Shelly Johnson
American cinematographer

Shelly Johnson

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American cinematographer
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4 May 1958(Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
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Art Center College of Design
Blair High School
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Shelly Johnson, A.S.C (born April 28, 1960) is an American cinematographer. He is a frequent collaborator with director Joe Johnston, working with him on films such as Jurassic Park III, The Wolfman and Captain America: The First Avenger.

Life and career

Johnson grew up in Pasadena, California, where he attended Blair High School and graduated from Pasadena's Art Center College of Design in 1980. His career started with 1987's Maid to Order. He worked on many TV movies such as Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure, in which he was nominated for an ASC award, before landing his first major motion picture job on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. Johnson returned to TV movies and mini series, most notably The Shining, a remake of the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film. Johnson's first collaboration with Joe Johnston was the third installment in the Jurassic Park franchise. With this major film, Johnson began his foray into the Hollywood scene with The Last Castle, Hidalgo (with Johnston), Sky High, The House Bunny, The Wolfman (with Johnston) and Captain America: The First Avenger. Johnson is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 2000.

Filmography

Year Title Director Notes
1987 Maid to Order Amy Holden Jones
Nightflyers Robert Collector
1988 Jack's Back Rowdy Herrington
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze Michael Pressman
1992 Judgement William Sachs
2001 Jurassic Park III Joe Johnston
The Last Castle Rod Lurie
2004 Hidalgo Joe Johnston
2005 Sky High Mike Mitchell
2008 The House Bunny Fred Wolf
2010 The Wolfman Joe Johnston
2011 The Big Bang Tony Krantz
Captain America: The First Avenger Joe Johnston
2012 The Expendables 2 Simon West
2013 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Thor Freudenthal
2015 Wild Card Simon West
Man Down Dito Montiel
2016 A Family Man Mark Williams
2018 The Hurricane Heist Rob Cohen
Welcome Home George Ratliff
2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Mike Mitchell Live-action scenes only
2020 Greyhound Aaron Schneider
Bill & Ted Face the Music Dean Parisot
Honest Thief Mark Williams