Jeffrey L . Kimball Jeffrey Lane Kimball , ASC , is an American cinematographer who was Director of Photography on . He hails from Wichita , Kansas and has been an active member of the American Society of Cinematographers ( ASC ) since 1990 . Work for Paramount and Tony Scott . Besides " Nemesis " , Kimball has directed photography on several other films from Paramount Pictures , most recently 2000 ' s " Mission : Impossible II " and 2003 ' s " Paycheck " . Kimball earned a Golden Satellite Award nomination for Best Cinematography for " Mission : Impossible II " . His first film for Paramount was the 1986 blockbuster " Top Gun " , followed by 1987 ' s " Beverly Hills Cop II " starring Ronny Cox , Darryl Henriques , Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . , Dean Stockwell and Valerie Wildman . He worked with Scott again on two more films , 1990 ' s " Revenge " ( which featured Miguel Ferrer in the cast ) and 1993 ' s " True Romance " ( starring Christian Slater and Saul Rubinek ) . He also worked with Scott on a number of commercials . Additional credits . Kimball ' s first cinematographic credit was the 1965 World War II film " Hell Raiders " , starring TOS guest actor Richard Webb , followed by the documentary " On the Line " in 1971 . He then served as second unit director of photography for the 1974 horror film " It ' s Alive " ( featuring Michael Ansara ) and the 1982 horror thriller " Cat People " ( starring Malcolm McDowell , Ed Begley , Jr . , and John Larroquette ) . During this time , however , he was primarily working on commercials . He then became the director of photography on the 1985 action film " The Legend of Billie Jean " , written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal and starring Christian Slater and Dean Stockwell . His other credits as cinematographer include " Jacob ' s Ladder " ( 1990 ) , " Wild Things " ( 1998 ) , " Stigmata " ( 1999 ) , " Windtalkers " ( 2002 ) , " Be Cool " ( 2005 ) , and " Glory Road " ( 2006 ) . He recently completed work on Walt Disney Pictures ' " Old Dogs " ( which features music by John Debney ) and the comedy " Four Christmases " for New Line Cinema . Most recently , he shot the anticipated action film " The Expandables " , starring , co - written by , and directed by Sylvester Stallone . This film will feature music by Brian Tyler . Kimball is also attached to a drama directed by called " The Camel Wars " . Other " Trek " connections . Another cinematographer who has worked frequently with Tony Scott is Dan Mindel . Interestingly , Mindel was the Director of Photography on " Mission : Impossible III " , the sequel to " Mission : Impossible II " , which Kimball shot . Mindel also shot ' s , following Kimball ' s work on the previous " Trek " film , " Nemesis " . Both " Mission : Impossible III " and the upcoming " Star Trek " are directed by J . J . Abrams and both films are part of a franchise based on a television series originally produced by Desilu . Two of Kimball ' s camera operators on " True Romance " were Ray De La Motte and Michael Genne , while Dennis Seawright was an assistant cameraman and Frank Parrish was a camera loader . Many members of Kimball ' s camera crew on " Nemesis " have worked frequently with Kimball ; first assistant cameramen Ken Nishino , Daniel Nichols , and Don Steinberg , second assistant cameramen Dale White and Lynda Wu , second unit photographer Flemming Olsen , and camera operators Gregory Lundsgaard , Leo Napolitano , and Greg Schmidt have all collaborated with Kimball on numerous other occasions .