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John Toll

Biography

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.

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80 for Brady

2023

Director of Photography

The Matrix Resurrections

2021

Director of Photography

Harriet

2019

Director of Photography

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

2016

Director of Photography

Jupiter Ascending

2015

Director of Photography

Iron Man 3

2013

Director of Photography

Cloud Atlas

2012

Director of Photography

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012

Director of Photography

The Adjustment Bureau

2011

Director of Photography

It's Complicated

2009

Director of Photography

Gimme Shelter

2008

Director of Photography

The Burning Plain

2008

Additional Director of Photography

Tropic Thunder

2008

Director of Photography

Wanted

2008

Additional Photography

Shine a Light

2008

Director of Photography

Gone Baby Gone

2007

Director of Photography

Rise: Blood Hunter

2007

Director of Photography

Seraphim Falls

2007

Director of Photography

Elizabethtown

2005

Director of Photography

The Last Samurai

2003

Director of Photography

Orange County

2002

Additional Photography

Vanilla Sky

2001

Director of Photography

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

2001

Director of Photography

Almost Famous

2000

Director of Photography

Simpatico

1999

Director of Photography

The Thin Red Line

1998

Director of Photography

The Rainmaker

1997

Director of Photography

Jack

1996

Director of Photography

Braveheart

1995

Director of Photography

Legends of the Fall

1994

Director of Photography

Wind

1992

Director of Photography

Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston

1990

Director of Photography

Always

1989

Additional Photography

Blaze

1989

Second Unit Director of Photography

Tequila Sunrise

1988

Second Unit Director of Photography

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

1987

Director of Photography

Peggy Sue Got Married

1986

Camera Operator

The Beach Boys: An American Band

1985

Director of Photography

Sweet Dreams

1985

Camera Operator

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985

Camera Operator

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

Camera Operator

Zorro, The Gay Blade

1981

Camera Operator

Bustin' Loose

1981

Camera Operator

Urban Cowboy

1980

Camera Operator

1978

Camera Operator

The Hoax

1972

Director of Photography

The Young Graduates

1971

Director of Photography

John Toll

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