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John Chater(I)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
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John Chater is known for Nova (1974), San Quentin Film School (2009) and Broadway Idiot (2013).
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
    Nova
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    San Quentin Film School
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Broadway Idiot (2013)
    Broadway Idiot
    7.6
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2013
    The Age of Aerospace (2016)
    The Age of Aerospace
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • assistant camera
      • 2003–2016
    • Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Finding Your Roots (2012)
      Finding Your Roots
      8.7
      TV Series
      • additional camera
      • 2016
    • Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015)
      Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2015
    • River of Fundament (2014)
      River of Fundament
      5.9
      • cinematography
      • 2014
    • Mission Blue (2014)
      Mission Blue
      7.9
      • additional cinematography
      • 2014
    • Broadway Idiot (2013)
      Broadway Idiot
      7.6
      • additional camera
      • 2013
    • Divine in I Am Divine (2013)
      I Am Divine
      7.5
      • camera
      • 2013
    • Iconoclasts (2005)
      Iconoclasts
      7.5
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2012
    • Otter 501 (2012)
      Otter 501
      7.6
      • additional camera department
      • 2012
    • A Place at the Table (2012)
      A Place at the Table
      6.9
      • additional camera
      • 2012
    • My Morning Jacket Documentary: Scott Compton
      Music Video
      • camera operator
      • 2011
    • Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)
      Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
      8.0
      • additional camera
      • 2011
    • Sing Your Song (2011)
      Sing Your Song
      7.5
      • additional camera
      • 2011
    • Drawing Restraint 17
      4.1
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 2010
    • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
      National Geographic Explorer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator
      • additional camera
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2008–2010

    Cinematographer

    • Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog in Jim Henson: Idea Man (2024)
      Jim Henson: Idea Man
      7.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Divine in Crime and Beauty: Remembering Female Trouble (2018)
      Crime and Beauty: Remembering Female Trouble
      7.2
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Matthew James Santoro in The Real Boston Strangler (2017)
      The Real Boston Strangler
      TV Special
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • The Age of Aerospace (2016)
      The Age of Aerospace
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Natural Heroes (2004)
      Natural Heroes
      9.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Oprah Goes to Broadway: The Color Purple
      3.7
      TV Special
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • The Next List
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • James Cameron: Voyage to the Bottom of the Earth (2012)
      James Cameron: Voyage to the Bottom of the Earth
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • director of photography
      • 2012
    • The Day the Mesozoic Died (2012)
      The Day the Mesozoic Died
      6.6
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • FBI: Criminal Pursuit (2011)
      FBI: Criminal Pursuit
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Symphony of the Soil (2012)
      Symphony of the Soil
      8.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Dreamland (2011)
      Dreamland
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Portrait of a Winemaker: John Williams of Frog's Leap
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Sekem Vision
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Jo Brand and Alan Yentob in Imagine (2003)
      Imagine
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011

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