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JAN KIESSER CSC/ASC |
Born: ?, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as Jan E. Kiesser. His family moved to Los Angeles [Studio City] when he was five.
Education: University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA].
Career: Served in the US Army in Germany. Started making Super 8mm films. Became anim ph in 1970. Became c.asst & c.op. Moved back to Canada in 1994.
Ph commercials dir by Nigel Dick, Ulf Buddensieck, Jon Stanley, Gary Weis, Louis Lyne, Danny Boyle, a.o.
Member of the ASC since 1992.
Awards: 'Genie' Award nom [1998] for 'Such a Long Journey'; 'Genie' Award nom [2002] for 'Rare Birds'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2003] for 'Door to Door'; ASC TV Award nom [2006] for 'Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical'; 'Genie' Award nom [2006] & CSC Award nom [2007] for 'Beowulf & Grendel'; 'Leo' Award [2007] for 'Fido'.
Website: Jan Kiesser
FILMS |
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1970 |
Premonition/The Impure [Alan Rudolph] c; sfx ph (+ co-c.asst); ph: John Bailey |
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1976 |
Jackson County Jail/The Innocent Victim [Michael Miller] c; 2uc (+ 2ud); ph: Bruce Logan |
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1978 |
The Rose [Mark Rydell] c; co-add concert ph; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond |
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1981 |
Endangered Species [Alan Rudolph] c; addph; ph: Paul Lohmann |
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1981 |
Something Wicked This Way Comes [Jack Clayton] c; addph; ph: Stephen Burum |
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1982 |
Point of Departure [Jennifer Warren] c; short/30m; prod American Film Institute (Directing Workshop for Women) |
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1982 |
Table for Five [Robert Lieberman] c; addph; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond |
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1983 |
Meatballs Part II/Space Kid [Ken Wiederhorn] c; 2uc; ph: Donald M. Morgan |
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1983 |
Return Engagement [Alan Rudolph] c; doc/89m |
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1984 |
Purple Hearts [Sidney J. Furie] p/c |
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1984 |
Choose Me [Alan Rudolph] c |
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1984 |
The River Rat [Tom Rickman] c; 2uc: David Myers & Steve Yaconelli |
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1984 |
Weird Science [John Hughes] c; co-addph; ph: Matthew Leonetti |
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1984 |
Fright Night [Tom Holland] p/c; filmed 1984-85 |
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1985 |
The Check Is in the Mail.../The Cheque Is in the Post [Joan Darling] c |
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1986 |
Made in Heaven [Alan Rudolph] b&w-c |
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1986 |
Some Kind of Wonderful [Howard Deutch] c |
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1987 |
The Moderns [Alan Rudolph] c; addph; ph: Toyomichi Kurita |
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1987 |
Clean and Sober [Glenn Gordon Caron] c |
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1988 |
Sing [Richard Baskin] c; co-addph; ph: Peter Sova |
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1989 |
Dad [Gary David Goldberg] c |
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1990 |
V.I. Warshawski [Jeff Kanew] c; 2uc & boat chase seq: John M. Stephens |
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1992 |
Aspen Extreme [Patrick Hasburgh] c; co-2uc; ph: Steven Fierberg & Robert Primes |
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1992 |
Trouble Bound [Jeff Reiner] c; addph; ph: Janusz Kaminski |
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1992 |
King of the Hill [Steven Soderbergh] c; addph; ph: Elliot Davis |
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1992 |
The Air Up There [Paul Michael Glaser] replaced by ph Dick Pope |
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1993 |
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle/Mrs. Parker and the Round Table [Alan Rudolph] s35/b&w-c |
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1994 |
Georgia [Ulu Grosbard] c |
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1994 |
Man with a Gun/Gun for Hire/Hired for Killing [David Wyles] c; 2uc: Wade Ferley; aph: Peter McLennan |
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1994 |
Jumanji [Joe Johnston] c; 2uc; ph: Thomas Ackerman |
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1995 |
Larger Than Life [Howard Franklin] c; 2uc; ph: Elliot Davis |
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1996 |
Bad Moon [Eric Red] Clairmont-Scope/c |
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1996 |
Kundun [Martin Scorsese] s35/c; co-2uc; ph: Roger Deakins |
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1997 |
Finding Graceland [David Winkler] c; addph; ph: Elliot Davis |
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1997 |
The X Files [Rob Bowman] s35/c; co-glacier unit ph; ph: Ward Russell |
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1997 |
The People [Aaron Lipstadt] c |
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1997 |
Such a Long Journey [Sturla Gunnarsson] c; originally a project with dir Deepa Mehta & ph Guy Dufaux (1994-95) |
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1998 |
Bruno/The Dress Code [Shirley MacLaine] c |
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1999 |
Trixie [Alan Rudolph] c |
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1999 |
Dr. T & the Women [Robert Altman] p/c; desert unit ph: Ed Lachman |
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2000 |
Rare Birds [Sturla Gunnarsson] c |
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2001 |
Now & Forever [Bob Clark] c |
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2001 |
I Spy [Betty Thomas] c; 2uc (Budapest & Vancouver); ph: Oliver Wood |
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2004 |
Beowulf & Grendel [Sturla Gunnarsson] s35/c |
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[Right] - "Fido" |
