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Gerald Cotts

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
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Gerald Cotts is known for Hair (1979), Monsters (1988) and Tales from the Darkside (1983).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 wins total

    Known for

    Hair (1979)
    Hair
    7.5
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1979
    Monsters (1988)
    Monsters
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director(as Jerry Smith)
    Tales from the Darkside (1983)
    Tales from the Darkside
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye (1998)
    America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer(as Jerry Cotts)
    • 1998

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Blue in Green
      7.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2005
    • He Walks in Beauty: The George Stevens Production 'The Greatest Story Ever Told'
      7.8
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2001
    • America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye (1998)
      America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer (as Jerry Cotts)
      • 1998
    • William Carlos Williams in William Carlos Williams (1986)
      William Carlos Williams
      • Cinematographer (as Gerry Cotts)
      • 1986
    • Son of the Not-So-Great Moments in Sports
      TV Movie
      • director of photography
      • 1986
    • Death Play
      • Cinematographer
      • 1976
    • Dolly Parton, Roy Acuff, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, and Porter Wagoner in The Nashville Sound (1972)
      The Nashville Sound
      7.1
      • photographed by
      • 1972
    • A Dancer's Life (1972)
      A Dancer's Life
      • Cinematographer
      • 1972
    • George C. Scott in Portrait of an Actor (1971)
      Portrait of an Actor
      6.0
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1971
    • Is There Sex After Death? (1971)
      Is There Sex After Death?
      4.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 1971
    • 1501 1/2
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1971
    • Dynamite Chicken (1971)
      Dynamite Chicken
      4.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 1971
    • Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me (1970)
      Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me
      7.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 1970
    • Pound (1970)
      Pound
      5.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 1970
    • Putney Swope (1969)
      Putney Swope
      6.7
      • director of photography
      • 1969

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Case: The Untold Story (2015)
      The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Case: The Untold Story
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2015
    • Raymond Scott in Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott (2010)
      Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott
      8.5
      • additional photography
      • 2010
    • Blue in Green
      7.4
      • camera operator
      • 2005
    • George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)
      George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
      7.7
      • camera operator
      • 1984
    • In Our Hands (1983)
      In Our Hands
      6.3
      • camera operator
      • 1983
    • Let's Spend the Night Together (1982)
      Let's Spend the Night Together
      6.6
      • camera operator: New York
      • 1982
    • Hair (1979)
      Hair
      7.5
      • director cameraman: second unit
      • 1979
    • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Pumping Iron (1977)
      Pumping Iron
      7.3
      • camera operator: San Francisco, New York, South Africa (as Jerry Cotts)
      • 1977
    • O.J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose (1974)
      O.J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1974
    • Steve Curry and Shelley Plimpton in Glen and Randa (1971)
      Glen and Randa
      5.3
      • additional photographer
      • 1971

    Director

    • Monsters (1988)
      Monsters
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director (as Jerry Smith)
      • 1988–1989
    • Tales from the Darkside (1983)
      Tales from the Darkside
      7.4
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 1984–1986
    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director (as Jerry Cotts)
      • 1982

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Gerry Cotts

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