© Douglas Kirkland

With dir Diane Ladd

"Mrs. Munck" [1994]

               

Born: 29 August 1942, Los Angeles, USA, as James Michael Glennon, son of doph Bert Glennon [1893-1967].

Died: 19 October 2006, Los Angeles, Calif., USA.

Education: Film School of the University of California, Los Angeles [BA in 1968].

Career: 'My mother, Mary, was a script supervisor and my father, Bert, was a cameraman. He started in his teens right after World War I and bought his first camera in 1920. I recently purchased it from an estate sale. It's a hand- cranked Bell & Howell camera that is very lightweight and will last forever. I've actually used it on 'Deadwood'. […] I was writing, sketching and taking pictures when I was 7 or 8 years old and making short 8mm films when I was a teenager, but my father didn't want me to get into the business. He told me to get a real profession. I was a very good student, but I was thrown out of Notre Dame High School for too much joking around. I finished at Van Nuys High School and went on to Pierce College. I went on to UCLA, where I graduated with a degree in filmmaking. I took a job in the mailroom at Warner Bros., because I wanted to be a cameraman. I delivered mail to [Jack Warner] every morning because all the other mail boys were terrified to walk into his office. He was under this cloud of cigar smoke at 8 a.m. reading the overnight mail and telegrams.' Went to 20th Century Fox as a second c.asst. 'I was there for a couple of years, mainly filling in when they needed an extra second assistant until I got a call to work on [the tv-series] 'Gilligan's Island' with Richard Rawlings. A lot of people helped me get started. I worked with Bill Clothier on a Jerry Lewis picture, and Haskell Wexler was a big influence. I was a second and first assistant for about 10 years. Matt Leonetti moved me up to camera operator. I was an operator for seven years. I was in no hurry to move up. I worked on wonderful films, and did the second unit camerawork and shot titles for some of them. [...] I worked as an assistant cameraman on 'The Conversation'. About 10 years later, Jim Bloom, a producer who had been a PA on 'The Conversation' called and asked me to come to Northern California to meet George Lucas and talk about a project where I could move up to director of photography. It was 'Return of the Jedi'. He said they were going to shoot the film at Pinewood Studios in Britain, but there was a large American location unit with several hundred people. He said they had been following my work and wanted to talk to me about moving up.' [From the KODAK OnFilm website.]

Was assoc prod on the tvm 'Full Ride' [2002, Mark Hoeger; ph: Andy Anderson]. Was member of the ASC since March 1994. His daughter Meghan is an actress.

Awards: 'Emmy' Award nom [2004-05] for 'Deadwood' [ep #17].

FILMS

1976        Jaws of Death [Richard Martin] 16mm-35bu/c; + small part

1977        The Pack/The Long Hard Night [Robert Clouse] c; 2uc; ph: Ralph Woolsey

1981        Prisoners [Peter Werner] c

1981        Fast Times at Ridgemont High/Fast Times [Amy Heckerling] c; addph (+ c.op); ph: Matthew Leonetti

1982        [Star Wars: Episode VI -] Return of the Jedi [Richard Marquand] c; location ph; ph: Alan Hume

1983        Overnight Sensation [Jon N. Bloom] c; short/28m

1983        El Norte [Gregory Nava] c; addph USA: Gregory Nava

1984        The Wild Life [Art Linson] c

1984        Up the Creek [Robert Butler] c

1985        Weird Science [John Hughes] c; co-addph; ph: Matthew Leonetti

1985        One More Saturday Night [Dennis Klein] c

1986        Flight of the Navigator [Randal Kleiser] c; 2uc Norway: Peter Collister

1986        A Time of Destiny [Gregory Nava] c; addph: Jack Cooperman; 2uc Yugoslavia: Ivica Rajkovic; aph: Jon Kranhouse &

