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Thomas E. Ackerman

Cinematographer Thomas Ackerman was born on 14 September, 1948 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and enrolled in the University of Iowa, where he took a cinema course. He was hired by the university to shoot football games and training films for its School of Dentistry. In 1968 he went to work for Oscar-winning filmmaker Charles Guggenheim, who became his mentor. After a stint in the US Air Force he went back to work for Guggenheim in Washington, DC. He moved to Los Angeles in 1973, hooked up with his Air Force buddy Mike Robeand was hired as a camera operator on a succession of Hollywood films, includingFrancis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart (1981). He was director of photography onBeetlejuice (1988) for director Tim Burton (for whom Ackerman had previously shotFrankenweenie (1984)). In addition to cinematographer, he has also served as a second-unit director, notably onAlvin and the Chipmunks (2007) and Furry Vengeance (2010).

Crew
  • Jumanji

    Jumanji

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    7.2
    10975 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 15, 1995
    30 years ago
  • Beetlejuice

    Beetlejuice

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    7.4
    8158 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 30, 1988
    38 years ago
  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

    Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    6.7
    4401 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 28, 2004
    22 years ago
  • Scary Movie 4

    Scary Movie 4

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.5
    3428 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 12, 2006
    20 years ago
  • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    7.2
    2555 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 30, 1989
    36 years ago
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

    Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.7
    2290 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 14, 2011
    14 years ago
  • George of the Jungle

    George of the Jungle

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.6
    2171 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 15, 1997
    29 years ago
  • Superhero Movie

    Superhero Movie

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.3
    1939 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 28, 2008
    18 years ago
  • Rat Race

    Rat Race

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    6.3
    1891 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 17, 2001
    24 years ago
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

    Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

    Department Directing

    Job Second Unit Director

    Average Rating
    6.0
    1721 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 17, 2015
    10 years ago
  • Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.9
    1532 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 09, 1993
    33 years ago
  • Baby's Day Out

    Baby's Day Out

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    6.4
    1397 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 01, 1994
    32 years ago
  • Hop

    Hop

    Department Directing

    Job Second Unit Director

    Average Rating
    5.8
    1349 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 30, 2011
    15 years ago
  • Hop

    Hop

    Department Camera

    Job Second Unit Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.8
    1349 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 30, 2011
    15 years ago
  • Are We There Yet?

    Are We There Yet?

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.7
    1022 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 20, 2005
    21 years ago
  • The Benchwarmers

    The Benchwarmers

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.8
    911 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 07, 2006
    20 years ago
  • Snow Dogs

    Snow Dogs

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.6
    759 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 18, 2002
    24 years ago
  • Fired Up!

    Fired Up!

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    6.1
    676 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 20, 2009
    17 years ago
  • Moonwalker

    Moonwalker

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    7.0
    595 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 29, 1988
    37 years ago
  • Balls of Fury

    Balls of Fury

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.3
    573 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 29, 2007
    18 years ago
  • Back to School

    Back to School

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    6.3
    471 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 13, 1986
    40 years ago
  • Frankenweenie

    Frankenweenie

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    6.9
    431 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 14, 1984
    41 years ago
  • The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

    The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    4.3
    385 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 30, 2000
    26 years ago
  • My Favorite Martian

    My Favorite Martian

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.6
    334 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 11, 1999
    27 years ago
  • Infestation

    Infestation

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.8
    223 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 05, 2009
    17 years ago
  • Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

    Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.1
    201 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 04, 2003
    22 years ago
  • One from the Heart

    One from the Heart

    Department Camera

    Job Camera Operator

    Average Rating
    5.9
    196 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 11, 1982
    44 years ago
  • Girls Just Want to Have Fun

    Girls Just Want to Have Fun

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    6.1
    187 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 12, 1985
    41 years ago
  • Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

    Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    6.0
    185 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 28, 2004
    21 years ago
  • Mardi Gras: Spring Break

    Mardi Gras: Spring Break

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.6
    164 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 23, 2011
    14 years ago
  • Night of the Living Deb

    Night of the Living Deb

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.2
    156 votes
    Release Date
    May 30, 2015
    11 years ago
  • The Muse

    The Muse

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.2
    144 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 27, 1999
    26 years ago
  • New Year's Evil

    New Year's Evil

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    4.8
    99 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 26, 1980
    45 years ago
  • The Battle of Shaker Heights

    The Battle of Shaker Heights

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.7
    56 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 22, 2003
    22 years ago
  • The Eighteenth Angel

    The Eighteenth Angel

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    4.9
    32 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1997
    29 years ago
  • True Identity

    True Identity

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.5
    31 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 23, 1991
    35 years ago
  • Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

    Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.3
    27 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 20, 2006
    20 years ago
  • Beautiful Joe

    Beautiful Joe

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.2
    24 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 09, 2000
    26 years ago
  • Roadhouse 66

    Roadhouse 66

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.2
    20 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 31, 1984
    42 years ago
  • The Great Smokey Roadblock

    The Great Smokey Roadblock

    Department Camera

    Job Camera Operator

    Average Rating
    5.6
    14 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 21, 1978
    48 years ago
  • Inside Out

    Inside Out

    Department Camera

    Job Second Unit Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    5.0
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 21, 1987
    39 years ago
  • Foxfire Light

    Foxfire Light

    Department Camera

    Job Director of Photography

    Average Rating
    3.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1982
    44 years ago
  • Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time

    Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    3.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 01, 2003
    23 years ago
  • Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time

    Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time

    Department Crew

    Job Cinematography

    Average Rating
    3.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 01, 2003
    23 years ago
  • Talmage Farlow

    Talmage Farlow

    Department Crew

    Job Cinematography

    Average Rating
    5.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 01, 1981
    45 years ago
  • The Gift of Life

    The Gift of Life

    Department Camera

    Job Camera Operator

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 15, 1982
    44 years ago
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