# John Lindley (cinematographer)

John Warwick Lindley (born November 17, 1951) is an American cinematographer. He has collaborated with Joseph Ruben, Phil Alden Robinson, and Nora Ephron. He is known for his work on such films as Field of Dreams and Pleasantville, the latter of which earning him positive reviews and nominations for awards.

## Life and career

Born in New York City, Lindley began his career on several TV movies such as The Gentleman Bandit and Mr. Griffin and Me as well as 12 episodes of the TV series Nurse. Lindley's first major cinematography job was on the 1987 horror film, The Stepfather. He worked on Field of Dreams with Phil Alden Robinson and soon worked on Robinson's other films Sneakers and The Sum of All Fears.
In 1999, his work on Pleasantville was honoured by three nominations from the Satellite Awards and the Online Film Critics Society. In 2012, his Pan Am pilot earned a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in One-Hour Episodic/Pilot Television by the American Society of Cinematographers.
In March 2020, Lindley was elected President of the International Cinematographers Guild. He was succeeded by Baird Steptoe Sr. in May 2022, after Lindley announced he would not be seeking a second term.

## Filmography
### Film

Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1983 | He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' | Emile Ardolino | With Francis Kenny, Don Lenzer, James McCalmont, Phil Parmet, Scott Sorenson and Carl Teitelbaum |
| 1986 | Home of the Brave | Laurie Anderson | Concert film |
Feature film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1984 | The Goodbye People | Herb Gardner | |
| 1984 | Lily in Love | Károly Makk | |
| 1986 | Killer Party | William Fruet | |
| 1987 | The Stepfather | Joseph Ruben | |
| 1987 | In the Mood | Phil Alden Robinson | |
| 1988 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | Wes Craven | |
| 1988 | Shakedown | James Glickenhaus | With Jennifer Cox |
| 1989 | True Believer | Joseph Ruben | |
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | Phil Alden Robinson | |
| 1989 | Immediate Family | Jonathan Kaplan | |
| 1990 | Vital Signs | Marisa Silver | |
| 1991 | Sleeping with the Enemy | Joseph Ruben | |
| 1991 | Father of the Bride | Charles Shyer | |
| 1992 | Sneakers | Phil Alden Robinson | |
| 1993 | The Good Son | Joseph Ruben | |
| 1994 | I Love Trouble | Charles Shyer | |
| 1995 | Money Train | Joseph Ruben | |
| 1996 | Michael | Nora Ephron | |
| 1998 | Pleasantville | Gary Ross | |
| 1998 | You've Got Mail | Nora Ephron | |
| 2000 | Lucky Numbers | Nora Ephron | |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Phil Alden Robinson | |
| 2003 | The Core | Jon Amiel | |
| 2004 | The Last Shot | Jeff Nathanson | |
| 2005 | Bewitched | Nora Ephron | |
| 2006 | Catch and Release | Susannah Grant | |
| 2007 | Mr. Brooks | Bruce A. Evans | |
| 2007 | Reservation Road | Terry George | |
| 2009 | Imagine That | Karey Kirkpatrick | |
| 2010 | Legion | Scott Stewart | |
| 2010 | The Last Song | Julie Anne Robinson | |
| 2014 | St. Vincent | Theodore Melfi | |
| 2017 | Father Figures | Lawrence Sher | |
Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1988 | The Children's Storefront | Karen Goodman | Documentary short |
| 2004 | Krug | Bryan Buckley | |
| 2009 | Return to the Doghouse | Stephen R. Pearson | |
| 2010 | Lesster | Felicity Huffman | |

### Television

TV movies
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1981 | Mr. Griffin and Me | Patrick O'Neal | |
| 1981 | The Gentleman Bandit | Jonathan Kaplan | |
| 1982 | Andrea Doria: The Final Chapter | Peter Gimbel | Documentary film |
| 1983 | An Invasion of Privacy | Mel Damski | |
| 1983 | The Demon Murder Case | William Hale | |
| 1983 | Girls of the White Orchid | Jonathan Kaplan | |
| 1984 | The Baron and the Kid | Gary Nelson | |
| 1985 | Badge of the Assassin | Mel Damski | |
| 1986 | Rockabye | Richard Michaels | |
| 1987 | LBJ: The Early Years | Peter Werner | |
| 1987 | A Stranger Waits | Robert Michael Lewis | |
| 1987 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | Charles Jarrott | With Alan Hume |
| 2000 | Freedom Song | Phil Alden Robinson | With Amy Vincent |
| 2012 | The Frontier | Thomas Schlamme | |
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1981 | Nurse | James Sheldon Virgil W. Vogel Harry Harris Seymour Robbie Philip Leacock Gwen Arner | 12 episodes |
| 1982 | ABC Afterschool Special | Ralph Rosenblum | Episode "Amy & the Angel" |
| 1985 | Cinemax Comedy Experiment | Mark Cullingham | Episode "Howie Mandel" |
| 1987 | Rags to Riches | Bruce Seth Green | Episode "Pilot" |
| 1987 | The New Adventures of Beans Baxter | Michael E. Steele | Episode "Beans Finds His Dad But...(Part 2)" |
| 2011 | Pan Am | Thomas Schlamme | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2013 | Witches of East End | Mark Waters | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2014 | Manhattan | Thomas Schlamme | Episodes "You Always Hurt the One You Love" and "The Prisoner's Dilemma" |
| 2015 | Good Girls Revolt | Liza Johnson | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2016 | The Affair | Jeffrey Reiner | Episode "305" |
| 2017 | Time After Time | Marcos Siega | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2017-2018 | Snowfall | | 10 episodes |
| 2018 | Electric Dreams | Michael Dinner Peter Horton | Episodes "The Father Thing" and "Autofac" |
| 2018 | Deception | David Nutter | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2019 | Divorce | Ryan Case Shira Piven So Yong Kim Rachel Lee Goldenberg | Season 3 |
| 2019 | Castle Rock | Phil Abraham | Episode "New Jerusalem" |
| 2020 | Manhunt | Michael Dinner Janice Cooke | 6 episodes |
| 2020-2021 | Your Honor | Clark Johnson Eva Sørhaug Bryan Cranston | 7 episodes |
| 2023 | Hunters | Sam Taylor-Johnson Tiffany Johnson | Episodes "Duck. Quail. Goose. Crow." and "Blutsbande" |
| 2024 | Dark Matter | Jakob Verbruggen Roxann Dawson | 5 episodes |
| 2024 | Tulsa King | Craig Zisk David Semel | 6 episodes |
Miniseries
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2019 | Unbelievable | Susannah Grant | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window | Michael Lehmann | |
| 2023 | Justified: City Primeval | Michael Dinner Sylvain White | Episodes "City Primeval", "The Oklahoma Wildman" and "Adios" |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
| 1998 | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Cinematography | Pleasantville | Nominated |
| 1998 | Online Film Critics Society | Best Cinematography | Pleasantville | Nominated |
| 1998 | Satellite Awards | Best Cinematography | Pleasantville | Nominated |
| 2012 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography | Pan Am | Nominated |
| 2012 | American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Pan Am | Nominated |
| 2014 | American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Limited Series | Manhattan | Won |
| 2022 | American Society of Cinematographers | President's Award | President's Award | Won |