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Photo by Dale Robinette [2007] |
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JIM WHITAKER |
Born: 7 October 1970, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, as James J. Whitaker.
Education: Denison University [BA Economics]; Maine Photographic Institute [MFA Cinematography].
Career: Entered film industry in 1994 as camera loader on a music video for a: The Samples.
Ph commercials dir by Chris Hooper, a.o. Ph music videos dir by Gore Verbinski, a.o.
Appeared in ep 'The Cooler' of the Sundance Channel-tv series 'Anatomy of a Scene'.
Website: Jim Whitaker
FILMS & TELEVISION |
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199? |
Generation X-Posed [Tina Mangiardi] c; doc/?m |
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1996 |
Jasmin's Swim [Charlie Palafox & (co-dir) Jim Call] b&w-c; short/12m |
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1997 |
Sugar: The Fall of the West [James Frey] c |
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1997 |
Freedom [Jonathan Spence & David Swift] ? |
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1998 |
The Book of Stars [Michael Miner] c |
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1998 |
Let the Devil Wear Black [Stacy Title] c/V; 2uc: Nicole Hirsch-Whitaker |
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1999 |
The Crow: Salvation [Bharat Nalluri] c; 2uc; ph: Carolyn Chen |
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200? |
then i woke and found me here [Carl Erik Rinsch] c; short/2m30sec; prod Sony 'Dreams' & Black Dog Films |
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2001 |
On the Edge [seg 'The Other Side' dir by Mary Stuart Masterson] tvm; 4 seg; other ph: Jeff Levy, Michael Barrett & Nancy Schreiber |
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2001 |
Sluts & Losers [Sahara Lotti & Mark Racco] c; short/?m |
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2001 |
Dreams [seg (4m) 'Never Never' dir by Jordan Scott] HD/c; 8 seg; prod by agency Young & Rubicam to get commercial dir interested in shooting HD |
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2002 |
The Cooler [Wayne Kramer] s35/c; addph: Nicole Hirsch-Whitaker; aph: Dylan M. Gross |
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2003 |
Nouveau Riche No. 11 [Saar Klein] c; short/4m |
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2003 |
Nouveau Riche No. 34 [Saar Klein] c; short/4m |
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2003 |
Dead Lawyers [Paris Barclay] tv-pilot |
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2004 |
Everything in This Country Must [Gary McKendry] s16-35bu/c; short/20m |
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2004 |
Running Scared [Wayne Kramer] s35/c; 2uc: Nicole Hirsch-Whitaker |
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2004 |
All the Invisible Children [seg (16m) 'Jonathan' dir by Jordan & Ridley Scott] HD+35mm-to-35mm/ c; 7 seg; cph: Ben Davis; other ph: Philippe Brelot (seg dir by Mehdi Charef), Milorad Glusica (seg dir by Emir Kusturica), Cliff Charles (seg dir by Spike Lee), Vittorio Storaro (seg dir by Stefano Veneruso), Toca Seabra (seg dir by Kátia Lund) & Changwei Gu (seg dir by John Woo); filmed August 2004-May 2005 |
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2005 |
Thank You for Smoking [Jason Reitman] BetaSP+p-to-35mm scope/c; 2uc L.A.: Nicole Hirsch-Whitaker |
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2006 |
13 Graves [Dominic Sena] tv-pilot; 2uc: Nicole Hirsch-Whitaker |
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2006 |
King of California [Michael Cahill] c; 2uc: Josh Medak; uwph: Mike Thomas; ph anim seq: John Nolan |
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2006 |
A Mighty Heart [Michael Winterbottom] HD (Panasonic AG-DVX100 & Sony F750)+35mm (Hawk Scope)-to-35mm scope/c; addph; ph: Marcel Zyskind |
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2007 |
Crossing Over [Wayne Kramer] s35/c; 2uc: Josh Medak |
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2009 |
Masterwork [Jeffrey Nachmanoff] tv-pilot |
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2010 |
Breakout Kings [pilot dir by Gavin Hood] tv-series, 2011; other ph: Derick V. Underschultz |
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2010 |
One for the Money [Julie Anne Robinson] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; aph: David B. Nowell |
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2011 |
Stolen/Medallion [Simon West] s35/c; 2uc (+ c.op 'b' cam): Alan Caudillo; uwph: Pete Romano |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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1990 |
The Arc [Rob Tregenza] focus puller 2u; 2uc: Arthur Eng; ph: R. Tregenza |
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1993 |
In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful/Behind Closed Doors/Unfaithful [Catherine Cyran] cam loader; ph: James L. Carter |
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1994 |
Embrace of the Vampire/The Nosferatu Diaries: Embrace of the Vampire [Anne Goursaud] still ph; ph: Suki Medencevic |
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1995 |
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times [Don Was; mus doc] co-add 2nd c.asst; ph: Wyatt Troll |