Professional Studies - John Mathieson & Jordan Cronenweth

John Mathieson is a British cinematographer. Beginning his career in the British film industry as camera assistant to Gabriel Beristáin, Mathieson worked his way through the ranks. In 1988 he garnered recognition for the ground breaking video "Peek-a-Boo" for Siouxsie and the Banshees, directed by Peter Scammel. He collaborated with John Maybury, director of the Sinéad O'Connor video "Nothing Compares 2 U", going on to photograph Maybury's award winning film Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon. Mathieson honed his craft through the 90's shooting numerous television commercials and music videos for artists including Madonna,Prince and Massive Attack.

In the mid 90's Mathieson photographed two feature films for director Karim Dridi, for which he was later bestowed the honour of Chevalier by the French government. He came to the attention of Tony Scott whilst shooting television commercials for the London based company RSA films. After working as visual effects cinematograher on Enemy of the Statefor Tony Scott, Mathieson photographed the film Plunkett & Macleane for Jake Scott. Having seen Mathiesons work on Plunkett, Ridley Scott invited him to work on his next project. Mathieson has photographed four films for Ridley Scott, nominated for an Academy Award for Gladiator in 2000 and won the BAFTA award for best Cinematography in the same year. His second Oscar nomination came for The Phantom of the Opera (2004) directed by Joel Schumacher. Despite a career now cemented in big budget film production, Mathieson maintains links with independent British film, working on more modest budget projects including Trauma directed by Marc Evans and Stoned directed by Stephen Woolley. Mathieson is currently working on After.Life with director Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo.

http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/mathieson.htm



Jordan Cronenwth started in 1957 as location gig for the tv-series 'Boots and Saddles'. Worked in the still photo lab at Columbia Studios. In 1961, he became Conrad Hall's c.asst. and later c.op.

Was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1978. He was in constant pain, but did some of his most artful and original work during subsequent years, including 'Altered States' and 'Cutter's Way'. There were times when his crew literally had to carry him out to the set while he was shooting'Blade Runner' in 1981. A 2003 poll of his peers conducted by the International Cinematographers Guild placed Cronenweth among the ten most influential cinematographers of all time.

http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/cronenwethjordan.htm
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Top+10+Most+Influential+Cinematographers+Voted+on+by+Camera+Guild.-a0108995062