William D . Barber William D . Barber is an American camera operator and cinematographer for film and television . He was an additional camera operator on , though he did not receive credit for his work . Barber was born in in Atlanta , Georgia . His first Hollywood project was the 1975 film " Night Moves " , for which he was the second assistant camera operator . This film starred Kenneth Mars and Harris Yulin , both of whom would later co - star on . Barber again worked with Yulin ( as well as Richard Lynch ) in the 1979 film " Steel " . Barber ' s second film – also as second assistant camera – was Paramount Pictures " Leadbelly " , starring Albert Hall and Madge Sinclair . Throughout the rest of the 1970s , Barber worked as camera operator on such films as " Smokey and the Bandit " ( featuring Paul Williams ) , " Empire of the Ants " ( starring Joan Collins , Robert Lansing , and Robert Pine ) , " Blue Collar " ( featuring Ed Begley , Jr . and Cliff DeYoung ) , Richard Compton ' s " Ravagers " ( featuring Seymour Cassel ) , the Dom DeLuise comedy " Hot Stuff " ( featuring Marc Lawrence ) , and the Jerry Lewis comedy " Hardly Working " ( starring Roger C . Carmel and Susan Oliver ; released in the US in 1981 ) . Some of the films he worked on in the 1980s include the popular comedies " Caddyshack " , " Smokey and the Bandit 3 " ( again working with actor Paul Williams ) , " Real Genius " ( which featured Ed Lauter ) , " Police Academy 5 : Assignment : Miami Beach " ( starring Rene Auberjonois , David Graf , and Matt McCoy ) , and " Bill & Ted ' s Excellent Adventure " ( featuring Bernie Casey , Hal Landon , Jr . , Rod Loomis , J . Patrick McNamara , Dan Shor , and Jane Wiedlin ) . He also provided camera work on horror thrillers such as " Cat People " ( starring Ed Begley , Jr . , John Larroquette , and Malcolm McDowell ) and " Warlock " ( featuring Ian Abercrombie . Other 1980s films which made use of Barber ' s camera skills include the romantic drama " Those Lips , Those Eyes " ( starring Frank Langella ) , the comedy " Where the Boys Are ' 84 " ( featuring Christopher McDonald and Wendy Schaal ) , and the cult science fiction comedy " Killer Klowns from Outer Space " . Barber ' s film credits as a camera operator in the 1990s include Paramount ' s " The Two Jakes " ( featuring Perry Lopez and Tracey Walter ) , " Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man " ( featuring Stan Ivar , Jordan Lund , Branscombe Richmond , and Vanessa Williams ) , " Trespass " ( starring Hal Landon , Jr . , Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . and William Sadler ) , " Dave " ( starring Frank Langella and featuring Dan Butler , Parley Baer , Stefan Gierasch , and Stephen Root ) , " Last Action Hero " ( starring F . Murray Abraham ) , " Mr . Holland ' s Opus " ( featuring Zoe McLellan ) , and " 2 Days in the Valley " ( starring Keith Carradine , Louise Fletcher , Teri Hatcher , Lawrence Tierney , and Cress Williams ) . He also worked on two 1993 films starring Whoopi Goldberg : " Made in America " and " Sister Act 2 : Back in the Habit " . In addition to " First Contact " , other science fiction films featuring camera work by Barber include " Alien³ " , " Demolition Man " ( which featured Bill Cobbs and Bob Gunton ) , and " Lawnmower Man 2 : Beyond Cyberspace " ( starring Matt Frewer and Kevin Conway ) . He even worked on " Galaxy Quest " , the hit sci - fi comedy which parodies the " Star Trek " fanbase . His more recent science fiction projects were the films " The Adventures of Pluto Nash " , starring Eddie Murphy , and " Timeline " , starring Neal McDonough . Barber has also operated cameras on such blockbuster films as " Face / Off " ( featuring John Carroll Lynch and Harve Presnell ) , " Rush Hour " ( featuring Tzi Ma and Mark Rolston ) , and " Freaky Friday " ( featuring Rosalind Chao and Willie Garson ) . More recently , he worked on the acclaimed " Charlie Wilson ' s War " ( featuring Cyia Batten , Pasha Lychnikoff , Rachel Nichols , Brian Markinson , and Faran Tahir ) and the critically - panned " Meet the Spartans " ( starring Diedrich Bader , Phil Morris , and Jim Nieb ) . For television , Barber worked as a camera operator on such series as " Miami Vice " , " Baywatch " , and " Melrose Place " . He also worked on the 1993 TV movie " Ambush in Waco : In the Line of Duty " , whose cast included Jeff Allin , Gordon Clapp , Neal McDonough , Richard McGonagle , Glenn Morshower , Susanna Thompson , and regular Jeri Ryan . More recently , he was a camera operator on TV comedy specials such as " Lewis Black : Red , White and Screwed " and " Jeff Dunham : Spark of Sanity " . Barber has occasionally been hired as a cinematographer , as well . His first cinematography credit was William Richert ' s 1998 film version of " The Man in the Iron Mask " , which starred Edward Laurence Albert and Meg Foster ) . Since then , Barber has directed photography for several episodes of the popular television series " Lizzie McGuire " .