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John Toll

 
Cinematographer: John Toll
  • Occupation: Cinematographer, Actor
  • Active: '70s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: The Last Waltz, Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip, Peggy Sue Got Married
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Young Graduates (1971)

Biography

Cinematographer John Toll began his career by shooting a pair of low-budget exploitation movies in the early '70s, only to drop out and re-emerge as a camera operator on the film Tom Horn in 1979. He graduated to director of photography in 1989, and began shooting TV movies and episodic television. In 1992, he returned to theatrical films with Wind, a story about the America's Cup sailing competition, and soon developed a reputation for his work on historical epics, set mostly in the great outdoors. In 1994, he won an Academy Award for his work on Legends of the Fall and again the following year for Braveheart. He was nominated in 1998, for The Thin Red Line. ~ All Movie Guide
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John Toll
Born Cleveland
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active 1978-

John Toll A.S.C. is a two-time Academy Award-Winning, Cleveland-born American cinematographer.

In 1978 he worked on his first film, Norma Rae, as 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 was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work on The Thin Red Line in 1998.

Filmography (as cinematographer)

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