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Joel Ransom

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Sound Department
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Joel Ransom is known for Shooter (2007), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) and The X-Files (1993).
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 5 nominations total

    Known for

    Mark Wahlberg in Shooter (2007)
    Shooter
    7.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2007
    Tom Woodruff Jr. and Ian Whyte in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
    Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
    4.6
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2007
    Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files (1993)
    The X-Files
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Deep Rising (1998)
    Deep Rising
    6.1
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1998

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Dark Horse
      • director of photography
      • Post-production
      • 2026
    • Darc - The Director's Cut
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
    • Jim Caviezel in Infidel (2019)
      Infidel
      5.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Tony Schiena in Darc (2018)
      Darc
      5.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Brian Steele and Maxwell Jenkins in Lost in Space (2018)
      Lost in Space
      7.3
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • The Young Messiah (2016)
      The Young Messiah
      5.7
      • director of photography
      • 2016
    • Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files (1993)
      The X-Files
      8.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 1997–2016
    • Jeff Hephner in Agent X (2015)
      Agent X
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen in Outcast (2014)
      Outcast
      4.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Ed Harris, Eva Longoria, and Michael Peña in Frontera (2014)
      Frontera
      6.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Djinn (2013)
      Djinn
      4.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • Blair Underwood, Kenneth Choi, Spencer Grammer, Brent Sexton, Pablo Schreiber, and Neal Bledsoe in Ironside (2013)
      Ironside
      5.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2013
    • Delete (2013)
      Delete
      5.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • Matt Bomer in White Collar (2009)
      White Collar
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Rachel Nichols in Continuum (2012)
      Continuum
      7.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2012
    • Zach Mills, Sterling Beaumon, Ana Golja, Kyndall, Stephan James, and Sarah Desjardins in Clue (2011)
      Clue
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (2011)
      • 2011
    • Eva Green and Jamie Campbell Bower in Camelot (2011)
      Camelot
      6.5
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2011

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
      The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
      6.0
      • DP: second unit
      • 2020
    • Nat Wolff in Death Note (2017)
      Death Note
      4.5
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2017
    • The Young Messiah (2016)
      The Young Messiah
      5.7
      • 'a' camera operator
      • 2016
    • Tom Woodruff Jr. and Ian Whyte in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
      Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
      4.6
      • camera operator: second unit
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2007
    • Mark Wahlberg in Shooter (2007)
      Shooter
      7.2
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2007
    • Out Cold (2001)
      Out Cold
      6.3
      • camera operator: second unit
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2001
    • Mia Kirshner, Graham Greene, Lou Diamond Phillips, Paul Wesley, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Wolf Lake (2001)
      Wolf Lake
      7.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2001
    • Promo One Sheet
      Shanghai Noon
      6.6
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2000
    • Brenda Bakke and Greg Evigan in Nobody Lives Forever (1998)
      Nobody Lives Forever
      5.0
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1998
    • Deep Rising (1998)
      Deep Rising
      6.1
      • camera operator: 'b' camera
      • 1998
    • Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files (1993)
      The X-Files
      8.6
      TV Series
      • second unit director of photography
      • camera operator
      • 1996–1997
    • Harvey (1996)
      Harvey
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1996
    • An Unexpected Family (1996)
      An Unexpected Family
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1996
    • John Kassir in Bordello of Blood (1996)
      Bordello of Blood
      5.4
      • camera operator: 'b' camera
      • 1996
    • Michele Greene and William R. Moses in She Woke Up Pregnant (1996)
      She Woke Up Pregnant
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1996

    Sound Department

    • Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to School (1994)
      Ernest Goes to School
      4.7
      • cable
      • playback (as Joel Ranson, as Joel Ranson)
      • 1994
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Joel J. Ransom

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Son of film pioneer Fred Ransom.

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