# Jeffrey L. Kimball

Jeffrey Lane Kimball, ASC (born May 29, 1943) is an American cinematographer, known mainly for shooting action films, especially the ones directed by Tony Scott and John Woo.

## Career

He majored in radio and television at North Texas State University in 1964. After graduation he landed a trainee position with Warner Brothers,$^{:27}$ but left to work as a gofer for still photographer Bill Langley.$^{:29}$ In 1969, he left Hollywood to work as a director of photography for the Dallas office of TV commercial production company N. Lee Lacy/Associates. He returned to Hollywood permanently in 1972$^{:27}$ where he worked—mainly on low budget films$^{:29}$—as an lab technician, still photographer, assistant director, and assistant cameraman, graduating to second unit director of photography on Hell Raiders, It's Alive, Cat People and others. Before becoming a feature film cinematographer, he had "earned his reputation for innovative and sometimes risky cinematography" in commercials, many of which had won awards.$^{:29}$
In addition to his work in features, he continues to work as a cinematographer on commercials and music videos. He also directs commercials, e.g. for Maketa Armada.
Kimball has been nominated for a Golden Satellite Award in 2001 for Mission: Impossible 2 and an MTV Video Music Award in 2011 for Beyoncé's "Run the World (Girls)."
He has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1990.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1971 | On the Line | Lee Stanley | Documentary film |
| 1985 | The Legend of Billie Jean | Matthew Robbins | |
| 1986 | Top Gun | Tony Scott | |
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II | Tony Scott | |
| 1990 | Revenge | Tony Scott | |
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | Adrian Lyne | |
| 1991 | Curly Sue | John Hughes | |
| 1993 | True Romance | Tony Scott | |
| 1994 | The Specialist | Luis Llosa | |
| 1998 | Wild Things | John McNaughton | |
| 1999 | Stigmata | Rupert Wainwright | |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | John Woo | Nominated- Satellite Award for Best Cinematography |
| 2002 | Windtalkers | John Woo | |
| 2002 | The Hire | John Woo | Segment "Hostage" |
| 2002 | Star Trek: Nemesis | Stuart Baird | |
| 2003 | Paycheck | John Woo | |
| 2004 | The Big Bounce | George Armitage | |
| 2005 | Be Cool | F. Gary Gray | |
| 2006 | Glory Road | James Gartner | With John Toon |
| 2006 | Bonneville | Christopher N. Rowley | |
| 2008 | Four Christmases | Seth Gordon | |
| 2009 | Old Dogs | Walt Becker | |
| 2010 | The Expendables | Sylvester Stallone | |
| 2011 | Valley of the Sun | Stokes McIntyre | |
| 2011 | The Double | Michael Brandt | |
| 2018 | Glass Jaw | Jeff Celentano | |

### Television

TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
| 2013 | Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives | Mark Pellington |
| 2013 | Big Thunder | Rob Bowman |
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Note |
| 2015 | 40's and Failing | René Ashton | 2 episodes |

### Music video

Source:
| Year | Title | Artist | Director |
| 2010 | "Beautiful Dangerous" | Slash feat. Fergie | Rich Lee |
| 2010 | "Coming Home" | Diddy – Dirty Money | Rich Lee |
| 2011 | "Run the World (Girls)" | Beyoncé | Francis Lawrence |
| 2011 | "Don't Wanna Go Home" | Jason Derulo | Rich Lee |
| 2011 | "Lighters" | Bad Meets Evil feat. Bruno Mars | Rich Lee |
| 2011 | "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" | will.i.am | Rich Lee |
| 2012 | "Favorite Song" | Colbie Caillat feat. Common | Jay Martin |
| 2013 | "Say Something (A Great Big World song)" | A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera | Christopher Sims |
| 2016 | "Team" | Iggy Azalea | Fabien Montique |