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2005 |
Fido [Andrew Currie] s35/c; 2uc: Randall Platt |
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2005 |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift [Justin Lin] s35/c; 2uc; ph: Stephen Windon |
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2006 |
War/Rogue Assassin [Philip Atwell] s35/c; co-addph; ph: Pierre Morel |
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2007 |
Smile [Julia Kwan] s16-35bu/c; short/17m |
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2007 |
The Box Collector/Love at First Kill [John Daly] c |
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2008 |
Conversation with the Supplicant [Mark A. Lewis] b&w; short/9m51s |
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2008 |
The Thaw [Mark A. Lewis] HD (Thomson Viper) scope/c |
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2008 |
Pop Switch [Jason R. Goode] HD (Panasonic AJ-HPX3000) scope/c; short/18m |
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2009 |
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief [Chris Columbus] s35/c; 2uc; ph: Stephen Goldblatt |
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2009 |
Charlie St. Cloud [Burr Steers] Hawk Scope/c; co-2uc; ph: Enrique Chediak |
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2012 |
A Christmas Story 2 [Brian Levant] HD/c/V |
TELEVISION |
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1971 |
The Point [Fred Wolf] anim tvm; co-anim ph |
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1984 |
Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story [Karen Arthur] tvm |
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1984 |
The Ratings Game/The Mogul [Danny DeVito] tvm; addph; ph: Tim Suhrstedt |
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1995 |
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story [Bill Corcoran] tvm |
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1995 |
The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space [Max Tash] pilot |
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1995 |
A Holiday to Remember [Jud Taylor] tvm; + 2uc |
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1996 |
The Perfect Mother/The Mother-In-Law [Peter Levin] tvm |
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1996 |
[National Lampoon's] Dad's Week Off [Neal Israel] tvm |
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1996 |
Murder in My Mind [Robert Iscove] tvm |
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1997 |
The Baby Dance [Jane Anderson] tvm; 2uc: Tobias Schliessler |
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1997 |
Nightmare Street [Colin Bucksey] tvm |
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1998 |
Killer App [Robert Altman] pilot |
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2000 |
Holiday Heart [Robert Townsend] tvm |
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2001 |
Door to Door [Steven Schachter] tvm |
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2002 |
An Unexpected Love/This Much I Know [Lee Rose] tvm |
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2003 |
Jack [Lee Rose] tvm |
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2003 |
It Must Be Love/Surviving Love [Steven Schachter] tvm |
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2004 |
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical [Andy Fickman] tvm/b&w-c/HD (Sony F900) |
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2006 |
Luna: Spirit of the Whale [Don McBrearty] tvm; uwph: Braden Haggerty |
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2006 |
Nobody [Jeff Woolnough] pilot |
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2008 |
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins [Brian Levant] tvm; 2uc: Karl Herrmann |
FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR |
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1970 |
Premonition/The Impure [Alan Rudolph] co-c.asst (+ sfx ph); ph: John Bailey |
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1971 |
Idaho Transfer/Deranged [Peter Fonda] co-c.asst; ph: Bruce Logan |
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1973 |
This Is a Hijack [Barry Pollack] c.asst; ph: Bruce Logan |
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1974 |
Jaws [Steven Spielberg] c.asst uwph; uwph: Rexford Metz; ph: Bill Butler |
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1974 |
Rooster Cogburn [Stuart Millar] co-1st c.asst; ph: Harry Stradling Jr. |
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1976 |
Welcome to L.A. [Alan Rudolph] 1st c.asst; ph: David Myers |
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1976 |
My Mom's Having a Baby [Larry Elikann; tvm] c.op; ph: Donald M. Morgan; an 'ABC Afterschool Special' |
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1977 |
One On One [Lamont Johnson] co-c.op; ph: Donald M. Morgan |
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1977 |
The Gauntlet [Clint Eastwood] c.op; ph: Rexford Metz |
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1977 |
Remember My Name [Alan Rudolph] c.op; ph: Tak Fujimoto |
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1977 |
Hair [Milos Forman] c.op California unit; ph: Miroslav Ondricek |
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1978 |
A Perfect Couple [Robert Altman] c.op; ph: Edmond L. Koons |
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1979 |
Elvis [John Carpenter; tvm] c.op; ph: Donald M. Morgan; released theatrically outside USA |
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1979 |
Heaven's Gate/Johnson County Wars [Michael Cimino] c.op; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond |
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1979 |
Make Me an Offer [Jerry Paris; tvm] c.op; ph: Donald M. Morgan |
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1979 |
Roadie [Alan Rudolph] c.op; ph: David Myers |
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1980 |
Blow Out [Brian De Palma] c.op; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond |
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1981 |
Jinxed! [Don Siegel & (uncred) Sam Peckinpah] co-c.op; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond |
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1981 |
Hysterical [Chris Bearde] co-c.op 2u; ph: Donald M. Morgan |