John Bailey was born on August 10, 1942 in Moberly, Missouri, USA as John Ira Bailey. He is known for his work on Groundhog Day (1993), As Good as It Gets (1997) and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003). He has been married to Carol Littleton since March 11, 1972.
Santa Clara University, University of Vienna, University of Southern California, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Spouse
Carol Littleton (m. 1972)
Awards
American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award, Best Artistic Contribution
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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I think too many cinematographers go into a meeting on a project and spend most of the time talking about technique and style. Talk about script and characters.
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Fact
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Panavision's 70-200mm ATZ (Anamorphic Telephoto Zoom) and 40-80mm AWZ2 (Anamorphic Wide-Angle Zoom) lenses, introduced in 2006, are respectively nicknamed the "long Bailey zoom" and the "short Bailey zoom", because Bailey was among the first cinematographers to ask the company to develop such lenses.
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Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1985.
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Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1987.
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Via Dolorosa
2000
Michael Jordan to the Max
2000
Documentary
For Love of the Game
1999
director of photography
Forever Mine
1999
The Out-of-Towners
1999
director of photography
Living Out Loud
1998
Always Outnumbered
1998
TV Movie
As Good as It Gets
1997
director of photography
Passion
1996
TV Movie
Extreme Measures
1996
Nobody's Fool
1994
Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some
1994
Video documentary video "True Colors"
In the Line of Fire
1993
director of photography
Groundhog Day
1993
director of photography
A Brief History of Time
1991
Documentary
My Blue Heaven
1990/I
director of photography
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
Documentary
Time Flies When You're Alive
1989
TV Movie
The Accidental Tourist
1988
Vibes
1988
director of photography
Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987
uncredited
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
Light of Day
1987
director of photography
Brighton Beach Memoirs
1986
Crossroads
1986
Silverado
1985
director of photography
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
director of photography
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
director of photography
Racing with the Moon
1984
The Big Chill
1983
director of photography
Without a Trace
1983
That Championship Season
1982
Cat People
1982
Continental Divide
1981
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
Ordinary People
1980
director of photography
City in Fear
1980
TV Movie
American Gigolo
1980
director of photography
Boulevard Nights
1979
director of photography
The Mafu Cage
1978
Battered
1978
TV Movie
Legacy
1975
End of August
1974
director of photography
Open Window
1972
Short
Premonition
1972
How to Be a Latin Lover
2017
post-production
An Actor Prepares
2017
pre-production
The Philosophy of Phil
2016
post-production
Burn Your Maps
2016
A Walk in the Woods
2015
director of photography
The Forger
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
Snake & Mongoose
2013
A.C.O.D.
2013
director of photography
The Way Way Back
2013
director of photography
Big Miracle
2012
Country Strong
2010
Ramona and Beezus
2010
director of photography
When in Rome
2010
director of photography
Looking at Animals
2009
Short
He's Just Not That Into You
2009
director of photography
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
director of photography
The Greatest
2009
director of photography
Over Her Dead Body
2008
director of photography
Mad Money
2008
director of photography
License to Wed
2007
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
uncredited
10 Tricks
2006
The Architect
2006
The Producers
2005
director of photography
Must Love Dogs
2005
director of photography
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2005
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
Documentary director of photography
Incident at Loch Ness
2004
ADM: DOP (Anthony Dod Mantle - Director of Photography)
2003
Documentary short
Searching for Michael Cimino
2003
TV Movie documentary
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
2003
director of photography
Digital Babylon
2003
The Fig Rig
2002
Documentary short
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
director of photography
The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
Documentary director of photography
The Anniversary Party
2001
director of photography
NSync: Bigger Than Live
2001
Documentary
Antitrust
2001
director of photography
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Naqoyqatsi
2002
Documentary camera operator: guest camera
Winter Kills
1979
additional photographer / camera operator
Days of Heaven
1978
camera operator
A Question of Guilt
1978
TV Movie camera operator
The Initiation of Sarah
1978
TV Movie camera operator
Forever
1978
TV Movie camera operator
3 Women
1977
camera operator
The Late Show
1977
camera operator
Welcome to L.A.
1976
camera operator
Posse
1975
camera operator - uncredited
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
assistant camera - uncredited
Mad Dogs & Englishmen
1971
Documentary additional photographer
The New Cinema
1968
TV Movie documentary additional photography
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Via Dolorosa
2000
Mariette in Ecstasy
1996
China Moon
1994
The Search for Signs of Inteligent Life in the Universe
1991
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Visions of Light
1992
Documentary co-chairman: ASC Education Committee
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
Documentary visual consultant
Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987
visual consultant
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Incident at Loch Ness
2004
Crew of Herzog in Wonderland
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wyatt Earp
1994
thanks
Visions of Light
1992
Documentary special thanks: AFI
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2016
Documentary post-production
Himself
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself
John Bailey on Boris Kaufman
2011
Video documentary short
Himself
Old School, New School
2010
Documentary
Himself
Anatomy of a Scene
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself - Director of Photography
The Making of 'Silverado'
1999
Video documentary short
Himself
American Cinema
1995
TV Series documentary
Himself
Visions of Light
1992
Documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Lifetime Achievement Award
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
2014
Technicolor William A. Fraker Cinematography Journalist of the Year Award
Emerging Cinematographer Awards
2001
President's Award
Society of Camera Operators
1994
CableACE
CableACE Awards
Dramatic or Theatrical Special
The Search for Signs of Inteligent Life in the Universe (1991)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1999
Golden Frog
Camerimage
Forever Mine (1999)
1994
CableACE
CableACE Awards
Directing a Comedy Special
The Search for Signs of Inteligent Life in the Universe (1991)