Jeffrey Lane Kimball, ASC (born May 29, 1943) is an American cinematographer, known mainly for shooting action films, especially the ones directed by Tony Scott and John Woo.
Career
He majored in radio and television at North Texas State University in 1964. After graduation he landed a trainee position with Warner Brothers,: 27 but left to work as a gofer for still photographer Bill Langley.: 29 In 1969, he left Hollywood to work as a director of photography for the Dallas office of TV commercial production company N. Lee Lacy/Associates. He returned to Hollywood permanently in 1972: 27 where he worked—mainly on low budget films: 29 —as an lab technician, still photographer, assistant director, and assistant cameraman, graduating to second unit director of photography on Hell Raiders, It's Alive, Cat People and others. Before becoming a feature film cinematographer, he had "earned his reputation for innovative and sometimes risky cinematography" in commercials, many of which had won awards.: 29
In addition to his work in features, he continues to work as a cinematographer on commercials and music videos. He also directs commercials, e.g. for Maketa Armada.
Kimball has been nominated for a Golden Satellite Award in 2001 for Mission: Impossible 2 and an MTV Video Music Award in 2011 for Beyoncé's "Run the World (Girls)."
He has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1990.
Filmography
Film
Television
TV movies
TV series
Music video
Source:
References
External links
- Kimball's reel at the Partos Company
- Jeffrey L. Kimball at IMDb
- Jeffrey L. Kimball Biography (1943-) on Film Reference
- Jeffrey Kimball on the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers
