James A. Contner
James A. Contner (born June 12, 1947 in the USA ) is an American cameraman and television director specializing in series.
Live and act
Contner began his professional career in the early 1970s as a camera assistant. In this role he was also involved in Steven Spielberg's shocker The Jaws in 1974 . Starting rotated with the 1977 first Superman - Movie worked Contner as a simple cameraman. Since 1979, when he made his debut with William Friedkins in the New York gay scene, the thriller Cruising , Contner has worked as chief cameraman. In this role, he mainly photographed action-packed material; since the mid-80s, Contner has concentrated on series television (including Miami Vice ).
Since making his debut on a 1986 episode of the Crime Story series , James Contner has focused on working as a television director. In this role he produced a large number of episodes of popular series: in addition to Miami Vice, The Night Hawk , 21 Jump Street , Fight Against the Mafia and seaQuest DSV . Since the turn of the millennium, Contner has staged primarily in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. He turned a few episodes of Roswell , Smallville , Star Trek: Enterprise and Charmed - Magical Witch , but was in the early 2000s, especially with the majority of the consequences of the highly successful Vampire Slayer series Buffy - the Vampire Slayer and the buffy Spin Off Angel - hunters of darkness busy. Since 2007, Contner has also made individual, non-series television films, including Shark Swarm - Attack of the Sharks .
Filmography (selection)
- 1990: Hitler's Daughter (TV movie)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of birth according to the television archive of Kay Less , based on the US Public Records Index
Web links
- James A. Contner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Contner, James A. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |