John Bailey brings an overwhelming amount of experience to any set having served as a cinematographer

John Bailey, ASC (Director of Photography)

John Bailey brings an overwhelming amount of experience to any set having served as a cinematographer on more than 60 productions. His work includes 10 Tricks directed by Richard Pagano, The Architect, The Producers, written by Mel Brooks and directed by Susan Stroman, Must Love Dogs directed by Gary David Goldberg, Ken Kwapis’ The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants and Vibes, The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing, Incident at Loch Ness directed by Zak Penn, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days directed by Donald Petrie, Digital Babylon, The Fig Rig, Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood directed by Callie Khouri, The Kid Stays In The Picture, The Anniversary Party co-directed by Alan Cumming and Jennifer Jason Leigh, Antitrust directed by Peter Howitt, For The Love Of The Game directed by Sam Raimi, Paul Schrader’s Forever Mine, Cat People, American Gigolo and Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters, The Out-of-Towners, Living Out Loud directed by Richard LaGravenese, Always Remembered, As Good As It Gets directed by James L. Brooks, Passion, Extreme Measures directed by Michael Apted, Nobody’s Fool directed by Robert Benton, In The Line Of Fire directed by Wolfgang Petersen, Groundhog Day directed by Harold Ramis, A Brief History Of Time, My Blue Heaven directed by Herbert Ross, Hollywood Mavericks, Lawrence Kasdan’s The Accidental Tourist, Silverado and The Big Chill, Tough Guys Don’t Dance, Swimming to Cambodia directed by Jonathan Demme, Light Of Day, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Crossroads, The Pope Of Greenwich Village, Racing With The Moon, Without A Trace, The Championship Season, Continental Drive, Honky Tonk Freeway, Ordinary People directed by Robert Redford, City In Fear, Boulevard Nights, The Mafu Cage, Battered, Legacy, Premonition and Open Window.

Bailey’s documentary credits include NSync: Bigger Than Live, the sports documentary Michael Jordan To The Max, Via Dolorosa, the short ADM: DOP, Searching for Michael Cimino and the music documentary Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns …And Then Some.

Bailey served as the additional photographer on Winter Kills and Mad Dogs & Englishmen and assistant camera on Two-Lane Blacktop. He was camera operator for Naqoyqasti, Days Of Heaven, the telefilm The Initiation of Sarah, Forever, 3 Women, The Late Show and Welcome to L.A.

He directed Via Dolorosa, Mariette in Ecstasy, China Moon, and The Search For Signs Of Intelligent Life In The Universe.

Recent projects include: Brief Interviews With Hideous Men directed by The Office’s John Krazinski and License to Wed where he again teamed with Ken Kwapis.