THOMAS DEL RUTH   ASC

Born: 1 May 1942, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA, as Thomas Anthony Del Ruth, son of film dir Roy Del Ruth [1895-1961] and actress Winnie Lightner [1899-1971].

Education: University of Heidelberg, West Germany [1961-62]; San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, Los Angeles [now California State University]; University of Southern California [USC] [1964-65].

Career: Started as commercial print ad model and actor in 1965 after discharge from serving as a paratrooper in the US Army. 'After my discharge from the Army, I enrolled in Valley State College. I later transferred to the University of Southern California and took cinema classes while working as a messenger at Walt Disney Studios.' Became c.op in 1973. Became doph in 1978 on the tv-series 'Mrs. Columbo'.

In 1995 he directed ep #10 'Sightings' [ph: Hugo Cortina] of the tv-series 'JAG'.

His son Matthew is a c.asst; son Sean is a camera loader.

Awards: ASC Award nom [1994] for 'The X Files' [pilot]; ASC Award [1995] for 'ER' [pilot and ep 'Day One']; 'Emmy' Award nom [1995] for 'My Brother’s Keeper'; 'Emmy' Award [2000] & ASC Award nom [2000] for 'The West Wing' [pilot dir by Thomas Schlamme]; 'Emmy' Award [2001] & ASC Award [2001] for 'The West Wing' [ep #32 'Noel' dir by Thomas Schlamme]; ASC Award [2002] & 'Emmy' Award nom [2002] for 'The West Wing' [ep #54 'Bartlet for America' dir by Thomas Schlamme]; ASC Award nom [2002] & 'Emmy' Award nom [2003] for 'The West Wing' [ep #78 'Holy Night' dir by Thomas Schlamme]; ASC TV Award nom [2003] & 'Emmy' Award nom [2004] for 'The West Wing' [ep #91 '7A WF 83429' dir by Alex Graves]; ASC TV Award nom [2004] for 'The West Wing' [ep #109 'Gaza' dir by Christopher Misiano]; ASC TV Award nom [2005] for 'Code Breakers'; ASC TV Award nom [2006] & 'Emmy' Award nom [2007] for 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' (pilot); Fallbrook FF 'Lifetime Achievement Award' [2008].

1979        Underground Aces [Robert Butler] c

1980        Motel Hell [Kevin Connor] c

1981        Death Wish II [Michael Winner] c; cph: Richard H. Kline

1981        Hysterical [Chris Bearde] c; addph; ph: Donald M. Morgan

1982        Blue Thunder [John Badham] p/c; addph; ph: John Alonzo

1983        Get Crazy/Flip Out [Allan Arkush] c

1983        Impulse [Graham Baker] c; aph: Frank Holgate

1984        Fandango [Kevin Reynolds] c; based on Reynolds' student (USC) short 'Proof' (1980)

1984        The Breakfast Club [John Hughes] c; ph Chicago: George Bouillet

1985        Quicksilver [Tom Donnelly] c

1985        Stand by Me [Rob Reiner] c

1986        The Running Man [Paul Michael Glaser (replaced Andrew Davis)] c; addph: Reynaldo Villalobos; spec vfx ph: Rick Fichter

1987        Cross My Heart [Armyan Bernstein] c

1987        Satisfaction/Girls of Summer/Sweet Little Rock and Roller [Joan Freeman] c

1988        Look Who's Talking/Daddy's Home [Amy Heckerling] c

1990        Look Who's Talking Too [Amy Heckerling] c; 2uc New York: Alec Hirschfeld; efx ph: Peter Anderson

1990        Little Sister/Mister Sister [Jimmy Zeilinger] c

1991        Kuffs [Bruce Evans] c

1992        The Mighty Ducks/Champions [Stephen Herek] c

1992        Amore!/The Last Paesan [Lorenzo Doumani] c 

1996        Leave It to Beaver [Andy Cadiff] c; addph: Dean Cundey & Robert Brinkmann

1997        Kissing a Fool [Doug Ellin] c

1998        Knockout [Lorenzo Doumani] p/c/V; cph: Hisham Abed

2009        Flipped [ Rob Reiner] c

1978        Mrs. Columbo [ep #3 'A Riddle for Puppets' dir by Edward Abroms & #4 'Caviar with Everything' dir by Don Medford]

                    13-part series, 1979-80; 1st season, 1979; other ph: Alric Edens, Kenneth Peach Jr. & Isidore Mankofsky

1979        Mark, I Love You [Gunnar Hellstrom] tvm

1979        The Last Convertible [part 1 dir by Sidney Hayers & part 3 dir by Gus Trikonis] 3-part miniseries; part 2 dir by Jo

