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Joan Churchill(I)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Producer
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Joan Churchill
Joan Churchill is known for Soldier Girls (1981), Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) and Lily Tomlin (1986). She is married to Alan Barker. She was previously married to Nick Broomfield.
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 8 wins & 8 nominations total

    Known for

    Soldier Girls (1981)
    Soldier Girls
    7.0
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1981
    Aileen Wuornos in Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
    Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
    7.1
    • Cinematographer(camera)
    • 2003
    Lily Tomlin (1986)
    Lily Tomlin
    6.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1986
    Sarah Palin: You Betcha! (2011)
    Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
    6.3
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2011

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters (2020)
      Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
      7.8
      • additional camera
      • 2020
    • Gigi Lazzarato in This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous (2017)
      This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
      6.5
      • additional cinematography
      • 2017
    • This Changes Everything (2015)
      This Changes Everything
      6.4
      • additional photography
      • 2015
    • Cathouse: King of the House (2014)
      Cathouse: King of the House
      5.3
      TV Special
      • additional cinematography
      • 2014
    • Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes (2014)
      Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes
      7.5
      • dp: additional photography
      • 2014
    • Shut Up and Look (2012)
      Shut Up and Look
      • additional cinematography
      • 2012
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator
      • camera operator
      • 2011–2012
    • Sarah Palin: You Betcha! (2011)
      Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
      6.3
      • camera operator
      • 2011
    • Cathouse: Cat Call (2010)
      Cathouse: Cat Call
      6.1
      TV Special
      • additional cinematography
      • 2010
    • Carrier (2008)
      Carrier
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • additional camera
      • additional camerawork
      • 2008
    • Battle for Haditha (2007)
      Battle for Haditha
      6.9
      • additional camera operator
      • 2007
    • Don Cheadle in Darfur Now (2007)
      Darfur Now
      6.7
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2007
    • The Brothers Warner (2007)
      The Brothers Warner
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Making Trouble (2007)
      Making Trouble
      6.4
      • camera
      • 2007
    • From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks (2007)
      From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
      8.8
      • camera operator
      • 2007

    Cinematographer

    • Who Tells the Story?
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Robert Irwin in Robert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling (2022)
      Robert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling
      7.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Medicating Normal (2020) (2022)
      Medicating Normal (2020)
      8.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Shoot from the Heart (2021)
      Shoot from the Heart
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Bedlam (2019)
      Bedlam
      7.5
      • director of photography (cinematography)
      • 2019
    • Ian Ruskin in To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine (2016)
      To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Every Move You Make
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
      Last Days in Vietnam
      7.6
      • director of photography
      • 2014
    • Citizen Koch (2013)
      Citizen Koch
      6.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 1989–2012
    • Sarah Palin: You Betcha! (2011)
      Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
      6.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Arena (1975)
      Arena
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Snowblind (2009)
      Snowblind
      6.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009)
      Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009

    Producer

    • Who Tells the Story?
      Short
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Shoot from the Heart (2021)
      Shoot from the Heart
      Short
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Bedlam (2019)
      Bedlam
      7.5
      • co-producer
      • 2019
    • The Residents (2003)
      The Residents
      TV Series
      • producer (2003)
      • 2003
    • American High (2000)
      American High
      7.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2000
    • George Humphreys and Lynne McDougal in Juvenile Liaison 2 (1990)
      Juvenile Liaison 2
      7.1
      • producer: original footage
      • 1990
    • Lily Tomlin (1986)
      Lily Tomlin
      6.7
      • producer
      • 1986
    • George Ray in Juvenile Liaison (1976)
      Juvenile Liaison
      7.8
      • producer
      • 1976

    Personal details

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        Nick Broomfield(divorced, 1 child)

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      Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2005. She was one of the first members invited to join based on non-fiction work.

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