Matthew F . Leonetti Matthew " Matt " Frank Leonetti , Sr . , ASC is an American cinematographer who was Director of Photography on and for director Jonathan Frakes . His father , Frank Leonetti , worked as a lighting technician at MGM Studios . His brother , John Robert Leonetti , is a director and cinematographer . Educated at in Chicago , Illinois and having served in the US Army , Matthew Leonetti has been working in the film industry for nearly four decades . He started out as a camera assistant on the Robert Scheerer - directed drama " Adam at Six A . M . " ( featuring Richard Derr ) and as a photographer on TV commercials . Leonetti ' s first work as a cinematographer was the 1974 horror film , " The Bat People " ( starring Stewart Moss , Michael Pataki , and Paul Carr ) , for which Leonetti also served as executive producer . Throughout the remainder of the 1970s , he worked as a cinematographer on a large number of made - for - TV movies and a few feature films , including 1979 ' s " Breaking Away " , which starred Dennis Christopher and Paul Dooley . In 1981 , Leonetti directed photography on the horror film " Poltergeist " and the comedy " Fast Times at Ridgemont High " , both of which became box office hits during their release the following year . The first film featured stuntman Allan Graf and music by Jerry Goldsmith , the latter featured four alumni in the cast : Ray Walston , Vincent Schiavelli , Scott Thomson and Hallie Todd . Leonetti ' s subsequent film credits in the 1980s included the 1984 drama " The Buddy System " ( starring Wil Wheaton ) , the 1985 fantasy comedy " Weird Science " ( featuring Michael Berryman ) , the 1985 thriller " Jagged Edge " ( featuring Michael Dorn and Biff Yeager ) , the 1985 action hit " Commando " ( featuring Branscombe Richmond and music by James Horner ) , the 1986 action comedy " Jumpin ' Jack Flash " ( starring Whoopi Goldberg and Stephen Collins and featuring Michael McKean ) , and 1987 ' s " Dragnet " ( featuring Christopher Plummer , Bruce Gray and Meg Wyllie ) . Leonetti was Director of Photography on four films for director : 1987 ' s " Extreme Prejudice " ( which featured Clancy Brown and Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . and music by Jerry Goldsmith ) , 1988 ' s " Red Heat " ( featuring Ed O ' Ross , Allan Graf and music by James Horner ) , 1989 ' s " Johnny Handsome " ( with Allan Graf ) , and Paramount Pictures ' " Another 48 Hrs . " , the 1990 sequel to the 1982 hit " 48 Hrs . " In addition to star Eddie Murphy , " Another 48 Hrs . " featured Bernie Casey , David Anthony Marshall , Ed O ' Ross , Page Leong , Rex Pierson , Victor Brandt , Allan Graf , Biff Yeager , Benjamin W . S . Lum , Shauna O ' Brien and Kevin Tighe in supporting roles , stunts by Patricia Tallman and a musical score by James Horner . Leonetti was also cinematographer on action star Steven Seagal ' s second film , 1990 ' s " Hard to Kill " , which also starred William Sadler and the aforementioned Branscombe Richmond . Throughout the rest of the 1990s , Leonetti was the cinematographer on such hit films as Disney ' s 1994 remake of " Angels in the Outfield " ( featuring Christopher Lloyd and Neal McDonough ) , the 1994 crime comedy " A Low Down Dirty Shame " ( featuring Salli Elise Richardson , Michael Bofshever and Gregory Sierra ) , the 1995 science fiction thriller " Strange Days " ( produced by Steven - Charles Jaffe , the 1996 action thriller " Fled " ( featuring Robert Hooks and Ken Jenkins ) , the 1997 video game adaptation " Mortal Kombat : Annihilation " ( starring Brian Thompson and Musetta Vander ) , and the 1998 science fiction sequel " Species II " ( featuring James Cromwell ) . More recently , Leonetti ' s films have included Paramount ' s 2001 crime thriller " Along Came a Spider " ( featuring Anton Yelchin and music by Jerry Goldsmith ) , the 2001 action comedy sequel " Rush Hour 2 " ( featuring Harris Yulin and Saul Rubinek ) , the 2003 action thriller " 2 Fast 2 Furious " ( co - edited by Dallas Puett ) , the 2004 science fiction thriller " The Butterfly Effect " ( edited by Peter Amundson ) , and Zack Snyder ' s 2004 remake of " Dawn of the Dead " ( featuring Matt Frewer ) . He later directed photography on two romantic comedies for the : 2005 ' s " Fever Pitch " ( featuring Willie Garson , Jack Kehler , and James B . Sikking ) and 2007 ' s " The Heartbreak Kid " . Leonetti has since worked on the 2008 comedy " What Happens in Vegas " , in which Michelle Krusiec appeared . His most recent films are the comedies " Soul Men " ( 2008 ) , " Hall Pass " ( 2011 ) , " The Three Stooges " ( 2012 ) and " Dumb and Dumber To " ( 2013 ) .