John S. Bartley(1947-2025)

Cinematographer
Camera and Electrical Department
Director

$Within the walls of a desolate cabin, a nameless man and a woman, discover that thin line between love and hatred. Life isn\'t always what it seems... or is it?$

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Another Life (2002)

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John S. Bartley was born on 12 February 1947 in New Zealand. He was a cinematographer and director, known for The X-Files (1993), Eight Legged Freaks (2002) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004). He died on 17 August 2025.

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total

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Known for

The X-Files

8.6

TV Series

Cinematographer

Eight Legged Freaks

5.5

Cinematographer

2002

The Chronicles of Riddick

6.6

Camera and Electrical Department

2004

First Blood

7.7

Camera and Electrical Department(as John Bartley)

1982

Credits

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Cinematographer

Take One - She
Short
- Cinematographer
- 2022
Walker: Independence
6.9
TV Series
- director of photography
- 2022
Hypnotic
5.4
- director of photography
- 2021
Pearl
4.9
- Cinematographer
- 2020
Nancy Drew
6.8
TV Series
- director of photography
- 2019
Wu Assassins
6.4
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2019
Insomnia
5.5
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2018
The Good Doctor
8.0
TV Series
- director of photography (as John Bartley)
- 2017–2018
Bates Motel
8.1
TV Series
- director of photography
- 2013–2017
Grand Unified Theory
5.9
- Cinematographer
- 2016
The Returned
7.0
TV Series
- director of photography
- Cinematographer
- 2015
iZombie
7.8
TV Series
- director of photography
- 2015
Hunting Season
4.4
- Cinematographer
- 2013
Vikings
8.5
TV Series
- Cinematographer (as John Bartley)
- 2013
Undercovers
5.6
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- director of photography
- 2010–2012

Camera and Electrical Department

RoboCop
6.1
- director of photography: splinter unit, Vancouver (as John Bartley)
- 2014
The X Files: I Want to Believe
5.9
- director of photography: second unit
- 2008
The Chronicles of Riddick
6.6
- director of photography: second unit
- 2004
Wolf Lake
7.4
TV Series
- director of photography: second unit
- 2001
Where the Money Is
6.3
- director of photography: second unit (as John Bartley)
- 2000
The X-Files
8.6
TV Series
- second unit director of photography
- 1997
The Raffle
3.8
- director of photography: second unit (as John Bartley)
- 1994
Another Stakeout
5.6
- director of photography: second unit (as John Bartley)
- 1993
Eye of the Widow
3.6
- director of photography: Canada
- 1991
Immediate Family
6.1
- chief lighting technician
- 1989
Betrayed
6.4
- chief lighting technician (as John Bartley)
- 1988
Backfire
5.4
- gaffer
- 1987
The Room Upstairs
5.7
TV Movie
- gaffer (as John Bartley)
- 1987
The Boy Who Could Fly
6.6
- gaffer: second unit (as John Bartley)
- 1986
Nobody's Child
7.0
TV Movie
- gaffer (as John Bartley)
- 1986

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Personal details

Alternative names
- John Bartely
Born
- February 12, 1947
- New Zealand
Died
- August 17, 2025
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- 1 Article

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Trivia
His daughter, Amanda Bartley appeared as an extra on the fast-food restaurant scene of the episode "Talitha Cumi" from The X-Files (1993).

Quotes
Those first 3 years of The X-Files (1993) were special and very creative; winning an Emmy for the the work I did was unexpected but truly memorable. As the years went on, I think what happened at FOX was X-Files became Rupert Murdoch favorite show, so no one on the corporate level said "no" and the budget kept growing...