                    Mike Kelem; vfx ph: John Huneck & Michael Griffin

1989        Love at Large [Alan Rudolph] c; addph; ph: Elliot Davis

1989        A Show of Force [Bruno Barretto] c; 2uc: Lowell Peterson; aph: John O'Connor

1991        December [Gabe Torres] c

1991        The Lounge People/L-Dopa [Frank Popper & Bradd Saunders] c

1991        Me, Myself & I [Pablo Ferro] c

1992        Stranger Than Love/I Married My Mom [David Maxxson] c

1994        Mrs. Munck [Diane Ladd] c; premiered on Showtime-tv in Jan 1996

1994        The Gift [Laura Dern] c; short/30m; uwph: Scott Steele; also ep of Showtime-tv 'Directed by'-series

1995        Citizen Ruth/Meet Ruth Stoops/Precious [Alexander Payne] c

1995        Mojave Moon [Kevin Dowling] c

1996        Invader/Alien Attack/Lifeform [Mark H. Baker] c; 2uc: Daniel Auerbach; + assoc. prod

1996        Best Men [Tamra Davis] p/c; add s8mm ph: Tamra Davis

1996        Selena [Gregory Nava] ws/c; co-2uc; ph: Edward Lachman

1997        Election [Alexander Payne] s35/c; 2uc: Casey Hotchkiss & Radan Popovic

1998        The Runner [Ron Moler] c; aph: Dylan Gross

1999        Playing Mona Lisa [Matthew Huffman] c

1999        South of Heaven, West of Hell [Dwight Yoakam] c; 2uc: John Longenecker

2000        Viva Las Nowhere/Dead Simple [Jason Bloom] c

2000        Madison [William Bindley] c; 2uc: Larry Blanford

2000        Experiencing Raju [Randy Carter] c; short/17m

2000        Life Without Dick [Bix Skahill] c/V

2001        About Schmidt [Alexander Payne] c; addph: Radan Popovic

2001        Local Boys [Ron Moler] c

2002        The United States of Leland [Matthew Ryan Hoge] c; addph: Robert Edesa

2002        Good Boy! [John Robert Hoffman] c

[Foreground - with fedora hat] - "The Big White"

2004        The Big White [Mark Mylod] c; ph New Zealand: Peter James

2006        Room 10 [Jennifer Aniston & Andrea Buchanan] c; short/?m; ep 'Glamour' magazine 'Reel Moments'-series

TELEVISION

1983        Second Sight: A Love Story/Emma & I [John Korty] tvm

1983        Last of the Great Survivors [Jerry Jameson] tvm

1984        My Wicked, Wicked Ways... The Legend of Errol Flynn [Don Taylor] tvm

1984        Smooth Talk [Joyce Chopra] tvm; addph: Reed Smoot & Michael Santy; also released theatrically

1987        Lemon Sky [Jan Egleson] tvm; ep PBS-tv series 'American Playhouse'

1988        Flying Blind [Vince DiPersio] tvm

1990        DEA [various] 13-part series, 1990-91; other ph: Bryan Greenberg

1991        Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela [Wojas] Smart Story [Joyce Chopra] tvm

1991        Edgar Allan Poe, Terror of the Soul [Karen Thomas & Joyce Chopra] doc + drama/58m; ph drama seq dir by Joyce

                    Chopra; doc ph: Dyanna Taylor; addph: Erich Roland & Foster Wiley

1991        Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful [John Fortenberry & Julie Brown] mus special/b&w-c/51m; co-lighting dir

1992        Baby Snatcher [Joyce Chopra] tvm

1992        In the Deep Woods [Charles Correll] tvm

1992        Laurel Avenue [Carl Franklin] 2-part tvm

1992        A Part of the Family [David Madden] tvm

1992        The Disappearance of Nora/The Stranger in the Mirror [Joyce Chopra] tvm

1993        Angel Falls [various] 6-part series; other ph: Edward J. Pei; addph: Michael Bucher (opening title scenics)

1993        Bakersfield P.D. [pilot dir by Dean Parisot] 17-part series, 1993-94; other ph: Victor Goss

1993        Judicial Consent/My Love, Your Honor [William Bindley] tvm

1993        Untamed Love [Paul Aaron] tvm

1994        The Corpse Had a Familiar Face [Joyce Chopra] tvm

1995        Deadline for Murder: Edna Buchanan [Joyce Chopra] tvm

1995        [Neil Simon's] Jake's Women [Glenn Jordan] tvm

1995        Co-Ed Call Girl [Michael Ray Rhodes] tvm

1996        My Very Best Friend [Joyce Chopra] tvm

1996        L.A. Johns [Joyce Chopra] tvm

1997        Two Voices/Two Small Voices [Peter Levin] tvm

1997        When He Didn't Come Home/The Disappearing Act [Paul Schneider] tvm

1997        Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story [Jerry London] tvm

1997        Convictions [Joyce Chopra] tvm

2000        Blonde/Marilyn Monroe [Joyce Chopra] 2-part tvm

2001        The West Wing [ep #55 'H.Con-172' dir by Vincent Misiano] series, 1999-present; 3rd season, 2001-02; other ph:

                    Thomas Del Ruth & Bill Zarchy (doc special)

2002        Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt [Paul A. Kaufman] tvm

