JOHN LINDLEY ASC

Born: ?, New York City, as John W. Lindley.

Education: Film School of New York University.

Career: '[My interest in photography was sparked by] seeing Cartier-Bresson's work when I was in high school. I saved up to buy a 35mm Nikon, and to get access to my school's darkroom, I became the photo editor of the yearbook, establishing a standard for sub-par yearbook effort that has probably not been matched since my tenure. At New York University's film school, I took cinematography classes with a Czech named Beda Batka. He was overbearing and didactic but knowledgeable. [My first break in the business was] thanks to a sound mixer, Mark Dichter, who convinced a producer I was a responsible guy. I was asked to shoot a half-hour TV show featuring a fallen Hungarian golf pro named Julius Boros. It was a kind of travelogue, and Julius, who hated fishing and travel, wandered the globe, fishing in exotic locations. The soundman and I would fish, and when one of us hooked a fish, we'd pass the rod to Julius, whom we then filmed landing the catch. On good days, I could persuade Julius to sit in a canoe or skiff in ankle-deep water while I put my back to the shore and found a nice, watery background. A year later, that same producer set up a prime-time show in New York, and the next thing I knew, I was the director of photography. I assembled a hard-working, experienced crew and faked my way through two successful seasons.' [From the ASC website.]

Ph numerous commercials for Valvoline, FedEx, Audi, BMW, Microsoft ['New Family' (4m32sec) & 'Shoe Circus' (1m31sec) dir by Bryan Buckley (2008)], a.o. Ph music videos, e.g. 'Road to Nowhere' [a: Talking Heads; d: David Byrne & Stephen R. Johnson].

Member of the ASC since 1999.

Appeared in the doc 'Who Needs Sleep? [2005, Haskell Wexler & Lisa Leeman].

Awards: Golden Satellite Award nom [1999], Chlotrudis Award nom [1999] & Online Film Critics Society Award nom [1999] for 'Pleasantville'; ASC TV Award nom [2011] for 'Pan Am'.

Website: John Lindley

FILMS

1979	Different Drummer - Elvin Jones [Edward Gray] 16mm/c; doc/29m; cph: Fred Murphy, Nancy Schreiber, Don Lenzer, Mark Obenhaus & Richard Pearce
1983	Sylvia: Summer Before College [Grania Gurievitch] 16mm/c; doc/30m
1983	He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' [Emile Ardolino] c; doc/51m; cph: Phil Parmet, Don Lenzer, Francis Kenny, a.o.
1983	The Goodbye People [Herb Gardner] c
1984	Játszani kell/Lily in Love/Playing for Keeps [Károly Makk & András Mész] c; cph: Tamás Andor
1985	Home of the Brave [Laurie Anderson] c; doc/91m; add projection camera: Barry Sonnenfeld
1985	The Stepfather/Stepfather I [Joseph Ruben] c
1986	Killer Party/The April Fool [William Fruet] c
1987	In the Mood/The Woo Woo Kid [Phil Alden Robinson] c
1987	The Serpent and the Rainbow [Wes Craven] c; addph: George Koblasa & Len Gittleman; vfx ph: Rick Fichter & Gregg Heschong
1987	Shakedown/Blue Jean Cop [James Glickenhaus] c; aph: Al Cerullo, Ron Goodman & Margaret Herron
1988	True Believer/Fighting Justice [Joseph Ruben] c
1988	Field of Dreams [Phil Alden Robinson] c; Boston ph: Ricky Bravo; aph: John M. Stephens
1988	The Children's Storefront [Karen Goodman] c; doc/14m; cph: Terry Hopkins & Buddy Squires
1988	Immediate Family [Jonathan Kaplan] c
1989	Vital Signs [Marisa Silver] c
1990	Sleeping with the Enemy [Joseph Ruben] c; uwph: Peter Romano; + small part
1991	Father of the Bride [Charles Shyer] c
1991	Sneakers [Phil Alden Robinson] c
1992	The Good Son [Joseph Ruben] c; 2uc: Kenneth Zunder
1993	I Love Trouble [Charles Shyer] c; 2uc: Tom Priestley, Tom Houghton & Constantine Makris; aph: Stan McClain
1995	Money Train [Joseph Ruben] s35/c; New York ph: Alexander Witt
1996	Michael [Nora Ephron] c
1997	Pleasantville/Larger Than Life [Gary Ross] b&w-c
1998	You've Got Mail [Nora Ephron] c; computer unit ph: Paul Gaffney
1999	Lucky Numbers [Nora Ephron] c; aph: Stan McClain
2001	The Sum of All Fears [Phil Alden Robinson] p/c; 2uc: Chris Woods (Moscow); aph: Paul Varrieur
2001	The Core [Jon Amiel (replaced Peter Hyams)] p/c; ph Rome unit: Philip Méheux; ph Montreal unit: Henry Cline; 2uc: Chris Woods; aph: Kurt Soderling
2003	The Last Shot/Providence [Jeff Nathanson] c
2003	Krug [Bryan Buckley] HD/c; short/8m; 2uc: Kent Miller
2004	Bewitched [Nora Ephron (replaced Ted Bessell, who died)] c; 2uc: Amy Vincent; aph: Hans Bjerno
2005	Catch and Release [Susannah Grant] s35/c; 2uc: Karl Herrmann
2006	Mr. Brooks [Bruce A. Evans] c; 2uc: Amy Vincent; aph: Ralph Mendoza
2006	Reservation Road [Terry George] c; 2uc: Craig DiBona
2007	Imagine That/NowhereLand [Karey Kirkpatrick] s35/c; aph: Steve Koster
2008	Legion [Scott Charles Stewart] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; + ph Los Angeles; 2uc: Bruce McCleery & Paul Elliott; 3uc: Michael Wojciechowski
2009	The Last Song [Julie Anne Robinson] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Ted Chu; aph: Phil Pastuhov; uwph: Pete Romano

