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Like many cinematographers, John Toll began his career as a camera operator. He worked with many noted filmmakers, including Martin Ritt on "Norma Rae" (1978), James Bridges on "Urban Cowboy" (1980), Karel Reisz on "Sweet Dreams" (1985), Francis Ford Coppola on "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986) and Robert Redford on "The Milagro Beanfield War" (1988). He moved up to second unit photography on Steven Spielberg's "Always" (1989) and landed his first job as director of photography for Carroll Ballard's uneven "Wind" (1992)....
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Filmography

Cinematographer Style - ( - Cast / 2006 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
The Burning Plain - ( Camera / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo - ( - Cast / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Tropic Thunder - ( Director of Photography / 2008 / Released / )
Wanted - ( Director of Photography((New York)) / 2008 / Released / )
Gone Baby Gone - ( Director of Photography / 2007 / Released / )
Rise: Blood Hunter - ( Director of Photography / 2007 / Released / )
Seraphim Falls - ( Director of Photography / 2007 / Released / )
Shine a Light - ( Camera Operator / 2007 / Released / )
Elizabethtown - ( Director of Photography / 2005 / Released / )
The Last Samurai - ( Director of Photography / 2003 / Released / )
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - ( Director of Photography / 2001 / Released / Miramax Records )
Vanilla Sky - ( Director of Photography / 2001 / Released / )
Almost Famous - ( Director of Photography / 2000 / Released / )
Simpatico - ( Director of Photography / 2000 / Released / )
The Thin Red Line - ( Director of Photography / 1999 / Released / Pioneer Entertainment )
John Grisham's The Rainmaker - ( Director of Photography / 1997 / Released / Gaga Entertainment )
Jack - ( Director of Photography / 1996 / Released / )
Braveheart - ( Director of Photography / 1995 / Released / )
Legends of the Fall - ( Director of Photography / 1994 / Released / )
Wind - ( Director of Photography / 1992 / Released / Nippon Herald Films, Inc )
Always - ( Photography(- photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit)) / 1989 / Released / )
Blaze - ( Director of Photography(- director of photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit)) / 1989 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
The Milagro Beanfield War - ( Camera Operator / 1988 / Released / )
Black Widow - ( Camera Operator / 1987 / Released / )
Just Between Friends - ( Camera Operator / 1986 / Released / )
Peggy Sue Got Married - ( Camera Operator / 1986 / Released / )
Sweet Dreams - ( Camera Operator / 1985 / Released / )
The Beach Boys: An American Band - ( Director of Photography / 1985 / Released / Sharp Features )
The Falcon and the Snowman - ( Camera Operator / 1985 / Released / )
Scarface - ( Camera Operator / 1983 / Released / )
Twilight Zone - the Movie - ( Camera Operator / 1983 / Released / )
Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip - ( Camera Operator / 1982 / Released / )
Bustin' Loose - ( Camera Operator(- camera operator 2nd unit (2nd Unit)) / 1981 / Released / )
Urban Cowboy - ( Camera Operator / 1980 / Released / )
Norma Rae - ( Camera Operator / 1979 / Released / )
Swiss Bank Account - ( Director of Photography / 1975 / Released / American Films )
The Hoax - ( Cinematographer(- cinematography) / 1972 / Released / All-Scope International )
Rain of Madness - ( Director of Photography / / Released / )

TV Credits
Breaking Bad ( 2008 / Released ): Director of Photography
Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston ( 1990 / Released ): Director of Photography
The Young Riders ( 1989 / Released ): Director of Photography
Hiroshima Maiden ( 1988 / Released ): Director of Photography
China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun ( 1987 / Released ): Photography
Belle Starr ( 1980 / Released ): Camera Operator
An American Band: The Beach Boys ( Released ): Photography

Full Biography (Back to top)


Like many cinematographers, John Toll began his career as a camera operator. He worked with many noted filmmakers, including Martin Ritt on "Norma Rae" (1978), James Bridges on "Urban Cowboy" (1980), Karel Reisz on "Sweet Dreams" (1985), Francis Ford Coppola on "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986) and Robert Redford on "The Milagro Beanfield War" (1988). He moved up to second unit photography on Steven Spielberg's "Always" (1989) and landed his first job as director of photography for Carroll Ballard's uneven "Wind" (1992). Toll won praise and an Oscar for his sweeping, panoramic, yet intimate work on "Legends of the Fall" (1994). The following year, he lensed the equally epic "Braveheart" (1995) which earned him a second Oscar.

Toll's TV credits include the documentary "A China Odyssey-Steven Spielberg's 'Empire of the Sun'" (CBS, 1987), the pilot for the Western series "The Young Riders" (ABC, 1989) and "Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston" (CBS, 1990).


Profession(s):
director of photography, camera operator
Sometimes Credited As:
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Family
wife:Lois Burwell (married in November 1998)
Awards (Back to top)

National Board of Review Awards Career Achievement Award 2003
Berlin Film Festival Special Mention "The Thin Red Line" 1999
American Society of Cinematographers Award Best Cinematography (Theatrical Release) "The Thin Red Line" 1998
Chicago Film Critics Award Best Cinematography "The Thin Red Line" 1998
Golden Satellite Best Cinematography "The Thin Red Line" 1998
National Society of Film Critics Award Best Cinematography "The Thin Red Line" 1998
New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Cinematography "The Thin Red Line" 1998
American Society of Cinematographers Award Best Cinematography (Theatrical Release) "Braveheart" 1995
BAFTA Award Best Cinematography "Braveheart" 1995
Oscar Best Cinematography "Braveheart" 1995
Oscar Best Cinematography "Legends of the Fall" 1994

Milestones (Back to top)

2000 Was the cinematographer for Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical "Almost Famous"
1999 Served as director of photography on "Simpatico", Matthew Warchus' directorial debut
1998 Shot Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line"; received Oscar nomination
1995 First onscreen collaboration with wife, makeup artist Lois Burwell, "Braveheart"; picked up second Academy Award
1994 Won Oscar for cinematography for "Legends of the Fall"
1992 First feature credit as director of photography, "Wind"
1989 First credit as 2nd unit photographer, "Always"
1978 First film as camera operator, "Norma Rae"
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio

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