2003        Carnivàle [ep #3 'Tipton' dir by Rodrigo Garcia, #5 'Babylon' dir by Tim Hunter, #7 'The River' dir by Alison Maclean, #9

                    'Insomnia' dir by Jack Bender & #11 'Day of the Dead' dir by John Patterson] 24-part series, 2003 & 2005; 1st season,

                    2003; other ph: Tami Reiker (pilot) & Jeffrey Jur (6 ep)

2003        Deadwood [ep #4 'Here Was a Man' dir by Alan Taylor, #6 'Plague' dir by Davis Guggenheim, #10 'Mr. Wu' dir by Daniel

                    Minahan & #12 'Sold Under Sin' dir by Davis Guggenheim] 36-part series, 2004-06; 1st season, 2004; other ph: Lloyd

                    Ahern II (pilot), David Boyd & Xavier Pérez Grobet

2004        Big Love [pilot dir by Rodrigo García] series 2006-present; 1st season, 2006; cph: Xavier Pérez Grobet

2004        Deadwood [ep #14 'A Lie Agreed Upon, Part 2' dir by Edward Bianchi, #15 'New Money' dir by Steve Shill (SS), #16

                    'Requiem for a Gleet' dir by Alan Taylor, #17 'Complications' dir by Gregg Fienberg, #18 'Something Very Expensive' dir

                    by SS, #19 'E.B. Was Left Out' dir by Michael Almereyda, #20 'Childish Things' dir by Tim Van Patten & #22 'Advances,

                    None Miraculous' dir by Daniel Minahan] 2nd season, 2005; other ph: Teodoro Maniaci & Joseph Gallagher; see 2003

2005        Big Love [ep #2 'Viagra Blue' dir by Charles McDougall (CMD), #3 'Home Invasion' dir by CMD, #5 'Affair' dir by Alan

                    Taylor, #7 'Eviction' dir by Michael Spiller, #9 'A Barbecue for Betty' dir by Julian Farino & #11 'Where There's a Will' dir

                    by Alan Poul] 1st season, 2006; other ph: Russ Alsobrook (5 ep); see 2004

2005        Deadwood [ep #26 'I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For' dir by Daniel Attias, #28 'Full Faith and Credit' dir by Edward

                    Bianchi (EB), #30 'A Rich Find' dir by Tim Hunter, #32 'Leviathan Smiles' dir by EB, #34 'A Constant Throb' dir by Mark

                    Tinker (MT) & #36 'Tell Him Something Pretty' dir by MT] 3rd season, 2006; other ph (+ cph #26): Joseph Gallagher;

                    see 2003

2006        Big Love [ep #13 'Damage Control' dir by Daniel Minahan & #23 'Take Me as I Am' dir by ?] 2nd season, 2007; see 2004

FILMS & TELEVISION AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR

1971        The New Centurions/Precinct 45 - Los Angeles Police [Richard Fleischer] c.asst; ph: Ralph Woolsey

1972        The Conversation [Francis Ford Coppola] c.asst; ph: Bill Butler

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

1977        Coming Home [Hal Ashby] ?; ph: Haskell Wexler

1977        Prime Time/American Raspberry [Bradley R. Swirnoff] c.op; ph: Matthew Leonetti

1978        Just Me and You [John Erman; tvm] c.op; ph: Gayne Rescher

1978        Breaking Away [Peter Yates] c.op; ph: Matthew Leonetti

1978        The Electric Horseman [Sydney Pollack] c.op; ph: Owen Roizman

1979        Altered States [Ken Russell] c.op; ph: Jordan Cronenweth

1979        Ordinary People [Robert Redford] c.op (+ title seq ph); ph: John Bailey

1980        True Confessions [Ulu Grosbard] c.op; ph: Owen Roizman

1980        Absence of Malice [Sydney Pollack] c.op; ph: Owen Roizman

1981        Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder/Vietnam: Hell or Glory [Peter Werner] c.op; ph: Donald McAlpine

1981        Taps/The Siege at Bunker Hill: T.A.P.S. [Harold Becker] co-c.op; ph: Owen Roizman

1981        Time Is on Our Side/Let's Spend the Night Together/Rocks Off [Hal Ashby] co-c.op Los Angeles; ph: Caleb

                    Deschanel & Gerald Feil

1981        Fast Times at Ridgemont High/Fast Times [Amy Heckerling] c.op (+ addph); ph: Matthew Leonetti

1982        Mae West [Lee Philips; tvm] c.op; ph: Matthew Leonetti