John Lindley (cinematographer)

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John William Lindley (born November 17, 1951 in New York City ) is an American cinematographer .

Life

Lindley attended New York University Film School and began his career as a professional cameraman on music videos , the most famous of which is Road to Nowhere by The Talking Heads . In 1981 he worked on the television film Andrea Doria: The Final Chapter for the first time on a feature film.

He was nominated for the 1998 Golden Satellite Award for his camerawork on Pleasantville - Too good to be true . The work on this film was overshadowed by a fatal accident of his second assistant, which was attributed to fatigue. Lindley, who is very active in the American union for cameramen The Camera Guild , then initiated a petition to enforce the so-called Brent's Rule , which reduces the maximum working time of filmmakers to 14 hours.

Lindley has been behind the camera in around 40 productions so far, including The Stepfather , Field of Dreams , The Dirty Game , Blue Jean Cop , The Snake in the Rainbow , Lucky Numbers , The Core - The Inner Core , I Love Trouble - Nothing but Anger , Michael , the attack , the enemy in my bed , email for you , love and leave .

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SURNAME Lindley, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindley, John William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York, United States