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Jim Leonard(1950-2014)

  • Additional Crew
  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Jim Leonard was born on 17 February 1950 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Raging Planet (1997) and Tornado Video Classics (1992). He died on 3 November 2014 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
BornFebruary 17, 1950
DiedNovember 3, 2014(64)
BornFebruary 17, 1950
DiedNovember 3, 2014(64)
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Known for

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
The Day After Tomorrow
6.5
  • Additional Crew
  • 2004
Raging Planet (1997)
Raging Planet
7.6
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
Tornado Video Classics
9.3
Video
  • Additional Crew
  • 1992
Bevin Fagin in Busker's Odyssey (1994)
Busker's Odyssey
TV Movie
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1994

Credits

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Additional Crew

  • Naked Science (2004)
    Naked Science
    7.8
    TV Series
    • stock footage
    • 2004–2006
  • The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
    The Day After Tomorrow
    6.5
    • stormchaser
    • 2004
  • Raging Planet (1997)
    Raging Planet
    7.6
    TV Series
    • storm chaser
    • 1997
  • Twister: Fury on the Plains (1995)
    Twister: Fury on the Plains
    8.1
    Video
    • film provided by
    • 1995
  • Stormchasers (1995)
    Stormchasers
    6.3
    Short
    • provider: additional weather images
    • 1995
  • Tornado Video Classics II: The Magnificent Puzzle
    Video
    • film provided by
    • 1993
  • Tornadoes: The Entity (1993)
    Tornadoes: The Entity
    7.8
    Video
    • cooperation
    • 1993
  • Tornado Video Classics
    9.3
    Video
    • film provided by
    • 1992

Cinematographer

  • Storms of 2005
    Video
    • Cinematographer
    • 2005
  • Raging Planet (1997)
    Raging Planet
    7.6
    TV Series
    • hurricane photography
    • 1997
  • StormWatcher: A Video Spotters Guide
    Video
    • Cinematographer
    • 1994
  • Tornado Video Classics
    9.3
    Video
    • Cinematographer
    • 1992

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Angry Planet (2007)
    Angry Planet
    7.6
    TV Series
    • additional camera
    • camera operator
    • 2008
  • Tornado Video Classics III
    Video
    • video
    • 1995
  • Bevin Fagin in Busker's Odyssey (1994)
    Busker's Odyssey
    TV Movie
    • electrician
    • 1994

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Born
    • February 17, 1950
    • Miami Beach, Florida, USA
  • Died
    • November 3, 2014
    • West Palm Beach, Florida, USA(cancer)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    In 1975 he captured the first known motion picture of an anticyclonic (clockwise rotating in the Northern Hemisphere) tornado.
  • Nickname
    • Cyclone Jim

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