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John Toll
Producer, Additional CreditsBorn June 15, 1952 (73 years)
John Toll, ASC (born June 15, 1952) is an American cinematographer and television producer. Toll's filmography spans a wide variety of genres, including epic period drama, comedy, science fiction, and contemporary drama. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in both 1994 and 1995 for Legends of the Fall and Braveheart, respectively, and has also won numerous BAFTA, ASC, and Satellite Awards. He has collaborated with such directors as Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Zwick, Terrence Malick, Mel Gibson, Cameron Crowe, the Wachowskis, and Ang Lee.
Outside of film, he has shot several commercials, the pilot episode of the Emmy Award-winning drama series Breaking Bad, and has served as chief cinematographer on the Netflix original series Sense8 by the Wachowskis, on which he also got executive producing credit in its second season.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Toll began work on his first film, Norma Rae, in 1978 as a camera operator. He won back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Cinematography in 1994 and 1995 for the movies Legends of the Fall and Braveheart. He is also only 1 of 4 cinematographers to win back-to-back Oscars.
He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work on The Thin Red Line and won an Honourable Mention at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the pilot of Breaking Bad.
He has been a regular collaborator for acclaimed filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Zwick, Cameron Crowe, and The Wachowskis. He was presented with the ASC's Lifetime Achievement Award on February 14, 2016.
Toll is married to Lois Burwell, who also worked on Braveheart as the make-up artist (for which she also won an Oscar).
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Outside of film, he has shot several commercials, the pilot episode of the Emmy Award-winning drama series Breaking Bad, and has served as chief cinematographer on the Netflix original series Sense8 by the Wachowskis, on which he also got executive producing credit in its second season.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Toll began work on his first film, Norma Rae, in 1978 as a camera operator. He won back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Cinematography in 1994 and 1995 for the movies Legends of the Fall and Braveheart. He is also only 1 of 4 cinematographers to win back-to-back Oscars.
He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work on The Thin Red Line and won an Honourable Mention at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the pilot of Breaking Bad.
He has been a regular collaborator for acclaimed filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Zwick, Cameron Crowe, and The Wachowskis. He was presented with the ASC's Lifetime Achievement Award on February 14, 2016.
Toll is married to Lois Burwell, who also worked on Braveheart as the make-up artist (for which she also won an Oscar).
Description above from the Wikipedia article John Toll, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
John Toll Filmography
| 2015 | Sense8 (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | |
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| 2006 | Cinematographer Style · as Self |
| 1996 | The 68th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1995 | The 67th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | 80 for Brady · as Director Of Photography |
| 2021 | The Matrix Resurrections · as Director Of Photography |
| 2019 | Harriet · as Director Of Photography |
| 2016 | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk · as Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Sense8 (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending · as Director Of Photography |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green · as Director Of Photography |
| 2011 | The Adjustment Bureau · as Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | It's Complicated · as Director Of Photography |
| 2008 | The Burning Plain · as Additional Director Of Photography |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder · as Director Of Photography |
| 2008 | Shine a Light · as Director Of Photography |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone · as Director Of Photography |
| 2007 | Rise: Blood Hunter · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | Seraphim Falls · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | Elizabethtown · as Director Of Photography |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin · as Director Of Photography |
| 2000 | Almost Famous · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | Simpatico · as Director Of Photography |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Jack · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | Braveheart · as Director Of Photography |
| 1994 | Legends of the Fall · as Director Of Photography |
| 1992 | Wind · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston · as Director Of Photography |
| 1989 | Blaze · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1989 | The Young Riders (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1988 | Tequila Sunrise · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1988 | Hiroshima Maiden · as Cinematographer |
| 1987 | The China Odyssey: 'Empire of the Sun', a Film by Steven Spielberg · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | The Beach Boys: An American Band · as Director Of Photography |
| 1972 | The Hoax · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | The Young Graduates · as Director Of Photography |