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Jon Else

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Producer
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Jon Else was born in 1944 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle (1999), Top Gun (1986) and Cadillac Desert (1997).
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 7 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle (1999)
    Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle
    7.3
    Movie
    • Producer
    • 1999
    Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun (1986)
    Top Gun
    7.0
    Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department(USFX)
    • 1986
    Cadillac Desert (1997)
    Cadillac Desert
    8.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer
    Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013)
    Fruitvale Station
    7.5
    Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)
    • 2013

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Cooked (2016)
      Cooked
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photography
      • 2016
    • The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (2015)
      The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • 2015
    • Merchants of Doubt (2014)
      Merchants of Doubt
      7.6
      • addditional cinematography
      • 2014
    • A Kind of Order
      • additional photography
      • 2013
    • Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013)
      Fruitvale Station
      7.5
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2013
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • camera operator
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2005–2012
    • Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • camera
      • 1990–2011
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1992–2009
    • Food, Inc. (2008)
      Food, Inc.
      7.8
      • additional photography
      • 2008
    • The War (2007)
      The War
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2007
    • Shut Up & Sing (2006)
      Shut Up & Sing
      7.6
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2005
    • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
      Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
      7.6
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2005
    • Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
      Tell Them Who You Are
      6.9
      • additional camera operator
      • 2004
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2001

    Cinematographer

    • Land of Gold (2021)
      Land of Gold
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
      The Chinese Exclusion Act
      7.8
      • Cinematographer (cinematography by)
      • 2017
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 1999–2016
    • Last Call at the Oasis (2011)
      Last Call at the Oasis
      7.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Woodstock: Now & Then
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009)
      Soundtrack for a Revolution
      7.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Minotaur (2009)
      Minotaur
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Inside Operation Wildfire
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Inside (2007)
      Inside
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Undercover History (1997)
      Undercover History
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
      National Geographic Explorer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Wonders Are Many (2007)
      Wonders Are Many
      8.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2003
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2003
    • Tupac Shakur in Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
      Tupac: Resurrection
      7.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2003

    Producer

    • Land of Gold (2021)
      Land of Gold
      • producer
      • 2021
    • The Island President (2011)
      The Island President
      7.2
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2008
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • series producer
      • 2008
    • The Weight of the World (2005)
      The Weight of the World
      9.5
      TV Short
      • executive producer
      • 2005
    • Life 360
      TV Series
      • producer (segment "Creating Desire")
      • 2002
    • Open Outcry
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2001
    • Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle (1999)
      Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle
      7.3
      • producer
      • 1999
    • Cadillac Desert (1997)
      Cadillac Desert
      8.7
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 1997
    • America's War on Poverty (1995)
      America's War on Poverty
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • consulting producer
      • 1995
    • The Great Depression (1993)
      The Great Depression
      7.9
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1993
    • Eyes on the Prize (1987)
      Eyes on the Prize
      9.2
      TV Series
      • series producer
      • 1987–1990
    • Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven (1989)
      Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
      8.0
      • producer
      • 1989
    • J. Robert Oppenheimer in The Day After Trinity (1981)
      The Day After Trinity
      7.8
      • producer
      • 1981
    • Arthur and Lillie
      5.0
      Short
      • producer
      • 1975

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      • Jonathan Else
    • Born
      • 1944
      • Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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