John Bailey

John Bailey, A.S.C. (born August 10, 1942) is an American cinematographer and film director.

Born in Moberly, Missouri, Bailey attended Santa Clara University, then transferred to Loyola University Chicago. During his junior year he studied German language and culture at the University of Vienna, where he developed an appreciation for the French New Wave.^[1] He earned a graduate degree from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1968.^[2] He spent eleven years apprenticing as a crew member under the likes of Vilmos Zsigmond and Néstor Almendros, and worked on such films as Two-Lane Blacktop, The Late Show, 3 Women, Winter Kills, and Days of Heaven. He earned his first two credits as a director of photography for Ordinary People and American Gigolo in 1980.

In 1985, Bailey shared the Cannes Film Festival Best Artistic Contribution Award with Eiko Ishioka and Philip Glass for Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for Tough Guys Don't Dance and the Camerimage Golden Frog Award for Best Cinematography for Forever Mine.

Bailey's credits as a director include The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, China Moon, Mariette in Ecstasy, and Via Dolorosa.

Bailey has been married to film editor Carol Littleton since March 1972.

Cinematography credits

• American Gigolo (1980)
• Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
• Cat People (1982)
• Without a Trace (1983)
• The Big Chill (1983)
• Racing with the Moon (1984)
• The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
• Silverado (1985)
• Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
• Crossroads (1986)
• Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
• The Accidental Tourist (1988)
• A Brief History of Time (1991)
• Groundhog Day (1993)
• In the Line of Fire (1993)
• Nobody's Fool (1994)
• As Good as It Gets (1997)
• For Love of the Game (1999)
• The Anniversary Party (2001)
• The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
• Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
• The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
• The Producers (2005)
• the Architect (2006)
• License to Wed (2007)
• Mad Money (2008)
• Over Her Dead Body (2008)
• He's Just Not That into You (2009)

References

External links

• John Bailey (cinematographer) at the Internet Movie Database