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John Lindley

Born November 17, 1951 · New York City, New York, USA (age 74)

John Warwick Lindley (born November 17, 1951) is an American cinematographer. He has collaborated with Joseph Ruben, Phil Alden Robinson, and Nora Ephron. He is known for his work on such films as Field of Dreams and Pleasantville, the latter of which earning him positive reviews and nominations for awards. He is also the current National President of the International Cinematographers Guild. Des…

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You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail · 1998

You've Got Mail

MovieComedyRomance

Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears · 2002

The Sum of All Fears

MovieThrillerAction

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams · 1989

Field of Dreams

MovieDramaFantasy

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.

Sleeping with the Enemy

Sleeping with the Enemy · 1991

Sleeping with the Enemy

MovieDramaThriller

A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.

St. Vincent

St. Vincent · 2014

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

Bewitched

Bewitched · 2005

MovieComedyFantasy

Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".

The Core

The Core · 2003

MovieScience FictionAdventure

Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride · 1991

Father of the Bride

MovieComedyRomance

George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. His wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony, he becomes slightly insane.

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You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail · 1998

You've Got Mail

MovieComedyRomance

Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.

Director of Photography

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears · 2002

The Sum of All Fears

MovieThrillerAction

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

Director of Photography

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams · 1989

Field of Dreams

MovieDramaFantasy

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.

Director of Photography

Sleeping with the Enemy

Sleeping with the Enemy · 1991

Sleeping with the Enemy

MovieDramaThriller

A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.

Director of Photography

St. Vincent

St. Vincent · 2014

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

Director of Photography

Bewitched

Bewitched · 2005

MovieComedyFantasy

Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".

Director of Photography

The Core

The Core · 2003

MovieScience FictionAdventure

Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.

Director of Photography

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride · 1991

Father of the Bride

MovieComedyRomance

George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. His wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony, he becomes slightly insane.

Director of Photography

Sneakers

Sneakers · 1992

MovieComedyCrime

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.

Director of Photography

Father Figures

Father Figures · 2017

Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.

Director of Photography

Legion

MovieActionFantasy

When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.

Director of Photography

Catch and Release

Catch and Release · 2006

Catch and Release

MovieComedyDrama

For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends.

Director of Photography

Money Train

Money Train · 1995

MovieActionComedy

When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.

Director of Photography

Imagine That

Imagine That · 2009

MovieFamilyComedy

A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.

Director of Photography

The Last Song

The Last Song · 2010

MovieDramaFamily

A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.

Director of Photography

Pleasantville

Pleasantville · 1998

MovieFantasyComedy

Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.

Director of Photography

True Believer

True Believer · 1989

MovieCrimeDrama

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.

Director of Photography

The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow · 1988

The Serpent and the Rainbow

MovieHorrorThriller

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.

Director of Photography

The Good Son

The Good Son · 1993

MovieDramaThriller

A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.

Director of Photography

I Love Trouble

I Love Trouble · 1994

MovieRomanceComedy

Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.

Director of Photography

Mr. Brooks

Mr. Brooks · 2007

MovieCrimeThriller

A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.

Director of Photography

Lucky Numbers

Lucky Numbers · 2000

MovieComedyCrime

Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.

Director of Photography

The Last Shot

The Last Shot · 2004

MovieActionComedy

A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation.

Director of Photography

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing · 2017

MovieDramaRomance

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, and nothing is ever the same for anyone in the Houseman family.

Director of Photography

Tulsa King

Tulsa King · 2022

SeriesCrimeDrama

New York mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is released from prison after 25 years and exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew.

Director of Photography

Dark Matter

Dark Matter · 2024

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.

Director of Photography

Hunters

Hunters · 2020

SeriesCrimeDrama

A diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City discover that hundreds of high ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S. The eclectic team of Hunters set out on a bloody quest to bring the Nazis to justice and thwart their new genocidal plans.

Director of Photography

Manhunt

Manhunt · 2017

SeriesCrimeMystery

Inspired by actual events, this true crime anthology series takes a deep dive into the dark, twisted minds of terrorists and follows the brave souls who hunt them down.

Director of Photography

Unbelievable

Unbelievable · 2019

SeriesDramaCrime

After a young woman is accused of lying about a rape, two female detectives investigate a spate of eerily similar attacks.

Director of Photography

Manhattan

Manhattan · 2014

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.

Cinematography

Witches of East End

Witches of East End · 2013

Witches of East End

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

The adventures of Joanna Beauchamp and her two adult daughters Freya and Ingrid -- both of whom unknowingly are their family's next generation of witches -- who lead seemingly quiet, uneventful modern day lives in Long Island's secluded seaside town of East Haven. When Freya becomes engaged to a young, wealthy newcomer, a series of events forces Joanna to admit to her daughters they are, in fact, powerful and immortal witches.

Director of Photography

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams · 2017

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.

Director of Photography

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window · 2022

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

SeriesMysteryCrime

For Anna, every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out the window, watching life go by without her. But when a handsome neighbor moves in across the street, Anna starts to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That is until she witnesses a gruesome murder… Or did she?

Director of Photography

Good Girls Revolt

Good Girls Revolt · 2015

Good Girls Revolt

A look at the personal and professional lives of employees at an American news magazine in the late 1960s.

Director of Photography

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story · 1989

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

The true story of Barbara Hutton, who had inherited $40 million by the age of 6. This insight explores the effects that money can have on one's life, loves, and careers.

Director of Photography

Middletown

Middletown · 1982

SeriesDocumentary

Six-part documentary on the city of Muncie, Indiana - nicknamed "Middletown" after a study in the 1920s deemed it representative of middle America. The series finds that amid the great ...

Director