About

Known credits:
50
Birthday:
1952-06-15
Place of birth:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Website:
N/A

John Toll

Overview

John Toll, ASC (born June 15, 1952) is an American cinematographer and television producer. Toll's filmography spans a wide variety of genres, including epic period drama, comedy, science fiction, and contemporary drama. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in both 1994 and 1995 for Legends of the Fall and Braveheart respectively, and has also won numerous BAFTA, ASC, and Satellite Awards. He has collaborated with several noteworthy directors, including Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Zwick, Terrence Malick, Mel Gibson, John Madden, The Wachowskis, and Ang Lee.

Outside film, he has shot several commercials, the pilot episode of Emmy Award-winning drama series Breaking Bad, and has served as chief cinematographer on the Netflix original series Sense8 by the Wachowskis, on which he also got executive producing credit in its second season.

Known for

Acting

2007 The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo Actor Self 59
Average

Directing

2012 The 'E.T.' Journals Directing Director 59
Average

Camera

2023 80 for Brady Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2021 The Matrix Resurrections Camera Director of Photography 63
Fair
2019 Harriet Camera Director of Photography 67
Fair
2016 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2015 Jupiter Ascending Camera Director of Photography 55
Average
2013 Iron Man 3 Camera Director of Photography 68
Fair
2012 Cloud Atlas Camera Director of Photography 68
Fair
2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green Camera Director of Photography 66
Fair
2011 The Adjustment Bureau Camera Director of Photography 67
Fair
2009 It's Complicated Camera Director of Photography 63
Fair
2008 Gimme Shelter Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2008 The Burning Plain Camera Additional Director of Photography 62
Fair
2008 Tropic Thunder Camera Director of Photography 66
Fair
2008 Wanted Camera Additional Photography 64
Fair
2008 Shine a Light Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
2007 Gone Baby Gone Camera Director of Photography 71
Good
2007 Rise: Blood Hunter Camera Director of Photography 57
Average
2007 Seraphim Falls Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
2005 Elizabethtown Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2003 The Last Samurai Camera Director of Photography 74
Good
2002 Orange County Camera Additional Photography 59
Average
2001 Vanilla Sky Camera Director of Photography 67
Fair
2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2000 Almost Famous Camera Director of Photography 72
Good
1999 Simpatico Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1998 The Thin Red Line Camera Director of Photography 72
Good
1997 The Rainmaker Camera Director of Photography 66
Fair
1996 Jack Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
1995 Braveheart Camera Director of Photography 78
Good
1994 Legends of the Fall Camera Director of Photography 71
Good
1992 Wind Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1990 Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1989 Always Camera Additional Photography 61
Fair
1989 Blaze Camera Second Unit Director of Photography 59
Average
1988 Tequila Sunrise Camera Second Unit Director of Photography 59
Average
1987 The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married Camera Camera Operator 60
Fair
1985 The Beach Boys: An American Band Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1985 Sweet Dreams Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman Camera Camera Operator 60
Fair
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie Camera Camera Operator 62
Fair
1981 Zorro, The Gay Blade Camera Camera Operator 58
Average
1981 Bustin' Loose Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
1980 Urban Cowboy Camera Camera Operator 60
Fair
1978 FM Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
1972 The Hoax Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1971 The Young Graduates Camera Director of Photography 59
Average

Crew

1981 Bustin' Loose Crew Second Unit 59
Average