John Toll

MAIN

Recommend (0)

•

Comments (0)

BIRTHDAY

N/A

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

RECENT CREDITS

The Burning Plain (FILM) Sep. 18, 2009

Tropic Thunder (FILM) Aug. 13, 2008

Wanted (FILM) Jun. 27, 2008

Shine a Light (FILM) Apr. 4, 2008

Breaking Bad (TV) Jan. 20, 2008

View all John Toll Credits

BIOGRAPHY

Expand Full Bio

Like many cinematographers, John Toll began his career as a camera operator. He worked with many noted filmmakers, including Martin Ritt on "Norma Rae" (1978), James Bridges on "Urban Cowboy" (1980), Karel Reisz on "Sweet Dreams" (1985), Francis Ford Coppola on "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986) and Robert Redford on "The Milagro Beanfield War" (1988). He moved up to second unit photography on Steven Spielberg's "Always" (1989) and landed his first job as director of photography for Carroll Ballard's uneven "Wind" (1992). Toll won praise and an Oscar for his sweeping, panoramic, yet intimate work on "Legends of the Fall" (1994). The following year, he lensed the equally epic "Braveheart" (1995) which earned him a second Oscar.

Toll's TV credits include the documentary "A China Odyssey-Steven Spielberg's 'Empire of the Sun'" (CBS, 1987), the pilot for the Western series "The Young Riders" (ABC, 1989) and "Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston" (CBS, 1990).

Collapse Full Bio

Headlines

Bridges, Stone and Nolte deliver powerhouse performances in 'S...

Dec. 15, 1999

The bonds of friendship, especially deep-rooted relationships that span decades, are central to the human experience. While most simply think of the high school or college buddies we see so infrequently in our daily lives, it is the friendships that go sour over incidents from years ago that always seem to leave the deepest marks and are the more decidedly difficult to overcome...

Read Story

View all John Toll Headlines