Baker, Ian 1947–

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BAKER, Ian 1947–

PERSONAL

Born 1947, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Education: Attended Swinburne College of Advanced Education (now Victorian College of the Arts).

Addresses:

Agent—Hilary McQuaide, Skouras Agency, 1149 Third St., 3rd Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90403.

Career:

Cinematographer. Film House, worked as camera operator for commercials; photographer, 1977—.

Awards, Honors:

Australian Film Institute Award, best cinematography, 1976, for The Devil's Playground; Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best cinematography, 1978, for The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith; Australian Film Institute Award, Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, and If Award, all best cinematography, 2003, for Japanese Story.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

"The Priest," Libido, BEF Film Distributors, 1973.

The Devil's Playground, 1976, EMC/International Film Exchange, 1981.

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Hoyts Distribution, 1978, New Yorker Films, 1980.

Barbarosa, Universal, 1982.

The Clinic, Roadshow Film Distributors, 1982.

Iceman, Universal, 1984.

Plenty, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1985.

Roxanne, Columbia, 1987.

A Cry in the Dark (also known as Evil Angels), Warner Bros., 1988.

The Punisher, New World, 1989.

Everybody Wins, Orion, 1990.

The Russia House, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1990.

Mr. Baseball, Universal, 1992.

Six Degrees of Separation, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1993.

I.Q., Paramount, 1994.

The Chamber, Universal, 1996.

Fierce Creatures, MCA/Universal, 1997.

Queen of the Damned (also known as Anne Rice's "Queen of the Damned"), Warner Bros., 2002.

It Runs in the Family, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2003.

Japanese Story, Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2003.

Television Cinematographer; Miniseries:

The Last Frontier, CBS, 1986.

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