John Toll

Cinematographer
Camera and Electrical Department
Producer

Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.

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Sấm Nhiệt Đới (2008)

John Toll is an American cinematographer. His 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.

He has collaborated with several noteworthy directors, including Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Zwick, Terrence Malick, Mel Gibson, John Madden, The Wachowskis, and Ang Lee. Outside of film, he has shot several commercials, the pilot episode of Golden Globe-winning drama series Breaking Bad, and has served as chief cinematographer on the Netflix original series Sense8.

Toll was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work on The Thin Red Line (1998).

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Won 2 Oscars
- 18 wins & 26 nominations total

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Trái Tim Dũng Cảm

8.3

Cinematographer

1995

Võ Sĩ Đạo Cuối Cùng

7.8

Cinematographer

2003

Lằn Ranh Đỏ Mỏng Manh

7.6

Cinematographer

1998

Huyền Thoại Mùa Thu

7.5

Cinematographer

1994

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Cinematographer

80 for Brady
5.9
- Cinematographer
- 2023
Ma Trận: Hồi Sinh
5.6
- director of photography
- 2021
Harriet
6.7
- director of photography
- 2019
8 Siêu Giác Quan
8.2
TV Series
- director of photography
- 2015–2018
Billy Lynn và Cuộc Chiến Nửa Đời Người
6.2
- director of photography
- 2016
Người Thừa Kế Vũ Trụ
5.3
- director of photography
- 2015
Người Sắt 3
7.1
- director of photography
- 2013
Vân Đồ
7.4
- director of photography
- 2012
Mảnh Đời Kỳ Lạ Của Timothy Green
6.6
- director of photography
- 2012
Bản Đồ Định Mệnh
7.0
- director of photography
- 2011
Đời Đúng Là Rắc Rối
6.5
- director of photography
- 2009
Gimme Shelter
6.0
Video
- Cinematographer
- 2008
Sấm Nhiệt Đới
7.1
- director of photography
- 2008
Tập Làm Người Xấu
9.5
TV Series
- director of photography
- 2008
Đứa Bé Mất Tích
7.6
- director of photography
- 2007

Camera and Electrical Department

Câu Chuyện Của Lửa, Nước, Khí Và Đất
6.7
- additional photographer
- 2008
Truy Sát
6.7
- director of photography: New York
- 2008
Shine a Light
7.1
- camera operator
- 2008
Quận Cam
6.2
- cinematographer: end beach sequence (uncredited)
- 2002
Always
6.4
- additional photographer: Montana
- 1989
Blaze
6.0
- director of photography: second unit
- 1989
Bình Minh Đỏ
6.0
- director of photography: second unit
- 1988
The Milagro Beanfield War
6.8
- camera operator
- 1988
Black Widow
6.4
- camera operator
- 1987
Peggy Sue Got Married
6.4
- camera operator
- 1986
Just Between Friends
6.0
- camera operator
- 1986
Sweet Dreams
7.0
- camera operator
- 1985
The Falcon and the Snowman
6.8
- camera operator
- 1985
Ông Trùm Mặt Sẹo
8.3
- camera operator
- 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
6.4
- camera operator (segment 2-4)
- 1983

Born
- June 15, 1952
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Spouse
- Lois BurwellNovember 14, 1998 - present
Other works
Director of photography for Capital One TV commercial "Magnifying Glass" (2006).

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Trivia
One of four cinematographers to win consecutive Oscars for Best Cinematography (for Huyền Thoại Mùa Thu (1994) and Trái Tim Dũng Cảm (1995)). The others are Emmanuel Lubezki, Leon Shamroy and Winton C. Hoch.

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[on the 'optimum' T-Stop he likes to work at] I don't normally like to work deeper than an 8, and I never work wider than 2.8 in anamorphic. I feel much more comfortable working at around 4. Shooting wider than 2.8 in anamorphic is pointless, I think, because at that stop there's just not enough information in focus.