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John Tanzer(I)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Music Department
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Shooting on the Ganges in Varanasi
John Tanzer is known for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), Matlock (2024) and A Very Murray Christmas (2015).
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    Known for

    Danny DeVito, Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and Glenn Howerton in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
    8.8
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Kathy Bates, Jason Ritter, Leah Lewis, David Del Rio, and Skye P. Marshall in Matlock (2024)
    Matlock
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Bill Murray in A Very Murray Christmas (2015)
    A Very Murray Christmas
    5.5
    TV Special
    • Cinematographer
    • 2015
    Wonder Showzen (2005)
    Wonder Showzen
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer

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    Cinematographer

    • The Grievance
      • Cinematographer
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2024
    • Kathy Bates, Jason Ritter, Leah Lewis, David Del Rio, and Skye P. Marshall in Matlock (2024)
      Matlock
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024–2025
    • Tacoma FD (2019)
      Tacoma FD
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Danny DeVito, Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and Glenn Howerton in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
      It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
      8.8
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2015–2023
    • Jack McBrayer in Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show (2021)
      Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show
      6.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2021–2022
    • Waffles + Mochi (2021)
      Waffles + Mochi
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Kether Donohue and Darren Criss in Royalties (2020)
      Royalties
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (2020)
      • 2020
    • Oliver Hudson, Jenna Fischer, Van Crosby, Sander Thomas, and Olivia Keville in Splitting Up Together (2018)
      Splitting Up Together
      6.8
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2018–2019
    • Sideswiped (2018)
      Sideswiped
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Daddy Issues (2018)
      Daddy Issues
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome in Another Period (2013)
      Another Period
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Esther Povitsky and Benji Aflalo in Alone Together (2018)
      Alone Together
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • New Warriors (2017)
      New Warriors
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Andrew Dice Clay in Dice (2016)
      Dice
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016–2017
    • Kristin Chenoweth, Nicholas D'Agosto, Sherri Shepherd, Jayma Mays, Steven Boyer, and Amanda Payton in Trial & Error (2017)
      Trial & Error
      7.9
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2017
    • Mansfield 66/67 (2017)
      Mansfield 66/67
      6.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Ivan Kaye, Rosa Salazar, George Webster, and Gavin Drea in Wedding Season (2022)
      Wedding Season
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director of Photography: U.S. Unit
      • 2022
    • House of Cardin (2019)
      House of Cardin
      7.2
      • additional cinematography
      • 2019
    • Florin Piersic Jr. and Corneliu Ulici in Comrade Detective (2017)
      Comrade Detective
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director of Photography: U.S. Unit
      • 2017
    • Marcello Dimino in Primrose Lane (2015)
      Primrose Lane
      3.1
      • additional photography
      • 2015
    • Instant Mom (2013)
      Instant Mom
      6.5
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 2013–2014
    • Holding Patterns
      TV Movie
      • gaffer
      • 2013
    • Danny DeVito, Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and Glenn Howerton in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
      It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
      8.8
      TV Series
      • chief lighting technician
      • gaffer
      • 2011–2013
    • Living Loaded
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • gaffer
      • 2012
    • Patricia Arquette, Bill Murray, Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, and Katheryn Winnick in A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)
      A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
      4.6
      • b camera operator
      • gaffer
      • 2012
    • Salma Hayek, John Travolta, Benicio Del Toro, Blake Lively, and Taylor Kitsch in Savages (2012)
      Savages
      6.4
      • gaffer: second unit
      • 2012
    • For the Love of Money (2012)
      For the Love of Money
      4.4
      • camera operator: "b" camera
      • 2012
    • About Face: Supermodels Then and Now (2012)
      About Face: Supermodels Then and Now
      6.8
      • camera
      • 2012
    • Circling the Drain
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • gaffer
      • 2011
    • Seth MacFarlane: Swingin' in Concert (2011)
      Seth MacFarlane: Swingin' in Concert
      7.0
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 2011
    • Michael Londra's Beyond Celtic (2011)
      Michael Londra's Beyond Celtic
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2011

    Music Department

    • Field Trip with Curtis Stone (2020)
      Field Trip with Curtis Stone
      7.2
      TV Series
      • theme music composer
      • 2021
    • Dear Mom, Love Cher (2013)
      Dear Mom, Love Cher
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • musician
      • 2013
    • Canvas (2007)
      Canvas
      7.4
      Short
      • composer: theme music
      • 2007

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