John M. Stephens
- Camera
- November 17, 1932 · Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
- June 18, 2015
Biography
John Morley Stephens (November 17, 1932 - June 18, 2015) was an American cinematographer. He pioneered a number of cinematographic devices, including the body camera mount for the 1966 film Seconds, and the world's first remotely operated pan-and-tilt-head camera. As a cinematographer, Stephens was known for his work on such films as Billy Jack, Blacula, Martin Scorsese's Boxcar Bertha, and William Friedkin's Sorcerer. He also shot the memorable bicycle chase for Steven Spielberg's E.T., though he did not receive on-screen credit for his work.
Known for
Filmography
- Tremors · Second Unit Director
- Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure · Cinematography
- Titanic · Second Unit Director of Photography
- Overkill · Cinematography
- The Arrival · Aerial Camera
- Major League II · Second Unit Director of Photography
- Undercover Blues · Second Unit Director of Photography
- Out on a Limb · Second Unit Director of Photography
- Beethoven · Second Unit Director of Photography
- V.I. Warshawski · Second Unit Director of Photography
- The Marla Hanson Story · Cinematography
- Eve of Destruction · Camera Operator
- Marked for Death · Second Unit Director of Photography
- Ski Patrol · Cinematography
- Midnight Run · Aerial Director of Photography
- Steele Justice · Cinematography
- Crystalstone · Cinematography
- ¡Three Amigos! · Second Unit Director
- Half Nelson · Cinematography
- Sorcerer · Cinematography
- Rocky Mountain Christmas · Camera Operator
- Switch · Cinematography
- Roll, Freddy, Roll! · Cinematography
- The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go · Cinematography
- Pray for the Wildcats · Cinematography
- Outrage! · Cinematography
- Dying Room Only · Cinematography
- Little Cigars · Cinematography
- Blacula · Cinematography
- Boxcar Bertha · Cinematography
- Black Rodeo · Camera Operator
- Probe · Cinematography
- Bunny O'Hare · Cinematography
- Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location · Camera Operator
- Billy Jack · Cinematography
- Yuma · Cinematography
- Gidget Grows Up · Cinematography
- The Fantastic Plastic Machine · Cinematography
- Run, Angel, Run! · Cinematography
- Ice Station Zebra · Additional Photography
- The Man Who Makes the Difference · Self
- Grand Prix · Camera Operator
- The Hallelujah Trail · Camera Operator
- Oklahoma! · Assistant Camera