HD/c; 2uc: Philip Lee |
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2005 |
Seraphim Falls [David Von Ancken] p/c; 2uc: Michael Ferris |
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2006 |
Gone Baby Gone [Ben Affleck] 35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (+ c.op 'b' cam): Mike Thomas; aph: Brian Heller |
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2007 |
Wanted [Timur Bekmambetov] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; ph New York; ph: Mitchell Amundsen |
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2007 |
Tropic Thunder [Ben Stiller] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Josh Bleibtreu; ph splinter unit: Steve Adcock; aph: David B. Nowell; HD ph: Micky Froehlich |
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2007 |
The Burning Plain [Guillermo Arriaga] s35/c; addph (finished film); ph: Robert Elswit |
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2008 |
Gimme Shelter [Ben Affleck] dv/c/V; comm doc/5m; for UNHCR |
"It's Complicated"
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2009 |
It's Complicated [Nancy Meyers] 35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Patrick Capone & (uncred; + 2ud Santa Barbara): Guillermo Navarro |
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2009 |
Unbound Captives [Madeleine Stowe] pre-production (still in pre-prod in 2014; M. Stowe: 'We're funded but we have to get the right leading man.') |
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2009 |
The Adjustment Bureau [George Nolfi] HD+s35-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Lukasz Jogalla; splinter unit ph: Jack Donnelly |
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2011 |
The Odd Life of Timothy Green [Peter Hedges] 35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (+ 2ud): Robbie Greenberg; uwph Los Angeles: Mike Thomas |
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2011 |
Cloud Atlas [Tom Tykwer (1936, 1973 & 2012 seg), Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski (1849, 2144 & 2321 seg)] s35+HD (Phantom HD)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 172m; ph seg dir by the Wachowski's; other ph: Frank Griebe; uncred splinter unit ph: Florian Emmerich; insert unit ph: David Lee; high speed ph: Max Penzel; aph: Jeremy Braben & (Spain) Steven Desbrow |
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2012 |
Iron Man 3 [Shane Black] HD (ARRI ALEXA & Studio + Canon C500)-to-35mm scope (+ IMAX-70bu & D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; ph China: Gabriel Beristáin; Mandarin seq ph: Thomas Kloss; 2uc: Larry Blanford; aph 2u: Hans Bjerno (Barrel of Monkeys), David B. Nowell (docks) & Craig O'Brien (skydiving); filmed 2012-13 |
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2013 |
Jupiter Ascending [Andy & Lana Wachowski] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT & Plus 4:3 + Canon EOS 6D)+RED Epic-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema [also 3-D version]); aph: Phil Pastuhov; filmed 2013-14 |
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2015 |
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk [Ang Lee] HD (Sony F65/120 fps)-to-D-Cinema (also 3-D version)/c |
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2018 |
Gemini Man [Ang Lee] announced as ph, but film was shot by Dion Beebe |
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2018 |
Harriet [Kasi Lemmons] pre-production |
| TELEVISION & INTERNET | |
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1972 |
The Rookies [various] 92-part series, 1972-76; other ph: Arch Dalzell, a.o. |
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1987 |
The China Odyssey: 'Empire of the Sun', a Film by Steven Spielberg [Les Mayfield] doc/49m; cph: Mark Zavad; for CBS-tv |
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1987 |
WonderWorks [ep 'Hiroshima Maiden' dir by Joan Darling] 6-part series, 1988; other ph: Gregory Andracke, Orlando Bagwell, John McLean & Tony Jannelli |
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1989 |
The Young Riders [pilot 'The Kid' dir by Robert Lieberman] 68-part series, 1989-92 |
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1990 |
Good Night, Sweet Wife - A Murder in Boston [Jerrold Freedman] tvm |
With actor Bryan Cranston and dir Vince Gilligan - "Breaking Bad"
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2007 |
Breaking Bad [pilot dir by Vince Gilligan] 62-part series/s35-to-HD, 2008-13; 1st season, 2008; other ph: Reynaldo Villalobos |
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2014 |
