John M. Stephens

Nascimento : 1932-11-17, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA

Morte : 2015-06-18

Filmes

Titanic
Second Unit Director of Photography
Um artista pobre e uma jovem rica se conhecem e se apaixonam na fatídica jornada do Titanic, em 1912. Embora esteja noiva do arrogante herdeiro de uma siderúrgica, a jovem desafia sua família e amigos em busca do verdadeiro amor.
Overkill
Director of Photography
American Police officer Jack Hazard heads for South America after being ordered to take time off by his boss after a raid goes bad. Once there, however, he finds himself caught up with a stranger wanted by the government, and soon ends up in prison. He and his unwanted companion escape, and now Jack must try to get back to safety while being hunted down by an iron-fisted tyrant.
A Invasão
Aerial Camera
Zane Ziminski (Charlie Sheen), um astrônomo, capta sinais do espaço sideral. Como acredita que estejam sendo enviados por uma vida inteligente, reporta ao seu superior, Phil Gordian (Ron Silver), que alega uma desculpa e o demite, destruindo em seguida a gravação dos sons. Mas Zane decide investigar os sinais por conta própria e capta sinais semelhantes vindos do México. Ele deduz então que estes sinais possam ser uma "conversa" com alienígenas escondidos na Terra e já em uma aldeia mexicana se une a Ilana Green (Lindsay Crouse), uma cientista que tem suspeitas de algo estranho após testemunhar uma aceleração do efeito estufa.
Um Time Muito Louco
Second Unit Director of Photography
Após vencer o campeonato de baseball os integrantes do Cleaveland Indians são transformados pelo sucesso e acabam voltando à velha forma, isto é, não conseguem vencer ninguém. Enquanto o time tenta se firmar novamente, Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) vende o time e, após algum tempo, o recompra com um grande lucro, apesar de continuar indiferente ao seu sucesso. Talvez a salvação do time esteja em Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger), atuando com técnico, fazer as modificações certas e Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) conseguir voltar a lançar a "Exterminadora", uma bola com tanto efeito que engana o melhor dos rebatedores.
Um Yuppie em Apuros
Second Unit Director of Photography
Broderick, de "Curtindo a Vida Adoidado", faz um gênio financeiro yuppie, Campbell , que atendendo aos apelos de sua irmã para voltar para casa, acaba envolvendo-se em muitas confusões. A começar por ser roubado por uma mulher a quem dá carona e sendo perseguido pelo irmão gêmeo do prefeito.
Beethoven: O Magnífico
Second Unit Director of Photography
A família Newton vive em uma casa confortável, mas parece que falta algo. Este vazio é preenchido quando um mascote vai morar lá, sendo que na verdade este filhote é um imenso cão são bernardo, que traz alegrias e também muitos tumultos para os Newton. Paralelamente, Herman Varnick, o veterinário do local, tem uma secreta e horrível segunda atividade que requer diversos cachorros para experimentos, sendo que Beethoven está na lista de Varnick.
The Marla Hanson Story
Cinematography
Story of the model who was assaulted that left her face disfigured. It begins when she comes to New York City and would get work as a model. A guy she met on one of her shoots gets her an apartment in a building he manages. He is constantly hitting on her but she rebuffs him. When he can't take it anymore he sends two men to attack her.
Eve of Destruction
Camera Operator
Eve is a military robot made to look exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons. When she is damaged during a bank robbery, the robot becomes an unstoppable killing machine. Colonel Jim McQuade is assigned to stop the robot and with the help from Dr. Simmons they have to predict where she will go next.
Ski Patrol
Director of Photography
Pops isn't worried about the renewal of the lease for his ski lodge - the safety record is unblemished in spite of the crew of misfits who make up his ski patrol. But a scheming land developer has other plans and the ski patrol is thrust into a skiing showdown in order to save Pops' mountain.
Steele Justice
Director of Photography
Steele is ex-cop and Vietnam vet who is determined to bring down Kwan, former South Vietnamese general and now rich and powerful drug lord.
Crystalstone
Director of Photography
Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their caretaker aunt. With a cross as their guide, they embark on a perilous, but ultimately rewarding adventure in search of a mystical gem that holds the key to happiness. They escape the fearsome metal hook of a pirate and are helped by a delightfully drunken Captain in their quest for the magic stone.
O Comboio do Medo
Director of Photography
Na selva costariquenha, um grupo de voluntários trabalha em uma companhia de petróleo. No entanto, uma torre de perfuração é incendiada, ameaçando incinerar toda a região. A solução é mandar um grupo de homens para o local com um carregamento de explosivos para conter o fogo. Liderados por Jackie Scanlon (Roy Scheider), o grupo terá de transportar os explosivos por mais de 200 milhas, em território selvagem, utilizando dois caminhões velhos. Refilmagem do filme francês "Salário do Medo (1953)".
