John Schwartzman

John Leonard Schwartzman, A.S.C. (born October 18, 1960) is an American cinematographer, best known for his work on Jurassic World, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Rock and Seabiscuit, for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography.

Early life edit

Schwartzman was born on October 18, 1960, in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of producer Jack Schwartzman and the stepson of actress Talia Shire. He is the brother of Stephanie Schwartzman and half-brother to actors/musicians Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman. John graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1985.^[1] His father was Jewish, whereas his mother was Catholic.

Schwartzman works as a cinematographer. He is best known for his collaborations with directors Michael Bay, John Lee Hancock, Colin Trevorrow, James Foley and Paul Feig.^{[citation needed]}

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1984	Last Chance Dance	Phil Joanou	With Robert Brinkmann
1986	Video Valentino	Richard Martini

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1988	You Can't Hurry Love	Richard Martini	With Peter Lyons Collister
1989	Red Surf	H. Gordon Boos
1990	Rockula	Luca Bercovici
1993	Benny & Joon	Jeremiah S. Chechik
1994	Airheads	Michael Lehmann
1995	A Pyromaniac's Love Story	Joshua Brand
1996	Mr. Wrong	Nick Castle
1996	The Rock	Michael Bay
1997	Conspiracy Theory	Richard Donner
1998	Armageddon	Michael Bay
1999	EDtv	Ron Howard
2001	Pearl Harbor	Michael Bay
2002	The Rookie	John Lee Hancock	1st collaboration with Hancock
2003	Seabiscuit	Gary Ross
2004	Meet the Fockers	Jay Roach
2007	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Jon Turteltaub	With Amir Mokri
2007	The Bucket List	Rob Reiner
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Shawn Levy
2011	The Green Hornet	Michel Gondry
2012	The Amazing Spider-Man	Marc Webb
2013	Saving Mr. Banks	John Lee Hancock
2014	Dracula Untold	Gary Shore
2015	Jurassic World	Colin Trevorrow
2016	The Founder	John Lee Hancock
2017	Fifty Shades Darker	James Foley
2017	The Book of Henry	Colin Trevorrow
2018	Fifty Shades Freed	James Foley
	The Unicorn	Robert Schwartzman	With Michael Rizzi
	A Simple Favor	Paul Feig	1st collaboration with Feig
2019	The Highwaymen	John Lee Hancock
2019	Last Christmas	Paul Feig
2021	The Little Things	John Lee Hancock
2022	Jurassic World Dominion	Colin Trevorrow
	Mr. Harrigan's Phone	John Lee Hancock
	The School for Good and Evil	Paul Feig
2024	Atlas	Brad Peyton
2024	Jackpot †	Paul Feig	Post-production

TV movies

Year	Title	Director
1991	To Save a Child	Robert Lieberman
1992	Industrial Symphony No. 1	David Lynch

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Director
1990	"Can't Stop Fallin' into Love"	Cheap Trick	Nigel Dick
1990	"Wherever Would I Be"	Cheap Trick	Nigel Dick
1994	"Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"	Meat Loaf	Michael Bay
1995	"Strange Currencies"	R.E.M.	Mark Romanek
1999	"What a Girl Wants"	Christina Aguilera	Diane Martel
2012	"One More Night"	Maroon 5	Peter Berg

Academy Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2003	Seabiscuit	Best Cinematography	Nominated

American Society of Cinematographers

Year	Title	Category	Result
2001	Pearl Harbor	Outstanding Cinematography	Nominated
2003	Seabiscuit	Outstanding Cinematography	Won

Satellite Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2001	Pearl Harbor	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2003	Seabiscuit	Best Cinematography	Nominated

^ Notable Alumni Archived 2008-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, USC School of Cinematic Arts; accessed March 10, 2008.