WEST, Jonathan (John Wastaferro)

PERSONAL

Original name, John M. Wastaferro; father, a musician.

Addresses: Agent— The Broder, Webb, Chervin, Silbermann Agency, 9242 Beverly Blvd., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career: Cinematographer, director, producer, and editor. MTM Enterprises, camera operator, c. 1977–85; Touchstone, cinematographer, 1985–?; Paramount Pictures, cinematographer; American Independent Media, Inc., founder; previously worked as a guide at Universal Studios. Military service: U.S. Air Force, documentary cameraman.

Member: Local 659—International Photographers Guild (executive board member), American Society of Cinematographers, Local 600—International Cinematographers Guild (executive board member).

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nomination, outstanding cinematography for a miniseries or a special, 1991, for The Whereabouts of Jenny; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding cinematography for a series, 1997, for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding cinematography for a single–camera series, 2002, for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Best High–Definition Feature, HDFest, 2001, for What's Eating You?

CREDITS

Film Work:

Camera operator: second unit, Time After Time, Orion, 1979.

Camera operator, Scavenger Hunt, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1979.

Camera operator, Modern Problems, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1981.

Camera operator, The Karate Kid, Columbia, 1984.

Camera operator, The Wild Life, MCA/Universal, 1984.

Camera operator: Los Angeles, The Aviator, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1985.

Cinematographer, Munchies, Concorde, 1987.

Cinematographer: second unit, Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold, Cannon Films, 1987.

Camera operator, P. K. and the Kid, 1987.

Cinematographer, A Sinful Life, New Line Cinema, 1989.

(As John Wastaferro) Producer, director, cinematographer, and editor, What's Eating You?, 2000.

Film Appearances:

Himself, Journey's End—The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Paramount, 1995.

Himself, Trekkies (documentary), Paramount, 1997.

Television Cinematographer; Series:

(Second unit) Wildside, ABC, 1985.

Private Eye, NBC, 1987.

Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG ), syndicated, 1987.

Heartbeat, ABC, 1988.

Island Son, CBS, 1989.

WIOU, CBS, 1990.

Eerie, Indiana, NBC, 1991.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9 ), syndicated, 1993–1999.

Profiler, NBC, 1999–2000.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as C.S.I. ), CBS, 2000–2002.

Charmed, The WB, 2002—.

Television Camera Operator; Series:

Lou Grant, CBS, 1977.

The White Shadow, CBS, 1978.

Callahan, 1982.

Call to Glory, ABC, 1984.

Television Camera Operator; Miniseries:

(Episodes 2–4) Space (also known as James A. Michener's Space ), CBS, 1985.

Television Cinematographer; Movies:

Finish Line, TNT, 1989.

The Whereabouts of Jenny, ABC, 1991.

Star Trek: The Next Generation—All Good Things... (also known as All Good Things... ), syndicated, 1994.

Smart House, The Disney Channel, 1999.

Television Camera Operator; Movies:

(Uncredited; " b " camera) The Winds of Kitty Hawk, ABC, 1978.

(Uncredited) More Wild Wild West, CBS, 1980.

The Hustler of Muscle Beach, ABC, 1980.

A Matter of Life and Death, CBS, 1981.

Bitter Harvest, NBC, 1981.

Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend (also known as Sidney Shorr ), NBC, 1981.

Don't Go to Sleep, ABC, 1982.

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction, NBC, 1983.

Murder Me, Murder You (also known as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: Murder Me, Murder You ), CBS, 1983.

For Love and Honor, 1983.

Manimal, NBC, 1983.

Jealousy, ABC, 1984.

Under Siege, NBC, 1986.

Television Work; Pilots:

Camera operator, Valentine Magic on Love Island (also known as Magic on Love Island ), NBC, 1980.

Camera operator, Mr. Merlin, 1981.

Camera operator, Rooster, ABC, 1982.

Camera operator, Trauma Center, ABC, 1983.

Camera operator, Call to Glory, 1984.

Cinematographer, Heartbeat, ABC, 1988.

Cinematographer, Doogie Howser, M.D., ABC, 1989.

Cinematographer, San Berdoo, ABC, 1989.

Television Cinematographer; Specials:

Golden Land, PBS, 1988.

Television Director; Episodic:

" Firstborn, " Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Stark Trek: TNG ), syndicated, 1994.

" Shakaar, " Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9 ), syndicated, 1995.

" Rapture, " Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9 ), syndicated, 1996.

" Return to Grace, " Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9 ), syndicated, 1996.

" Trials and Tribble–ations, " Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9 ), syndicated, 1996.

" Chrysalis, " Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9 ), syndicated, 1998.

" Wrongs Darker than Death or Night, " Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9 ), syndicated, 1998.

Also directed " Oh My Goddess, Part 1, " Charmed, The WB.