John Bailey (cinematographer)
John Bailey ( born August 10, 1942 in Moberly, Missouri) is an American cinematographer.
Biography
John Bailey attended Loyola University in Chicago in 1962. During his studies he visited Innsbruck and Vienna, to learn the German language and culture. He attended film school at University of Southern California. His specialty was the camera technology, in 1968, he took his degree in this subject.
His film career he started as a simple camera technician for a documentary about the musician Joe Cocker. Alan Rudolph, a student of Robert Altman, Bailey engaged then in his early works. Bailey is best known as director of photography of cinema hits A Gigolo and Ordinary People. He is particularly appreciated by the flamboyant director Paul Schrader. Between 1991 and 2000 led Bailey four films directed.
The member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC ) was established in 1987, was appointed to the jury of the Viennale, the International Film Festival of Venice. At the International Film Festival of Cannes 1985 Bailey was with the Japanese costume designer Eiko Ishioka, and composer Philip Glass with the Best Artistic Contribution Award for the film Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters honored. In addition, he was awarded the 2001 President's Award of the " Society of Camera Operators".
Bailey asked for at Panavision for a special anamorphic wide-angle zoom. 2006 " AWZ2 " was prepared and got the nickname Bailey zoom.
John Bailey is married to Carol Littleton, a successful film editor who was nominated for an Oscar in 1983 and 2000 won the Emmy.