John Toll

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1952-06-15 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA

John Toll

Biography

John Toll, ASC (born June 15, 1952) is an American cinematographer and television producer. Toll's filmography spans a wide variety of genres, including epic period drama, comedy, science fiction, and contemporary drama. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in both 1994 and 1995 for Legends of the Fall and Braveheart respectively, and has also won numerous BAFTA, ASC, and Satellite Awards. He has collaborated with several noteworthy directors, including Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Zwick, Terrence Malick, Mel Gibson, John Madden, The Wachowskis, and Ang Lee. Outside film, he has shot several commercials, the pilot episode of Emmy Award-winning drama series Breaking Bad, and has served as chief cinematographer on the Netflix original series Sense8 by the Wachowskis, on which he also got executive producing credit in its second season.

Known For

Camera

2023
80 for Brady

as Director of Photography

2021
The Matrix Resurrections

as Director of Photography

2019
Harriet

as Director of Photography

2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

as Director of Photography

2015
Jupiter Ascending

as Director of Photography

2015
Sense8

as Director of Photography

2013
Iron Man 3

as Director of Photography

2012
Cloud Atlas

as Director of Photography

2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green

as Director of Photography

2011
The Adjustment Bureau

as Director of Photography

2009
It's Complicated

as Director of Photography

2008
Tropic Thunder

as Director of Photography

2008
Shine a Light

as Director of Photography

2008
Gimme Shelter

as Director of Photography

2008
The Burning Plain

as Additional Director of Photography

2008
Wanted

as Additional Photography

2008
Breaking Bad

as Director of Photography

2007
Rise: Blood Hunter

as Director of Photography

2007
Gone Baby Gone

as Director of Photography

2007
Seraphim Falls

as Director of Photography

2005
Elizabethtown

as Director of Photography

2003
The Last Samurai

as Director of Photography

2002
Orange County

as Additional Photography

2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin

as Director of Photography

2001
Vanilla Sky

as Director of Photography

2000
Almost Famous

as Director of Photography

1999
Simpatico

as Director of Photography

1998
The Thin Red Line

as Director of Photography

1997
The Rainmaker

as Director of Photography

1996
Jack

as Director of Photography

1995
Braveheart

as Director of Photography

1994
Legends of the Fall

as Director of Photography

1992
Wind

as Director of Photography

1990
Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston

as Director of Photography

1989
Always

as Additional Photography

1989
Blaze

as Second Unit Director of Photography

1988
Tequila Sunrise

as Second Unit Director of Photography

1987
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

as Director of Photography

1986
Peggy Sue Got Married

as Camera Operator

1985
Sweet Dreams

as Camera Operator

1985
The Falcon and the Snowman

as Camera Operator

1985
The Beach Boys: An American Band

as Director of Photography

1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Camera Operator

1981
Bustin' Loose

as Camera Operator

1981
Zorro, The Gay Blade

as Camera Operator

1980
Urban Cowboy

as Camera Operator

1978
FM

as Camera Operator

1972
The Hoax

as Director of Photography

1971
The Young Graduates

as Director of Photography

Crew

1981
Bustin' Loose

as Second Unit

Director

2012

Producer

2015
Sense8

as Executive Producer