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Josiah W. Hooper

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Producer
  • Cinematographer
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Trailer from "You Don't Know Jack" a 60-minute documentary film which tells the fascinating story of a pioneering American entertainer Jack Soo, an Oakland native who became the first Asian American to be cast in the lead role in a regular television series Valentine's Day (1963), and starred in the comedy series Barney Miller (1975-1979).
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You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story (2009)
Josiah W. Hooper was born in 1973. He is a producer and cinematographer, known for Heat (1995), Metro (1997) and The Insider (1999).
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Al Pacino, Ted Levine, Wes Studi, Jerry Trimble, and Mykelti Williamson in Heat (1995)
    Heat
    8.3
    • Additional Crew
    • 1995
    Eddie Murphy in Metro (1997)
    Metro
    5.6
    • Production Department(as Josiah Hooper)
    • 1997
    Russell Crowe and Al Pacino in The Insider (1999)
    The Insider
    7.8
    • Production Department(as Josiah Hooper)
    • 1999
    Generation Z: Child Soldiers of the Zetas
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1999–2011
    • Andrew Zimmern in Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (2006)
      Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
      7.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator (as Josiah Hooper)
      • 2011
    • Frontline/World (2002)
      Frontline/World
      8.2
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • additional camera
      • assistant camera
      • 2004–2009
    • The Slanted Screen (2006)
      The Slanted Screen
      7.3
      • additional photographer (as Josiah Hooper)
      • 2006
    • Sylvia Chase, Michel Martin, Michele Mitchell, Bill Moyers, Christopher Shays, David Brancaccio, Peter Singer, Robert W. McChesney, Christine Todd Whitman, Kevin Phillips, Tom DeLay, Elizabeth Warren, Peter Piot, Peter Mugyenyi, Maria Hinojosa, Janice Crouse, Linda Uvari, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson in Now on PBS (2002)
      Now on PBS
      6.6
      TV Series
      • field camera (as Josiah Hooper)
      • 2002

    Producer



    • Generation Z: Child Soldiers of the Zetas
      Short
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Frontline/World (2002)
      Frontline/World
      8.2
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2005–2009

    Cinematographer



    • Generation Z: Child Soldiers of the Zetas
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • The Amazing Mr. Excellent (2010)
      The Amazing Mr. Excellent
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story (2009)
      You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story
      7.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009

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    You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story
    Trailer 1:47
    You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Josiah Hooper
    • Born
      • 1973

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