Sense8 [pilot 'Limbic Resonance' dir by Andy & Lana Wachowski (as The Wachowskis) + 11 ep dir by various] series/HD (Sony F55), 2015-present; 1st season, 2015 (12 ep); addph: Frank Griebe, Christian Almesberger & Danny Ruhlmann; aph: Hans Bjerno; for Netflix |
| FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR | |
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1975 |
Whiffs [Ted Post] uncred 1st c.asst; ph: David M. Walsh |
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1975 |
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood [Michael Winner] 1st c.asst; ph: Richard H. Kline |
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1976 |
Black Sunday [John Frankenheimer] c.asst 'b' cam; ph: John Alonzo |
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1976 |
The Last Waltz [Martin Scorsese; concert film] co-1st c.asst; ph: Michael Chapman |
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1977 |
[Neil Simon's] The Cheap Detective [Robert Moore] uncred 1st c.asst; ph: John Alonzo |
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1977 |
FM/Citizen's Band [John Alonzo] c.op; ph: David Myers |
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1978 |
Norma Rae [Martin Ritt] c.op; ph: John Alonzo |
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1978 |
Human Highway [Dean Stockwell & Bernard Shakey (= Neil Young)] c.op; ph: David Myers |
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1978 |
...and your name is Jonah [Richard Michaels; tvm] c.op; ph: David Myers |
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1979 |
Tom Horn [William Wiard] c.op; ph: John Alonzo |
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1979 |
Portrait of a Stripper/The Secret Life of Susie Hanson [John Alonzo; tvm] c.op; ph: John Alonzo |
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1979 |
The Boy Who Drank Too Much [Jerrold Freedman; tvm] c.op; ph: Allen Daviau |
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1979 |
Urban Cowboy [James Bridges] c.op; ph: Reynaldo Villalobos |
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1979 |
Bustin' Loose [Oz Scott] c.op 2uc; 2uc: Fred Goodich; ph: Dennis Dalzell |
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1979 |
Belle Starr [John Alonzo; tvm] c.op; ph: John Alonzo |
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1980 |
Back Roads [Martin Ritt] c.op; ph: John Alonzo |
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1980 |
Zorro, the Gay Blade [Peter Medak] c.op; ph: John Alonzo |
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1981 |
National Lampoon Goes to the Movies/National Lampoon's Movie Madness [Bob Giraldi (2 seg) & Henry Jaglom (1 seg)] co-c.op; ph: Tak Fujimoto (2 seg) & Charles Correll (1 seg) |
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1981 |
Os saltimbancos trapalhões [J.B. Tanko] co-c.op; ph: Antônio Gonçalves & Fred Goodich |
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1981 |
Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip [Joe Layton] co-c.op; ph: Haskell Wexler |
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1981 |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial [Steven Spielberg] c.op 2u; 2uc: John Stevens; ph: Allen Daviau |
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1982 |
Blue Thunder [John Badham] uncred co-c.op; ph: John Alonzo |
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1982 |
Twilight Zone: The Movie [John Landis (seg #1), Steven Spielberg (#2), Joe Dante (#3) & George Miller (#4)] co-c.op seg #2-4; ph: Allen Daviau (#2 & 4) & John Hora (#3) |
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1982 |
Scarface [Brian De Palma] co-c.op; ph: John Alonzo |
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1983 |
The Falcon and the Snowman [John Schlesinger] c.op; ph: Allen Daviau |
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1984 |
Refuge of the Roads [Joni Mitchell; mus perf] co-c.op; ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
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1985 |
Sweet Dreams [Karel Reisz] c.op; ph: Robbie Greenberg |
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1985 |
Peggy Sue Got Married [Francis Coppola] c.op; ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
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1985 |
Just Between Friends [Allan Burns] c.op; ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
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1986 |
Black Widow [Bob Rafelson] c.op; ph: Conrad L. Hall |
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1986 |
The Milagro Beanfield War [Robert Redford] c.op; ph: Robbie Greenberg |
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2006 |
Shine a Light [Martin Scorsese; mus doc/122m] co-c.op; ph: Robert Richardson |
