John Bartley

John Bartley
Born	John Stanley Bartley February 12, 1947 Wellington, New Zealand
Other names	John S. Bartley
Occupation	Cinematographer, Director of Photography, Gaffer
Years active	1978-present

John Stanley Bartley, often credited as Jon Bartley, is a New Zealand-born American, who is a resident of Canada. Bartley is an cinematographer who is best known for his work on television series such as Lost, "Bates Motel (TV series)" and The X Files and feature films such as The X Files: I Want to Believe and The Chronicles of Riddick.

Bartley was raised in Wellington, where he didn't get to watch television until his early teens, and even then only one channel was broadcasting in New Zealand.^[1] In an interview he said that National Velvet and The Bridge on the River Kwai were two of his favorite films when he was young.^[1]

In 1995, Bartley received his first Emmy Award nomination in the category "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Series" for the The X Files episode "One Breath," he lost the award to Tim Suhrstedt for Chicago Hope.^[2] Bartley was nominated the following year in the same category, and won the award.^[3] Bartley was also nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Cinematography For A One Hour Series category for the Lost episode "The Constant."^[4]

Filmography

As cinematographer or director of photography

Films

• Innocent (2011)
• 17th Precinct (2011)
• The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
• The Prince of Motor City (2008)
• Gray Matters (2006)
• Odd Girl Out (2005)
• The Nickel Children (2005)
• Naughty or Nice (2004)
• The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
• Alien Lockdown (2004)
• Wrong Turn (2003)
• Then Came Jones (2003)
• Spinning Boris (2003)
• Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
• The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)
• Another Life (2002)
• Black River (2001)
• See Spot Run (2001)
• HRT (2001)
• Where the Money Is (2000)
• A Cooler Climate (1999)
• Masters of Horror and Suspense (1999)
• A Feeling Called Glory (1999)
• Disturbing Behavior (1998)
• Tricks (1997)
• Echo (1997)
• The X-Files: The Unopened File (1996)
• Beyond Betrayal (1994)
• Another Stakeout (1993)
• Jumpin' Joe (1992)
• Home Movie (1992)
• Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991)
• Sky High (1990)
• Beyond the Stars (1989)

Television

• Hunting Season (2013)
• Bates Motel (2013)
  • 5 episodes
• Vikings (2013)
• Charlie's Angels (2011)
  • 2 episodes
• Dragon Age: Redemption (2011)
• Undercovers (2010-2011)
  • 6 episodes
• Lost (2005-2010)
  • 51 episodes
• Glory Days (2002)
  • 9 episodes
• Roswell (1999)
  • 4 episodes
• The X Files (1993-1996)
  • 62 episodes
• The Commish (1991-1993)
  • 44 episodes
• Broken Badges (1991)
  • 3 episodes
• 21 Jump Street (1990-1991)
  • 8 episodes
• Booker (1990)
  • 12 episodes
• Wiseguy (1990)
  • 2 episodes

As other crew

• The Room Upstairs (1987)
• Backfire (1987)
• The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
• Love Is Never Silent (1985)
• Picking Up the Pieces (1985)
• Love, Mary (1985)
• The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
• The Glitter Dome (1984)
• The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984)
• Secrets of a Married Man (1984)
• Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
• Packin' It In (1983)
• A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982)
• The Babysitter (1980)
• Mr. Patman (1980)
• Bear Island (1979)
• Who'll Save Our Children? (1978)

References

1. "ASC CLOSE-UP". 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
2. "Emmy Awards: 1995". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
3. "Emmy Awards: 1996". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
4. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, (July 17, 2008) "Complete 2008 Nominations List." Retrieved on July 17, 2008.

External links

• John Bartley at the Internet Movie Database
• John Bartley interview video at the Archive of American Television
• John Bartley talks about his work Lost