John S. Bartley
Birth Name:
John Stanley Bartley
Birth Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Profession
Cinematographer, Camera department
Fast Facts
- Was nominated for three American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for "The X-Files" in 1995, 1996, and 1997
- Won a Kodak New Century Award from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers in 2001
- Became interested in film as a teenager in New Zealand, where he would watch double features of Westerns and film noirs at the Cinerama
- Learned about lighting and stage mechanics at his mother's theater and first worked as a lighting technician at Sydney's Channel 7 News
- Started out as a rigging gaffer on the documentary film "Spartree" in 1978
- Quote: "I think movies and television have a great affect on society, because so many people get their ideas about past, current and future history from them․"
- Best known as a cinematographer on "The X-Files," "Lost," and "The Chronicles of Riddick․"
Awards
- 1995ASC Award - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series:Nominated
- 1995Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Series:Nominated
- 1996ASC Award - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series:Nominated
- 1996Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Cinematography for a Series:Winner
- 1997ASC Award - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series:Nominated
- 2008Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Cinematography for a One-Hour Series:Nominated
- 2013OFTA Television Award - Best Cinematography in a Series:Nominated
- 2014Canadian Screen Award - Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series:Nominated
- 2016Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series:Nominated