                    Swerling Jr. and ph by Edward Rio Rotunno

1979        She's Dressed to Kill/Someone's Killing the World's Greatest Models [Gus Trikonis] tvm

1980        This House Possessed [William Wiard] tvm

1980        Elvis and the Beauty Queen [Gus Trikonis] tvm

1981        Help Wanted: Male [William Wiard] tvm

1981        The Wonderful World of Phillip Malley [Harry Falk] pilot

1981        Million Dollar Infield [Hal Cooper] tvm

1981        Simon & Simon [pilot 'Details at Eleven' dir by Corey Allen] 156-part series, 1981-88; 1st season, 1981-82; other ph:

                    Lloyd Ahern II, Vincent Martinelli & Bradford May

1982        Paper Dolls [Edward Zwick] tvm

1982        In Love with an Older Woman [Jack Bender] tvm; addph: Charles Correll

1982        Who Will Love My Children? [John Erman] tvm

1982        Intimate Agony/Doctor in Paradise [Paul Wendkos] tvm

1982        Simon & Simon [ep #26 (2hr movie) 'Pirate's Key' dir by Corey Allen] 2nd season, 1982-83; see 1981

1983        Something About Amelia [Randa Haines] tvm; cph: Edward R. Brown

1983        Best Kept Secrets/Under Suspicion [Jerrold Freedman] tvm

1985        Code of Vengeance/Dalton [Rick Rosenthal] pilot; cph: Duke Callaghan

1986        Blind Justice/The Whole Truth [Rod Holcomb] tvm

1986        Who Is Julia? [Walter Grauman] tvm

1986        Outlaws [ep #1 'Outlaws' dir by Peter Werner] 12-part series, 1986-87

198?        The King and Me [?] ?

1987        Spies [Rod Holcomb] pilot

1988        Ladykillers [Robert M. Lewis] tvm

1988        Dream Breakers/The O'Connors/In Evil's Grasp [Stuart Millar] tvm

1989        Wolf [various] 12-part series, 1989-90; + co-prod

1991        T Bone n Weasel [Lewis Teague] tvm

1992        Barbarians at the Gate [Glenn Jordan] tvm; cph: Nic Knowland

1993        The X Files/The X-Files [pilot dir by Robert Mandel] 202-part series, 1993-2002; 1st season, 1993-94; other ph:

                    John S. Bartley

1993        Donato and Daughter/Dead to Rights/Under Threat [Rod Holcomb] tvm

1993        Shattered Image [Fritz Kiersch] tvm

1993        House of Secrets/Conspiracy of Terror [Mimi Leder] tvm

1993        Royce [Rod Holcomb] tvm; 2uc: János Kende

1993        Next Door [Tony Bill] tvm; 2uc: Levie Isaacks; filmed 1993-94

1994        ER [pilot (2hrs) '24 Hours' dir by Rod Holcomb, ep #2 'Day One' dir by Mimi Leder & #3 'Going Home' dir by Mark Tinker]

                    331-part series, 1994-2009; 1st season, 1994-95; other ph: Richard C. Thorpe; video title of pilot: 'ER: The Series

                    Premiere'

1994        My Brother's Keeper [Glenn Jordan] tvm

1994        [Truman Capote's] One Christmas [Tony Bill] tvm

1995        Abandoned and Deceived/ACES: The Gerry Jensen Story [Joseph Dougherty] tvm

1995        JAG [pilot (2-hour tvm & 2-part 'A New Life' for syndication) 'JAG' dir by Donald P. Bellisario (DPB), ep #3 'Shadow' dir by

                    DPB, #4 'Desert Son' dir by Joe Napolitano, #5 'Déjà Vu' dir by Doug Lefler, #6 'Pilot Error' dir by Les Landau & #8 'Brig

                    Break' dir by Jim Johnston] 227-part series, 1995-2005; 1st season, 1995-96; other ph: Hugo Cortina

1995        Courthouse [pilot dir by Ron Lagomarsino] 9-part series, 1995; other ph: Tim Suhrstedt & Michael Gershman

1996        Chasing the Dragon [Ian Sander] tvm

1996        [Danielle Steel's] Full Circle [Bethany Rooney] tvm

1996        Asteroid [Bradford May] 2-part tvm; cph: David Hennings

1996        When the Cradle Falls [Paul Schneider] tvm

1997        The Underworld [Rod Holcomb] pilot

1997        It Came from the Sky [Jack Bender] tvm

1998        Charmed [ep #1 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' dir by John T. Kretchmer + 6 ep dir by various] 178-part series,

                    1998-2006; 1st season, 1998-99; other ph: Michael Negrin, Geoffrey Schaaf & Rick Gunter

1999        Down Will Come Baby [Gregory Goodell] tvm

1999        The West Wing [various] 154-part series, 1999-2006; 1st season, 1999-2000; other ph: Rick Bota; the pilot was shot in

                    16mm, but the series switched to 35mm after being picked up

2000        The West Wing [various] 2nd season, 2000-01; see 1999

2001        The West Wing [various] 3rd season, 2001-02; other ph: James Glennon (1 ep) & Bill Zarchy (doc special); see 1999

2002        The West Wing [various] 4th season, 2002-03; other ph: Anette Haellmigk; see 1999

2003        The West Wing [various] 5th season, 2003-04; ep #108 'Access' (d: Alex Graves) was filmed with HDcam; see 1999