Switch [Pilot]
Director of Photography
In this pilot film that led to the series, an ex-con and a retired cop, partners in a private investigation agency, try to prove that a safecracker has been framed for a diamond robbery.
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
Director of Photography
A man determined to impress his son--and show up his son's stepfather--decides to try to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by setting a record for staying the longest time on roller skates. (IMDb)
Rezemos Pelos Audazes
Director of Photography
Three ad agency executives are pressured into taking a motorbike trip to Baja by a big-ticket client. Along the way, the client is spurned by a young woman whose boyfriend sticks up for her. The client later disables their van, leading to their deaths in the desert. When the executives piece together what has happened, it leads to a showdown.
Outrage
Director of Photography
One man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.
Dying Room Only
Director of Photography
A married couple are traveling on a deserted desert road at night. They stop at a diner and the husband goes to the men's room. He never returns and the wife begins to suspect serious foul play.
Blácula, O Vampiro Negro
Director of Photography
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
Sexy e Marginal
Director of Photography
"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment.
Black Rodeo
Camera Operator
Documentary about a rodeo that takes place, for the most part, in Harlem.
Bunny O'Hare
Director of Photography
Bette Davis handles the title role in this highly offbeat crime comedy about two aging hippies who elect to rob a bank to restore Bunny O'Hare's financial affairs after she's been unjustly evicted and rendered homeless. When that heist ends up paying off, rather than take off for the border, Bunny opts for a life of crime with her new partner, Bill Green, played by fellow Oscar-winner Ernest Borgnine.
Billy Jack
Director of Photography
Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaways.
Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location
Camera Operator
A behind the scenes look at the filming of the movie Shaft (1971). The movie's director, Gordon Parks is seen directing a couple of fight scenes which he wants to get in as few takes as possible due to the set-up time and the danger involved in the stunt work. He is also seen speaking to the composer of the film score, 'Isaac Hayes', about the overlaying of the music over one of those fight scenes, and what he wants musically for another scene involving the lead character, John Shaft, moving through Times Square. The latter would eventually become the movie's iconic theme music. Being a frenetically paced action movie, he also works closely with the film's editor, Hugh A. Robertson.
Yuma, Cidade Sem Lei
Director of Photography
Dave Harmon é um Marechal dos Estados Unidos, que foi enviado pelo governador para o território de Yuma. Parece que a lei não é bem-vinda lá, todos os marechal que foram enviados foram expulsos, mas Harmon terá uma história diferente.
Gidget Grows Up
Director of Photography
After spending the last two years in Europe as an exchange student, Gidget returns home to California only to discover that things have changed. The letters she had been writing to her beloved "Moondoggie" to try to make him jealous have had the wrong effect. Disillusioned with love, and after hearing a speech on television, she decides to make a real difference in the world by going to New York to become a youth worker at the United Nations. While there she has a proposal of marriage from an extremely wealthy Arabian sheik, but instead she falls for a handsome but older Australian diplomat.
The Fantastic Plastic Machine
Cinematography
Documentary involving the adventures of a group of surfers, narrated by Jay North.
Estação Polar Zebra
Additional Photography
Esta espetacular produção de Martin Ransohoff, leva o submarino nuclear Tigerfish a uma perigosa viagem nas águas geladas do Pólo Norte, onde um satélite espião perdeu o controle e caiu. Dentro dele, um importante microfilme que pode desencadear um confronto nuclear entre os Estados Unidos e a União Soviética. Para resgatar o conteúdo do satélite, os serviços de espionagem dos dois países enviam agentes disfarçados, numa missão de vida ou morte. O submarino nuclear, sob o comando de James Ferraday (Rock Hudson), leva o agente inglês David Jones (Patrick McGoohan) até a Estação Polar Zebra, onde outros agentes já devem estar de posse do microfilme. Mas existe um agente duplo infiltrado no Tigerfish. Pior: uma frota soviética também está rumando para Zebra e o confronto entre as duas potencias está por um fio. Do mesmo diretor de “Sete Homens e um Destino” e “Fugindo do Inferno”.
The Man Who Makes the Difference
Himself
Promotional documentary for the MGM film "Ice Station Zebra" focusing on the career and cinematographic innovations of cameraman John Stephens.