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Jeff Pointer

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  • Cinematographer
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More than six years in the making, When The Dragon Swallowed The Sun shows an unprecedented inside perspective on the Tibetan community in exile, its young generation and their struggle to free their homeland Tibet. Frustration grows as the Tibetan moveme
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When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2010)
Jeff Pointer is known for When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2010), 11:59 (2005) and Ink (2009).
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    When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2010)
    When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
    6.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 2010
    Raymond Andrew Bailey in 11:59 (2005)
    11:59
    5.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 2005
    Ink (2009)
    Ink
    6.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 2009
    Malediction: The Evil Truth
    Malediction: The Evil Truth
    • Camera and Electrical Department

      Credits

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      Camera and Electrical Department

      • Malediction: The Evil Truth
        • additional cinematography
        • Completed
      • Kim Novak's Vertigo (2025)
        Kim Novak's Vertigo
        6.1
        • additional cinematography
        • 2025
      • Paul Reiser in Paul Reiser: Life, Death and Rice Pudding (2024)
        Paul Reiser: Life, Death and Rice Pudding
        6.4
        TV Movie
        • camera operator
        • 2024
      • Chain Reactions (2024)
        Chain Reactions
        7.0
        • additional cinematography
        • 2024
      • America's Burning (2024)
        America's Burning
        5.7
        • additional cinematography
        • 2024
      • William Shatner and Aaron Farrier in You Can Call Me Bill (2023)
        You Can Call Me Bill
        6.7
        • additional cinematography
        • 2023
      • Lynch/Oz (2022)
        Lynch/Oz
        6.9
        • gaffer: Central City
        • 2022
      • Remembering Us (2020)
        Remembering Us
        Short
        • assistant camera
        • 2020
      • Stars and Strife (2020)
        Stars and Strife
        4.7
        • additional camera and sound
        • 2020
      • Losing Antonia (2019)
        Losing Antonia
        Short
        • camera operator
        • 2019
      • The Election Effect (2018)
        The Election Effect
        TV Series
        • camera operator
        • 2018
      • Josh Blue: Delete (2016)
        Josh Blue: Delete
        6.8
        TV Special
        • camera operator
        • 2016
      • High Profits (2015)
        High Profits
        8.2
        TV Series
        • camera operator
        • 2015
      • Zombie Town Hall: Knights of the Living Dead Q&A Session
        Video
        • camera operator
        • 2013
      • Teach (2013)
        Teach
        6.8
        TV Movie
        • assistant camera
        • 2013
      • Juliette Lewis, Dave Wruck, Robin Bond, and Ron Patrick in Derby Baby: A Story of Love, Addiction and Rink Rash (2012)
        Derby Baby: A Story of Love, Addiction and Rink Rash
        6.6
        • additional photography
        • 2012

      Cinematographer

      • Larry Vance in MH370: The Lost Flight (2022)
        MH370: The Lost Flight
        6.2
        TV Series
        • director of photography
        • 2022
      • Something in Common (2019)
        Something in Common
        Short
        • Cinematographer
        • 2019
      • Losing Antonia (2019)
        Losing Antonia
        Short
        • Cinematographer
        • 2019
      • American Times (2019)
        American Times
        • Cinematographer
        • 2019
      • Tony Todd and Trevon Brown in IMTK (2018)
        IMTK
        Short
        • Cinematographer
        • 2018
      • ACE Scholarships
        Video
        • Cinematographer
        • 2017
      • Samaritan's Purse presents Facing Darkness (2017)
        Samaritan's Purse presents Facing Darkness
        7.5
        • Cinematographer
        • 2017
      • Tiffany at Breakfast (2014)
        Tiffany at Breakfast
        Short
        • Cinematographer
        • 2014
      • The Creep Behind the Camera (2014)
        The Creep Behind the Camera
        5.8
        • Cinematographer
        • 2014
      • Amor Fati (2011)
        Amor Fati
        9.3
        Short
        • Cinematographer
        • 2011
      • The Right to Breathe
        Short
        • Cinematographer
        • 2011
      • When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2010)
        When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
        6.6
        • Cinematographer
        • 2010
      • Ink (2009)
        Ink
        6.8
        • Cinematographer
        • 2009
      • The Shadow Walkers (2006)
        The Shadow Walkers
        2.6
        • Cinematographer
        • 2006
      • Left (2006)
        Left
        6.8
        Short
        • director of photography
        • 2006

      Actor

      • The Creep Behind the Camera (2014)
        The Creep Behind the Camera
        5.8
        • Soldier
        • 2014
      • Inside
        Short
        • 2009
      • Ink (2009)
        Ink
        6.8
        • Delivery Man
        • 2009

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