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Glen MacPherson, CSC/ASC (born October 29, 1957) is a Canadian cinematographer based in Los Angeles. MacPherson's cinematography career dates to the mid-1980s. MacPherson is fluent in English and French.

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MacPherson started work as a focus puller for the 1981 movie Gas. In 1983 MacPherson made his debut as a cinematographer with the movie A 20th Century Chocolate Cake , directed by Lois Siegel. For the remainder of the 1980s, MacPherson held down a variety of jobs, including camera assistant, camera operator and a director of photography.

He received a Genie Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 19th Genie Awards in 1999 for his work on the film Regeneration . [1] He received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series at the 12th Gemini Awards in 1998 for Captains Courageous, [2] and won the award at the 25th Gemini Awards in 2010 for Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story . [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirector
1989 Snake Eater George Erschbamer
Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster
1993 Cadillac Girls Nicholas Kendall
1995First Degree Jeff Woolnough
1997 Regeneration Gillies MacKinnon
1998 Wrongfully Accused Pat Proft
The Real Howard Spitz Vadim Jean
2000 Romeo Must Die Andrzej Bartkowiak
2001Camouflage James Keach
Exit Wounds Andrzej Bartkowiak
2002 All About the Benjamins Kevin Bray
Friday After Next Marcus Raboy
2004 My Baby's Daddy Cheryl Dunye
Walking Tall Kevin Bray
2005 Rebound Steve Carr
2006 16 Blocks Richard Donner
2007 Trick 'r Treat Michael Dougherty
2008 One Missed Call Eric Valette
Rambo Sylvester Stallone
2009 The Final Destination David R. Ellis
2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife Paul W. S. Anderson
2011 The Three Musketeers
2012 Resident Evil: Retribution
2014 Pompeii
2015 Momentum Stephen Campanelli
2016 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Paul W. S. Anderson
2020 Monster Hunter
2024In The Lost Lands

Documentary film

YearTitleDirector
1983 A 20th Century Chocolate Cake Lois Siegel
2011 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie Kevin Tancharoen

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1989 The Hitchhiker Eric Till Episode "Coach"
1989-1991CBC's Magic Hour Paul Shapiro
Brad Turner
Episodes "Rookies" and "The Prom"
1991 Conspiracy of Silence Francis Mankiewicz Part 1
1995 Sliders Andy Tennant Episode "Pilot"
2001 The Division Robert Butler Episode "The Pilot"
2010 Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story Jeff Woolnough Miniseries
2022 Thai Cave Rescue Kevin Tancharoen
Nattawut Poonpiriya
5 episodes

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
1988Betrayal of Silence Jeff Woolnough
1989The Rookies Paul Shapiro
1990 Clarence Eric Till
1991Deadly SurveillancePaul Ziller
Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story Graeme Campbell
1992Miles from Nowhere Buzz Kulik
Wojeck: Out of the FireGeorge Bloomfield
1993 The Amy Fisher Story Andy Tennant
Miracle on Interstate 880 Robert Iscove
The Sea Wolf Michael Anderson
The Substitute Martin Donovan
Dying to Remember Arthur Allan Seidelman
1994 For the Love of Aaron John Kent Harrison
Voices from WithinEric Till
1995 Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Jeff Bleckner
Johnny's GirlJohn Kent Harrison
Bye Bye Birdie Gene Saks
Shock Treatment Michael Schultz
1996Captains CourageousMichael Anderson
Doctor Who Geoffrey Sax
Calm at Sunset Daniel Petrie
Toe Tags Daniel Petrie Jr.
1998 Max Q Michael Shapiro
2004Alaska Kim Manners
Silver Lake Kevin Bray

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References

  1. John McKay, "Two films lead Genie pack with 12 nominations each". Canadian Press, December 7, 1998.
  2. John McKay, "CBC's 5th Estate leads the pack for 1997 [Gemini Awards]". Canadian Press, January 13, 1998.
  3. "Don Cherry movie wins Gemini". Winnipeg Free Press , November 4, 2010.