Known for Camera
John Warwick Lindley (born November 17, 1951) is an American cinematographer for film and television. He has collaborated on several films with directors Joseph Ruben, Phil Alden Robinson, and Nora Ephron. Lindley served as President of the International Cinematographers Guild from 2020 to 2022.
Born
November 17, 1951 (age 74)
Birthplace
New York City, New York
Filmography
54 films, 12 shows


A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020 · 1h 4m
country: United States
Taped at Los Angeles’ iconic Orpheum Theatre, this staged presentation of The West Wing’s “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode stars core cast members along with special guest stars. Act Breaks feature commentary from former First Lady Michelle Obama, President Bill Clinton and Lin-Manuel Miranda who share messages about the vital importance of making our voices heard in every election.


Father Figures
2017 · 1h 53m
country: United States
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.


Dirty Dancing
2017 · 2h 10m
country: United States
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, and nothing is ever the same for anyone in the Houseman family.


St. Vincent
2014 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
The Frontier
The Frontier
2012 · 1h
country: United States
Set in the 1840s, show centers on a group that follows their dreams and heads west from Missouri across the uncharted country.


The Last Song
2010 · 1h 47m
country: United States
A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.


Legion
2010 · 1h 40m
country: United States
When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.


Imagine That
2009 · 1h 47m
country: United States
A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.


Reservation Road
2007 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.


Mr. Brooks
2007 · 2h
country: United States
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.


Catch and Release
2006 · 1h 51m
country: United States
For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends.


Bewitched
2005 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".


The Last Shot
2004 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation.


The Core
2003 · 2h 16m
country: United States
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.


The Sum of All Fears
2002 · 2h 4m
country: Canada
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.


Lucky Numbers
2000 · 1h 45m
country: France
Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.


Freedom Song
2000 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.


You've Got Mail
1998 · 1h 59m
country: United States
Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.


Pleasantville
1998 · 2h 4m
country: United States
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.


Michael
1996 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.


Money Train
1995 · 1h 50m
country: United States
When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.


I Love Trouble
1994 · 2h 3m
country: United States
Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.


The Good Son
1993 · 1h 27m
country: United States
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.


Sneakers
1992 · 2h 5m
country: United States
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.


Father of the Bride
1991 · 1h 45m
country: United States
George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. His wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony, he becomes slightly insane.


Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos
1991 · 55m
country: Unknown
Featuring The Videos : Beautiful Red Dress / Language Is A Virus / Sharkey's Day / O Superman - Including Excerpts From : What You Mean We / Alive From Off Center / The Eleventh Hour - Plus Never Before Seen Live Footage - Interview Footage - And More...


Sleeping with the Enemy
1991 · 1h 39m
country: United States
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.


Vital Signs
1990 · 1h 42m
country: United States
As they enter their third year of medical school, a group of young students must prepare to decide what they intend to specialize in. Somehow, they must impress the Chief of Surgery while learning how to survive the life-and-death area of medicine and the complexity of their everyday lives.


Immediate Family
1989 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Linda and Michael, married for ten years, desperately want a baby and turn to an adoption agency which introduces them to Lucy, a teenage girl expecting her first baby. The three agree that Linda and Michael will adopt Lucy's baby and that Lucy will sign away custody. Things don't go quite to plan however..


Field of Dreams
1989 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.


True Believer
1989 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.


Shakedown
1988 · 1h 33m
country: United States
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.


The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.


A Stranger Waits
1987 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Most men consider the widow Kate Bennington to be irresistible, but when she dives into a madly passionate love affair with a mysterious younger man, one of her secret admirers sets in motion a terrifying plan to end their relationship, forever.


The Stepfather
1987 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Seemingly mild-mannered Henry Morrison has just murdered his entire family. After adopting a new identity and skipping town, he begins building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter. However, he soon begins struggling to hide his true identity and maintain a grip on reality.


Killer Party
1986 · 1h 32m
country: Canada
It's April Fool's Day and the sisters of Sigma Alpha Pi believe they've found the perfect place to throw a party: the abandoned fraternity house where the guillotined pledge once lost his head in a hazing gone awry.


Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson
1986 · 1h 30m
country: Canada
A concert film directed by and featuring the music of Laurie Anderson, filmed at the Park Theater in Union City, New Jersey, during the summer of 1985. The film includes songs from her 1984 album Mister Heartbreak and selections from her 1983 United States I–IV stage shows, along with eclectic, experimental visuals blending film, animation, dance and electronics.


Rockabye
1986 · 2h
country: United States
A young woman, striking out on her own after having left her husband in California, has her young son snatched from her moments after getting off the bus in New York City on her way to Vermont, and reluctantly accepts the help of a hard-nosed reporter in tracking him down after being given the runaround from the police.


Badge of the Assassin
1985 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police detective on the trail of the killers that leads from New York to San Francisco and down to New Orleans.
Organizational Climate
Organizational Climate
1985 · 24m
country: United States
Describes and stresses the importance of maintaining a pleasant and productive work environment, in part by matching workers' needs with tasks. Offers strategies for assessing the climate within an organization and suggests techniques which can be used for improving the climate within a business environment. Focuses on the goal of improving the quality of work life for employees so that everyone, including the management team, workers, and the organization as a whole, will prosper


Lily in Love
1984 · 1h 30m
country: Hungary
Insulted when his screenwriter wife writes a leading role for a younger man, aging Broadway idol Fitz Wynn disguises himself as a handsome young Italian.


The Goodbye People
1984 · 1h 44m
country: United States
An elderly man is determined to reopen the Coney Island boardwalk hot dog stand he closed twenty-two years earlier for renovation, despite the fact he's recovering from a severe heart attack and it's the middle of February.


Girls of the White Orchid
1983 · 1h 36m
country: United States
In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work at the White Orchid nightclub, she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to Yakuza. Alone, without money and her passport, she is protected by Shiro, but pressed by the managers Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka to be receptive to client's proposals.


The Demon Murder Case
1983 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.


An Invasion of Privacy
1983 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A woman on a remote island is raped by a local resident and finds her fight for justice impeded by community prejudice.


The Gentleman Bandit
1981 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Based on the real-life ordeal of Baltimore priest Bernard Pagano, who was accused of several armed robberies in the late Seventies.