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Jimmy O'Donnell(II)

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  • Cinematographer
  • Additional Crew
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Jimmy O'Donnell is known for Reading Rainbow (1983), Billy Joel: The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden (2024) and Sesame Street (1969).
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    • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 4 wins & 8 nominations total

    Known for

    LeVar Burton in Reading Rainbow (1983)
    Reading Rainbow
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    • 1983
    Billy Joel in Billy Joel: The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden (2024)
    Billy Joel: The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden
    8.1
    TV Special
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2024
    Sesame Street (1969)
    Sesame Street
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Auction Packed
    8.8
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Fallen Angels (2026)
      Fallen Angels
      8.3
      • camera
      • 2026
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2026
    • iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2025 (2025)
      iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2025
      6.0
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 2025
    • The 78th Annual Tony Awards (2025)
      The 78th Annual Tony Awards
      5.9
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 2025
    • Jon Macks in National Memorial Day Concert (2021)
      National Memorial Day Concert
      7.2
      TV Series
      • camera operator (as Jim O'Donnell)
      • 2025
    • A Capitol Fourth (2004)
      A Capitol Fourth
      6.2
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2024
    • Billy Joel in Billy Joel: The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden (2024)
      Billy Joel: The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden
      8.1
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 2024
    • Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 (2023)
      Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024
      6.2
      TV Special
      • camera
      • 2023
    • Miss Universe 2023 (2023)
      Miss Universe 2023
      8.7
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 2023
    • Hip Hop 50 Live (2023)
      Hip Hop 50 Live
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 2023
    • 2022 MTV Video Music Awards (2022)
      2022 MTV Video Music Awards
      5.7
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 2022
    • Trevor: The Musical (2022)
      Trevor: The Musical
      6.1
      • camera operator
      • 2022
    • Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff in Spring Awakening: Those You've Known (2022)
      Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
      7.9
      • camera operator
      • 2022
    • The 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2021)
      The 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
      7.0
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 2021
    • Tichina Arnold and Tisha Campbell in Soul Train Awards (2021)
      Soul Train Awards
      7.6
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 2021

    Cinematographer

    • Rescue Recovery & Healing: The 9/11 Memorial Glade Dedication (2019)
      Rescue Recovery & Healing: The 9/11 Memorial Glade Dedication
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • If I Tell You (2014)
      If I Tell You
      6.3
      Short
      • co-director of photography
      • 2014
    • Jazz and the Philharmonic (2014)
      Jazz and the Philharmonic
      9.0
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013)
      Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love
      7.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • Finnigan's War (2013)
      Finnigan's War
      9.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • Real Change: Artists for Education
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (2012)
      Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
      7.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Never Stand Still (2012)
      Never Stand Still
      6.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Money and Medicine (2012)
      Money and Medicine
      7.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Behind the Music (1997)
      Behind the Music
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009–2010
    • What's Going on?
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2003–2010
    • Selling New York (2010)
      Selling New York
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Teenage Witness: The Fanya Heller Story (2009)
      Teenage Witness: The Fanya Heller Story
      9.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • The Making of 'Across the Universe' (2008)
      The Making of 'Across the Universe'
      7.3
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Jill Scott, Mark Gale, Eric Wright, David Fino, Lindsey Z. Briggs, Rafael Rodriguez, Sarah Frechette, Carole Simms D'Agostino, Kenneth Mark Berman, Carole D'Agostino, Logan Kulick, David Stephens, Megan DeCristoforo, Michael Carolan, Abby Roderick, and Laurie Green in SeeMore's Playhouse (2006)
      SeeMore's Playhouse
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006–2007

    Additional Crew

    • Jasmine Guy, Pam Arciero, Anthony Asbury, Bertice Berry, Tyler Bunch, Kim Carrell, Emilio Delgado, David Matthew Feldman, Alison Fraser, Denyce Graves, Karen Evans Kandel, James J. Kroupa, Peter Linz, Adrian Martinez, Kathryn Mullen, Fred Newman, Chris Phillips, Caroll Spinney, Matt Vogel, Ruth Westheimer, Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Jennifer Barnhart, Tim Lagasse, Heather Asch, BJ Guyer, Paul McGinnis, Trevor Heins, Misha Gonz-Cirkl, Richard O'Connor, Scott Dodson, Richard Zhuravenko, Charles Reese, Joe James, Stephen Scott Scarpulla, Brynn Williams, Brianna Montgomery, Nicole Brown, and Makeeba Mooncycle in Between the Lions (1999)
      Between the Lions
      7.2
      TV Series
      • technical staff (as Jim O'Donnell)
      • 2000
    • The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996)
      The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
      7.0
      TV Series
      • technical team
      • 1998

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    Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
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    Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story

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    • Alternative name
      • Jim O'Donnell

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