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Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2003.
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Filmography

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2013 When Calls the Heart (TV movie) (completed)
 
2010-2013 Hawaii Five-0 (TV series)
Pa'ani (2013)
Kekoa (2013)
Hookman (2013)
Hana I Wa 'Ia (2013)
Olelo Ho'Opa'I Make (2013)
 
2007-2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series)
Art Imitates Life (2008) (director of photography)
For Warrick (2008) (director of photography)
Two and a Half Deaths (2008) (director of photography)
Drops' Out (2008) (director of photography)
A Thousand Days on Earth (2008) (director of photography)
 
2007 Masters of Science Fiction (TV mini-series)
The Discarded (2007) (director of photography)
 
2006 Huff (TV series)
Tapping the Squid (2006)
Bethless (2006)
Radio Silence (2006)
 
2006 Commander in Chief (TV series)
 
2006 Walker Payne
 
2006 Believe in Me
 
2004 Ladder 49 (director of photography)
 
2004 Sleepover (director of photography)
 
2003 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Lucky (TV series)
 
2003 The Shape of Things (director of photography)
 
2002 Red Skies (TV movie)
 
2002 Zig Zag
 
2001-2002 Undeclared (TV series)
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs (2002) (as James Carter)
So You Have a Boyfriend (2002) (director of photography / as James Carter)
Eric Visits (2001) (director of photography / as James Carter)
Prototype (2001) (as James Carter / director of photography)
 
2000 My Dog Skip
 
1999 Family Law (TV series)
 
1998 Phoenix (director of photography)
 
1997 Michael Hayes (TV series)
 
1997 Gunfighter's Moon (director of photography)
 
1997 Payback (TV movie)
 
1996 Ruby Jean and Joe (TV movie)
 
1996 Grand Avenue (TV movie)
 
1995 Convict Cowboy (TV movie)
 
1994 In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful (as J.R. Kane)
 
1994 Justice in a Small Town (TV movie)
 
1994 F.T.W.
 
1994 Web of Deception (TV movie)
 
1992 A Message from Holly (TV movie)
 
1992 One False Move (director of photography)
 
1990 Playroom
 
1990 Spaced Invaders (director of photography)
 
1989-1990 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
The Perfect Date (1990)
 
1989 Back to Back
 
1989 Deadly Weapon
 
1988 In Dangerous Company (director of photography / as James Carter)
 
1988 Terminal Entry
 
1985 Paradise Motel
 
1983 Sweet 16
 
1980 Home Movies
 
1980 Don't Answer the Phone! (as James Carter)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (22 titles)
2001 Sweet November (director of photography: splinter unit - as James Carter)
 
1997 Selena (director of photography: second unit - as James Carter)
 
1995 My Family (additional camera operator)
 
1992 Live Wire (director of photography: second unit)
 
1992 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (camera operator: second unit)
 
1992 Prey of the Chameleon (director of photography: second unit: title sequence - as James Carter)
 
1991 The Taking of Beverly Hills (additional director of photography)
 
1991 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (additional photographer)
 
1990 Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (camera operator)
 
1989 Hider in the House (camera operator)
 
1988 Lucky Stiff (additional photographer: second unit - as Jim Carter)
 
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (camera operator: second unit, USA)
 
1986 Nobody's Fool (director of photography: second unit)
 
1986 Texas Godfather (camera operator - as Jim Carter)
 
1986 The Hitcher (camera operator: second unit - as Jim Carter)
 
1985 Moving Violations (camera operator: second unit)
 
1984 Children of the Corn (camera operator: second camera)
 
1983 Mausoleum (first camera operator - as Jim Carter)
 
1982 Forbidden World (director of photography: second unit - as James Carter)
 
1982 The Sword and the Sorcerer (photographer: second unit - as Jim Carter)
 
1980 The Unseen (additional photographer - as James Carter)
 
1979 Teen Lust (gaffer - as Jim Carter)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1976 Carrie (production assistant)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
2008 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (documentary)
Himself
 

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Commander in Chief: Season 1: Episode 17 -- American hostages are held in Turkey by Kurds. No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos -- NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO AND VILMOS.
The lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond and their impact on American cinema. As film students in Hungary, Laszlo and Vilmos took to the war-torn streets of Budapest to shoot footage of the Russian invasion, and subsequently volunteered to smuggle it out of the country. Barely escaping with their lives, the two friends fled to America and settled in Hollywood, eventually saving enough money to buy their own 16mm camera. 

After working on a string of low-budget horror and biker movies, both men soon rose to prominence in the late 60's and 70's, shooting the films that defined what came to be known as the American New Wave: Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Deliverance, Paper Moon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more. Working with directors including Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Martin Scorsese, they helped create a new American film aesthetic, and pioneered innovative, fearless ways to tell stories.

“When it comes to Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, it's clear that the American New Wave of the late 1960's and early '70s wouldn't have flowered as it did without them." 	
 – Leonard  Maltin

Told through interviews with Laszlo (who died in 2007) and Vilmos, as well as directors including Rafelson, Bogdanovich, John Boorman, Graeme Clifford, Richard Donner, William Richert, Mark Rydell, composer John Williams and actors such as Jon Voight, Peter Fonda, Sandra Bullock, Karen Black, Dennis Hopper and Sharon Stone, NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY is an intimate portrait of two giants of modern imagemaking and their deep bond of brotherhood that transcended every imaginable boundary. Two heroes. One road. 
The Greening of Whitney Brown -- Whitney, a spoiled pre-teen from Philadelphia, is forced to move to the country when her parents feel the squeeze of economic hard times.
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Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2003. See more »