Bailey, John 1942-

PERSONAL

Born August 10, 1942, in Moberly, MO; married Carol Littleton (a film editor), March 11, 1972. Education: Attended University of Santa Clara; Loyola University; University of Southern California; and University of Vienna.

Addresses:

Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., 5th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2400. Contact—c/o American Society of Cinematographers, 1782 North Orange Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90028-4307.

Career:

Cinematographer and director. American Film Institute, lecturer, 1982, 1984, and 1994.

Member:

American Society of Cinematographers (secretary), Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (board of governors).

Awards, Honors:

Cannes Film Festival Award (with Eiko Ishioka and Philip Glass), best artistic contribution, 1985, for Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters; Independent Spirit Award nomination, best cinematography, Independent Features Project, 1988, for Tough Guys Don't Dance; CableACE nomination, National Cable Television Association, c. 1990, for The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe; Golden Frog nomination, Camerimage, 1999, for Forever Mine.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

Premonition, Transvue, 1972.

Open Window, 1972.

End of August, Mica, 1974.

Legacy, Kino International, 1975.

The Mafu Cage (also known as The Cage, Deviation, Don't Ring the Doorbell, and My Sister, My Love), Clouds Productions, 1978.

Boulevard Nights, Warner Bros., 1979.

American Gigolo, Paramount, 1980.

Ordinary People, Paramount, 1980.

Honky Tonk Freeway, Universal, 1981.

Continental Divide, Universal, 1981.

Cat People, Universal, 1982.

That Championship Season, Cannon, 1982.

Without a Trace, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983.

The Big Chill, Columbia, 1983.

Racing with the Moon, Paramount, 1984.

The Pope of Greenwich Village, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (also known as Mishima), Warner Bros., 1985.

Silverado, Columbia, 1985.

Crossroads, Columbia, 1986.

Brighton Beach Memoirs (also known as Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"), Universal, 1986.

Light of Day, TriStar, 1987.

Swimming to Cambodia, Cinecom, 1987.

Tough Guys Don't Dance, Cannon, 1987.

The Accidental Tourist, Warner Bros., 1988.

Vibes, Columbia, 1988.

Hollywood Mavericks, 1990.

My Blue Heaven, 1990.

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Orion, 1991.

A Brief History of Time (documentary), Triton Pictures, 1992.

Groundhog Day, Columbia, 1993.

In the Line of Fire, Columbia, 1993.

Nobody's Fool, Paramount, 1994.

Extreme Measures, Warner Bros., 1996.

As Good As It Gets, TriStar/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997.

Living out Loud, New Line Cinema, 1998.

The Out-of-Towners, Paramount, 1999.

Forever Mine, J & M Entertainment, 1999.

For Love of the Game, Universal, 1999.

Michael Jordan to the Max (documentary), Giant Screen Sports, 2000.

Via Dolorosa, 2000.

AntiTrust, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001.

The Anniversary Party, Fine Line, 2001.

'N Sync: Bigger Than Live, Really Big Film Corp., 2001.

The Kid Stays in the Picture, MCA/Universal, 2002.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Warner Bros., 2002.

The Fig Rig, Muse, 2002.

Digital Babylon, Muse, 2003.

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (also known as Wie werde ich ihn los in 10 tagen), Paramount, 2003.

ADM: DOP (Anthony Dod Mantle-Director of Photography), Muse, 2003.

Incident at Loch Ness, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (also known as The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants), Warner Bros., 2005.

Must Love Dogs, Warner Bros., 2005.

The Producers, Columbia, 2005.

The Architect, Magnolia, 2006.

10 Tricks, Shoreline, 2006.

License to Wed, Warner Bros., 2007.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Salty, 2007.

Mad Money, Millenium, 2008.

Over Her Dead Body, New Line Cinema, 2008.

He's Just Not That Into You, New Line Cinema, 2008.

Film Director:

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Orion, 1991.

China Moon, Orion, 1994.

Mariette in Ecstasy, Savoy Pictures, 1996.

Via Dolorosa, 2000.

'N Sync: Bigger Than Live, Really Big Film Corp., 2001.

Film Appearances:

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (documentary; also known as Visions of Light), 1993.

Crew of Herzog in Wonderland, Incident at Loch Ness, 2004.

Television Cinematographer; Movies:

Battered, NBC, 1978.

City in Fear, ABC, 1980.

Time Flies When You Are Alive, 1989.

Passion, 1996.

Frankenstein and Me, 1996.

Always Outnumbered (also known as Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned), HBO, 1998.

Forever Mine, HBO, 2000.

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing, Starz, 2004.

Television Cinematographer; Specials:

Passion, PBS, 1986.

Time Flies When You're Alive, HBO, 1989.

Search for Michael Cimino, AMC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Doctor, "The Village of Evil," Adam Adamant Lives!, BBC, 1966.

"The Anniversary Party," Anatomy of a Scene, Sundance, 2001.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns … and Then Some, 1994.

The Making of "Silverado," 1999.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Schaefer, Dennis, and Larry Salvato, Masters of Light, University of California Press, 1984.