With dir Felicity Huffman - "Lesster"

2010

Lesster [Felicity Huffman] c; short/6m; prod for The Responsibility Project sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance

TELEVISION

1979	Middletown [ep #1 (80m) 'The Campaign' dir by Tom Cohen] 6-part doc series for PBS-tv; other ph: Tom Hurwitz (ep #3), Richard Leacock (ep #2), Paul Goldsmith (ep #4), a.o.; prod 1979-82
1980	The Gentleman Bandit/The Bandit Priest [Jonathan Kaplan] tvm
1980	Nurse [6 ep dir by various] 25-part series, 1981-82; 1st season, 1981 (6 ep)
1980	Mr. Griffin and Me [Patrick O'Neal] tvm/55m
1981	Amy and the Angel [Ralph Rosenblum] tvm/45m; an ABC-tv 'Afterschool Special'
1981	Andrea Doria: The Final Chapter [Peter Gimbel] doc/81m; cph: Arthur Albert & Mark Shelley; uwph: P. Gimbel, Bob Hollis, a.o.
1981	Nurse [6 ep dir by various] 2nd season, 1981-82 (19 ep); other ph: Robert M. Baldwin; see 1980
1982	Middletown [ep #5 (60m) 'Second Time Around' dir by Peter Davis & John Lindley] see 1979
1982	The Demon Murder Case/The Rhode Island Murders [William Hale] tvm
1982	An Invasion of Privacy [Mel Damski] tvm
1983	Girls of the White Orchid/Death Ride to Osaka [Jonathan Kaplan] tvm
1984	The Baron and the Kid [Gary Nelson] tvm
1985	Badge of the Assassin [Mel Damski] tvm; cph: João Fernandes
1985	Rockabye [Richard Michaels] tvm
1986	LBJ: The Early Years [Peter Werner] tvm
1986	A Stranger Waits [Robert Michael Lewis] tvm
1987	Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story [Charles Jarrott] 2-part tvm; cph: Alan Hume; 2uc: Robin Vidgeon
1999	Freedom Song [Phil Alden Robinson] tvm/s16; cph: Amy Vincent; + 2ud
2011	Pan Am [pilot dir by Thomas Schlamme] series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2011-present; other ph: Ron Fortunato; addph (1st season): William Rexer
2011	Powers [Michael Dinner] pilot

MISCELLANEOUS

1976	The TVTV Show [Alan Myerson; tv-special (74m)] gaffer; ph: ?
1984	Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera [Mark D. Obenhaus; tv-doc/58m] c.op; ph: M.D. Obenhaus