2004        The West Wing [various] 6th season, 2004-05; other ph: Michael Mayers, Dean Cundey, Philip Holahan & Anette

                    Haellmigk; see 1999

2004        Heartless/Lethal Seduction [Robert Markowitz] tvm

2005        The Book of Daniel [pilot 'Temptation' dir by James Frawley] 8-part (4 unaired) series, 2006; other ph: John Beymer

2005        Code Breakers [Rod Holcomb] tvm for ESPN-tv

2006        Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip [pilot dir by Thomas Schlamme + 13 ep dir by various] 22-part series, 2006-07

1964        Peyton Place [various; 514-part tv-series, 1964-69] c.asst; ph: Dale Deverman, a.o.

1965        Batman [various; 120-part tv-series, 1966-68] c.asst; ph: Sam Leavitt, Ralph Woolsey, a.o.

1965        The Sand Pebbles [Robert Wise] c.asst; ph: Joseph MacDonald

1966        Tobruk [Arthur Hiller; 2ud: Joseph Kane] c.asst 2u; 2uc: ?; ph: Russell Harlan

1966        Divorce American Style [Bud Yorkin] c.asst; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1966        Doctor Dolittle [Richard Fleischer] c.asst; ph: Robert Surtees

1967        Valley of the Dolls [Mark Robson] c.asst; ph: William H. Daniels

1967        Planet of the Apes [Franklin J. Schaffner] c.asst; ph: Leon Shamroy

1968        The Detective [Gordon Douglas] c.asst; ph: Joseph F. Biroc

1968        Bandolero! [Andrew V. McLaglen] c.asst; ph: William H. Clothier

1968        The Secret Life of an American Wife [George Axelrod] c.asst; ph: Leon Shamroy

1968        Justine [George Cukor (replaced Joseph Strick)] c.asst; ph: Leon Shamroy

1968        Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [George Roy Hill] c.asst; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1968        Tora! Tora! Tora! [Richard Fleischer, a.o.] c.asst 2u; 2uc: David & Michael Butler; ph: Charles F. Wheeler

1969        The Happy Ending [Richard Brooks] c.asst; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1969        [Gore Vidal's] Myra Breckinridge [Michael Sarne] c.asst; ph: Richard Moore

1970        Brewster McCloud [Robert Altman] c.asst; ph: Jordan Cronenweth

1971        Fat City [John Huston] c.asst; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1971        Play It As It Lays [Frank Perry] c.asst; ph: Jordan Cronenweth

1972        Electra Glide in Blue [James William Guercio] c.asst; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1972        Birds of Prey [William A. Graham; tvm] c.asst; ph: Jordan Cronenweth

1972        Cry for Me, Billy/Apache Massacre/Count Your Bullets/Face to the Wind/The Long Tomorrow/Naked

                    Revenge [William A. Graham] c.asst; ph: Jordan Cronenweth

1973        Zandy's Bride/For Better, for Worse [Jan Troell] c.asst; ph: Jordan Cronenweth

1973        Coonskin/Bustin' Out/Streetfight [Ralph Bakshi] c.op; ph: William Fraker

1973        The Day of the Locust [John Schlesinger] co-c.op; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1973        Aloha, Bobby and Rose [Floyd Mutrux] c.op; ph: William Fraker

1974        Melvin Purvis: G-Man/The Legend of Machine Gun Kelly [Dan Curtis; tvm] c.op; ph: Jacques R. Marquette

1974        The Front Page [Billy Wilder] c.op; ph: Jordan Cronenweth

1974        Smile [Michael Ritchie] c.op; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1975        Sparkle [Sam O'Steen] c.op; ph: Bruce Surtees

1975        The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox [Melvin Frank] c.op; ph: Joseph F. Biroc

1975        Gable and Lombard [Sidney Furie] c.op; ph: Jordan Cronenweth

1975        The Outlaw Josey Wales [Clint Eastwood (replaced Philip Kaufman)] co-c.op; ph: Bruce Surtees

1976        The Shootist [Don Siegel] c.op; ph: Bruce Surtees

1976        Three Warriors [Kieth Merrill] co-c.op; ph: Bruce Surtees

1976        Citizens Band/Handle with Care [Jonathan Demme] c.op; ph: Jordan Cronenweth

1977        Testimony of Two Men [Leo Penn & Larry Yust; tv-miniseries] c.op; ph: Jim Dickson & Isidore Mankofsky

1977        Big Wednesday/Summer of Innocence [John Milius] co-c.op; ph: Bruce Surtees

1977        It Happened One Christmas [Donald Wrye; tvm] c.op; ph: Conrad L. Hall

1978        [Arthur Hailey's] Wheels [Jerry London; tv-miniseries] c.op; ph: Jacques R. Marquette

1978        Crash/Crash of Flight 401 [Barry Shear; tvm] c.op; ph: Jacques R. Marquette & James Pergola (Florida seq)