Top 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsMost Popular Video GamesMost Popular Music VideosMost Popular Podcasts
    Release CalendarBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersEmmysSTARmeter AwardsSan Diego Comic-ConNew York Comic-ConSundance Film FestivalToronto Int'l Film FestivalAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Jack Cooperman

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Visual Effects
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
Trailer for Trained to Kill
Play trailer1:41
Trained to Kill (1989)
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
A native of Los Angeles, Jack Cooperman, ASC developed an interest in theatrical lighting and set design in high school. He then focused on these specialties while attending the University of Southern California and its Drama Department. Jack began his career as a Lighting Designer for plays and operas. From there he went on to shoot documentaries and feature films. He then worked on many high-profile commercials and feature films. During the 1970s, he earned a reputation as a versatile visual effects cameraman with a special talent for underwater, aerial and miniature cinematography. A short list of Cooperman's special photographic credits includes: Titanic, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Star Trek IV, An Officer and a Gentleman, The Contender, Death Becomes Her, Big Trouble in Little China, Hook and Top Gun. His work on the visual effects photography for the movies BlueThunder and War Games were both considered for Academy Awards, with the latter earning a BAFTA nomination. Jack Cooperman was the Director of Special Visual Effects Photography for the miniseries Winds of War, which won an Emmy in that category. Cooperman's cinematography credits also include episodes of the classic TV series Hill Street Blues. Presently his work can be seen in several of Disney World's Epcot Center Pavilions. Highlights of his career include service as Vice-President of the American Society of Cinematographers, and being chosen to participate in the selection of the first films to be put on the Library of Congress National Film Preservation List.
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
Add or change photo on IMDbPro
  • View contact info at IMDbPro
  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

Known for

WarGames (1983)
WarGames
7.1
  • Visual Effects
  • 1983
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
7.3
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1986
Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun (1986)
Top Gun
6.9
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1986
C. Thomas Howell in The Hitcher (1986)
The Hitcher
7.2
  • Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)
  • 1986

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Camera and Electrical Department

  • The Contender (2000)
    The Contender
  • They Come at Night
  • Rutger Hauer, John 'Bear' Curtis, and Johnny Cuthbert in Arctic Blue (1993)
    Arctic Blue
  • Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, and Meryl Streep in Death Becomes Her (1992)
    Death Becomes Her
  • Helen Hunt, Andrew McCarthy, and Kelly Preston in Only You (1992)
    Only You
  • Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)
    Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
  • Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen in The Hot Spot (1990)
    The Hot Spot
  • A Time of Destiny (1988)
    A Time of Destiny
  • Robert Duvall and Sean Penn in Colors (1988)
    Colors
  • Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland in Assassination (1987)
    Assassination
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  • Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell, and James Hong in Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
    Big Trouble in Little China
  • Kelly Preston, Lea Thompson, Tate Donovan, and Larry B. Scott in SpaceCamp (1986)
    SpaceCamp
  • Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun (1986)
    Top Gun
  • C. Thomas Howell in The Hitcher (1986)
    The Hitcher

Cinematographer

  • Legends of Baja (2018)
    Legends of Baja
  • Lake Arrowhead Film Festival Official Promo
  • Spiders (2000)
    Spiders
  • Glen Eaton and Frank Zagarino in Trained to Kill (1989)
    Trained to Kill
  • The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
  • Robert Clohessy, Michael Warren, and Bruce Weitz in Hill Street Blues (1981)
    Hill Street Blues
  • Behind the Scenes: Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
  • Project U.F.O. (1978)
    Project U.F.O.
  • ABC Weekend Specials (1977)
    ABC Weekend Specials
  • Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    Mikey and Nicky
  • Body Fever (1969)
    Body Fever
    • (uncredited)
  • Bob Burns, Ray Dennis Steckler, and Cindy Shea in The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters (1968)
    The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
    • (segment The Lemon Grove Kids)

Visual Effects

  • Rutger Hauer, John 'Bear' Curtis, and Johnny Cuthbert in Arctic Blue (1993)
    Arctic Blue
  • WarGames (1983)
    WarGames
  • Robert Mitchum, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman, David Dukes, and Ali MacGraw in The Winds of War (1983)
    The Winds of War
  • Blue Thunder (1983)
    Blue Thunder

Videos1

Trained to Kill
Trailer 1:41
Trained to Kill

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.