Jon Else

Camera and Electrical Department
Cinematographer
Producer

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Jon Else was born in 1944 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle (1999), Top Gun (1986) and Cadillac Desert (1997).

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 7 wins & 5 nominations total

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Known for

Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle (1999)

Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle

7.3

Producer

1999

Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun (1986)

7.0

Camera and Electrical Department(USFX)

1986

Cadillac Desert (1997)

Cadillac Desert

8.7

TV Mini Series

Cinematographer

Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013)

Fruitvale Station

7.5

Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)

2013

Credits

Camera and Electrical Department

Cooked
8.0
TV Mini Series
- additional photography
- 2016
The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements
8.2
TV Mini Series
- camera operator
- 2015
Merchants of Doubt
7.6
- addditional cinematography
- 2014
A Kind of Order
- additional photography
- 2013
Fruitvale Station
7.5
- director of photography: second unit
- 2013
Independent Lens
8.1
TV Series
- additional photography
- camera operator
- additional cinematographer
- 2005–2012
Aux origines de l'humanité
8.7
TV Series
- camera operator
- camera
- 1990–2011
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
- camera operator
- 1992–2009
Food, Inc.
7.8
- additional photography
- 2008
The War
9.0
TV Mini Series
- additional cinematography
- 2007
Shut Up & Sing
7.6
- additional cinematographer
- 2006
Frontline
8.6
TV Series
- camera operator
- 2005
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
7.6
- additional cinematographer
- 2005
Tell Them Who You Are
6.9
- additional camera operator
- 2004
American Masters
8.2
TV Series
- director of photography
- 2001

Cinematographer

Land of Gold
- Cinematographer
- 2021
The Chinese Exclusion Act
7.8
- Cinematographer (cinematography by)
- 2017
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 1999–2016
Last Call at the Oasis
7.4
- Cinematographer
- 2011
Woodstock: Now & Then
7.8
TV Movie
- Cinematographer
- 2009
Bande originale d'une Révolution
7.5
- Cinematographer
- 2009
Minotaur
Short
- Cinematographer
- 2009
Inside Operation Wildfire
4.8
TV Movie
- Cinematographer
- 2008
Inside
7.1
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2008
Undercover History
7.3
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2008
National Geographic Explorer
8.0
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2007
Wonders Are Many
8.2
- Cinematographer
- 2007
Independent Lens
8.1
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2003
American Masters
8.2
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2003
Tupac: Resurrection
7.9
- Cinematographer
- 2003

Producer

Land of Gold
- producer
- 2021
Les Maldives: le combat d'un président
7.2
- executive producer
- 2011
Independent Lens
8.1
TV Series
- producer
- 2008
American Experience
8.6
TV Series
- series producer
- 2008
The Weight of the World
9.5
TV Short
- executive producer
- 2005
Life 360
TV Series
- producer (segment "Creating Desire")
- 2002
Open Outcry
6.9
TV Movie
- producer
- 2001
Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle
7.3
- producer
- 1999
Cadillac Desert
8.7
TV Mini Series
- producer
- 1997
America's War on Poverty
6.3
TV Mini Series
- consulting producer
- 1995
The Great Depression
7.9
TV Series
- producer
- 1993
Eyes on the Prize
9.2
TV Series
- series producer
- 1987–1990
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
8.1
- producer
- 1989
The Day After Trinity
7.8
- producer
- 1981
Arthur and Lillie
5.0
Short
- producer
- 1975

Personal details

Alternative name
- Jonathan Else
Born
- 1944
- Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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