Jeffrey L. Kimball

Jeffrey Lane Kimball, ASC (born May 23, 1943) is an American cinematographer.

Jeffrey L. Kimball
Born	Jeffrey Lane Kimball (1943-05-29) May 29, 1943 Wichita, Kansas, USA
Other names	Jeffrey Kimball
Occupation	Cinematographer
Spouse(s)	Eileen Sue Fisher

Career

He majored in radio and television at North Texas State University[1] in 1964. After graduation he landed a trainee position with Warner Brothers,[2]^:27 but left to work as a gofer for still photographer Bill Langley.[3]^: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[2]^:27 where he worked—mainly on low budget films[3]^: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.[1] 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.[3]^:29

He mainly shoots action films, especially films by Tony Scott, such as Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Revenge, and True Romance, and John Woo, such as Mission: Impossible 2, Windtalkers, Hostage, and Paycheck.

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.[4]

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.[1]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1985	The Legend of Billie Jean	Matthew Robbins
1986	Top Gun	Tony Scott
1987	Beverly Hills Cop II
1990	Revenge
1991	Jacob's Ladder	Adrian Lyne
	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	The Hire		Segment Hostage
	Windtalkers
	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
	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
	The Double	Michael Brandt

Music videos[4]

• Slash feat. Fergie "Beautiful Dangerous" (dir. Rich Lee) (October 26, 2010)
• Diddy – Dirty Money "Coming Home" (dir. Rich Lee) (November 29, 2010)
• Beyoncé "Run the World (Girls)" (dir. Francis Lawrence) (May 18, 2011)
• Jason Derulo "Don't Wanna Go Home" (dir. Rich Lee) (May 25, 2011)
• Bad Meets Evil feat. Bruno Mars "Lighters" (dir. Rich Lee) (August 22, 2011)
• will.i.am "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" (dir. Rich Lee) (December 12, 2011)
• Colbie Caillat feat. Common "Favorite Song" (dir. Jay Martin) (May 2, 2012)
• A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera "Say Something (A Great Big World song)" (dir. Christopher Sims) (November 19, 2013)
• Iggy Azalea "Team" (dir. Fabien Montique) (March 31. 2016)
• Demi Lovato (dir. Ryan Pallotta)
• Mary J. Blige (dir. Christopher Sims)
• Nas & Damian Marley (dir. Nabil Elderkin)
• R. Kelly (dir. Julien Lutz)

References

1. "From The Clubhouse". American Cinematographer. 71 (10): 107. October 1990.
2. "Flying Feathers, Blood and Guts". American Cinematographer. 74 (3): 25, 27. March 1993.
3. Nora Lee (April 1990). "Revenge: The Most Primitive Motive". American Cinematographer. 71 (4): 28–30, 32, 34.
4. "Kimball - Resume - 3.11.16" (PDF). Partos Company.

External links

• Kimball's reel at the Partos Company
• Jeffrey L. Kimball on IMDb
• Jeffrey L. Kimball Biography (1943-) on Film Reference
• Jeffrey Kimball on the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers