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Chris Balton(I)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
  • Cinematographer
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Chris Balton was born on 20 April 1955 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Chris is a director and cinematographer, known for Donna Summer: State of Independence (1982).
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    • Known for

    Donna Summer in Donna Summer: State of Independence (1982)
    Donna Summer: State of Independence
    6.1
    Music Video
    • Director
    • 1982
    Captain Lust
    6.3
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Christopher Balton)
    • 1977
    Love in a Taxi (1980)
    Love in a Taxi
    7.4
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1980
    Ted Nugent: No, No, No
    Music Video
    • Director
    • 1982

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • The Connie Francis Scrapbook
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 1992
    • Olivia (1983)
      Olivia
      9.0
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 1983
    • A Conflict of Interest
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1982
    • Night of 100 Stars (1982)
      Night of 100 Stars
      6.9
      TV Special
      • camera operator (as Chris Bolton)
      • 1982
    • Malcolm McDowell in Look Back in Anger (1980)
      Look Back in Anger
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1980
    • Love in a Taxi (1980)
      Love in a Taxi
      7.4
      • assistant camera
      • 1980
    • Captain Lust
      6.3
      • assistant camera (as Christopher Balton)
      • 1977
    • God Told Me To (1976)
      God Told Me To
      6.3
      • assistant camera (uncredited)
      • 1976
    • Squirm (1976)
      Squirm
      4.9
      • assistant camera
      • 1976
    • Johnnie Hill-Hudgins in Velvet Smooth (1976)
      Velvet Smooth
      3.2
      • assistant camera
      • 1976

    Director

    • Donna Summer in Donna Summer Endless Summer (1994)
      Donna Summer Endless Summer
      Video
      • Director (segment "State of Independence")
      • 1994
    • Sisters in the Name of Rap (1992)
      Sisters in the Name of Rap
      6.2
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 1992
    • TV's Greatest Bits
      Video
      • Director
      • 1987
    • Alisha: Baby Talk (1985)
      Alisha: Baby Talk
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1985
    • When the Music's Over
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1983
    • Donna Summer in Donna Summer: State of Independence (1982)
      Donna Summer: State of Independence
      6.1
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1982
    • Ted Nugent: No, No, No
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1982

    Cinematographer

    • When the Music's Over
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 1983
    • Mouseterpiece Theater
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 1984–1990
    • Black and Blue (1980)
      Black and Blue
      8.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 1980
    • Raquel Welch in From Raquel with Love (1980)
      From Raquel with Love
      TV Special
      • Cinematographer (uncredited)
      • 1980

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Christopher Balton
    • Born
      • April 20, 1955
      • Brooklyn, New York, USA

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