Jack N. Green

Birth Name:

John Newton Green

Birth Place:

San Francisco, California, United States

Profession

Cinematographer, Camera department, Director, Actor, Producer

The Society of Camera Operators honored him with its President's Award in 1998
Won a Lifetime Achievement Award at Bearfest, the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival, in 2003
Won a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 from the American Society of Cinematographers
Joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 1992
Attended barber college and began working as a full time barber in one of the barbershops his family owned, planning to one day take over the family business
Shared an interest in photography with his father when he was a child
Talked his way into a part-time job as a camera assistant when a cameraman started regularly getting his hair cut at the barbershop where Green worked
Quote: "I realized the fewer lights you had, the fewer complications there were․"
Quote: "Over a few years, I became a very part-time barber and an almost full-time camera assistant, and in 1965, I got into the union in Northern California, and it became a full-time job․"
Frequently collaborated with director Clint Eastwood, serving as a camera operator on every Eastwood film from "The Gauntlet" forward until he moved up to cinematographer on "Heartbreak Ridge․"

1992ACCA - Best Cinematography:Winner
1992BSFC Award - Best Cinematography:Winner
1992LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography:Nominated
1993Oscar - Best Cinematography:Nominated
1993BAFTA Film Award - Best Cinematography:Nominated
1993DFWFCA Award - Best Cinematography:Winner
1993NSFC Award - Best Cinematography:Nominated
1996ASC Award - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases:Nominated
2013Felix - Best Cinematography:Nominated

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