
John Toll
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-06-15 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
John Toll
Biography
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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Acting
(2007)
Crew
(2023)
80 for Brady
Director of Photography
(2021)
The Matrix Resurrections
Director of Photography
(2019)
Harriet
Director of Photography
(2016)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Director of Photography
(2015)
Jupiter Ascending
Director of Photography
(2013)
Iron Man 3
Director of Photography
(2012)
Cloud Atlas
Director of Photography
(2012)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Director of Photography
(2012)
The 'E.T.' Journals
Director
(2011)
The Adjustment Bureau
Director of Photography
(2009)
It's Complicated
Director of Photography
(2008)
Tropic Thunder
Director of Photography
(2008)
Shine a Light
Director of Photography
(2008)
Gimme Shelter
Director of Photography
(2008)
The Burning Plain
Additional Director of Photography
(2008)
Wanted
Additional Photography
(2007)
Rise: Blood Hunter
Director of Photography
(2007)
Gone Baby Gone
Director of Photography
(2007)
Seraphim Falls
Director of Photography
(2005)
Elizabethtown
Director of Photography
(2003)
The Last Samurai
Director of Photography
(2002)
Orange County
Additional Photography
(2001)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Director of Photography
(2001)
Vanilla Sky
Director of Photography
(2000)
Almost Famous
Director of Photography
(1999)
Simpatico
Director of Photography
(1998)
The Thin Red Line
Director of Photography
(1997)
The Rainmaker
Director of Photography
(1996)
Jack
Director of Photography
(1995)
Braveheart
Director of Photography
(1994)
Legends of the Fall
Director of Photography
(1992)
Wind
Director of Photography
(1990)
Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston
Director of Photography
(1989)
Always
Additional Photography
(1989)
Blaze
Second Unit Director of Photography
(1988)
Tequila Sunrise
Second Unit Director of Photography
(1987)
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Director of Photography
(1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married
Camera Operator
(1985)
Sweet Dreams
Camera Operator
(1985)
The Falcon and the Snowman
Camera Operator
(1985)
The Beach Boys: An American Band
Director of Photography
(1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Camera Operator
(1981)
Bustin' Loose
Camera Operator, Second Unit
(1981)
Zorro, The Gay Blade
Camera Operator
(1980)
Urban Cowboy
Camera Operator
(1978)
FM
Camera Operator
(1972)
The Hoax
Director of Photography
(1971)
The Young Graduates
Director of Photography