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Thomas E. Ackerman

Thomas E. Ackerman

Actor, Cinematographer, Camera and Electrical Department

Born September 14, 1948 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

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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).

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Filmography

Actor

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Type

Year

New Year's Evil: Call Me Eeevil - The Making of New Year's Evil Documentary2015Self

Night of the Living Deb Poster

Night of the Living Deb Feature Film2015Governor

Road Trippin': The Making of 'Are We There Yet?' Documentary2005Self - Director of Photography

International Cinematographer's Guild Heritage Series Poster

International Cinematographer's Guild Heritage Series TV Series1991Self

Cinematographer

49

Type

Year

Night of the Living Deb Poster

Night of the Living Deb Feature Film2015

Venom Therapy Poster

Venom Therapy Short Film2015

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Poster

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Feature Film2011

Mardi Gras: Spring Break Poster

Mardi Gras: Spring Break Feature Film2011

Fired Up! Poster

Fired Up! Feature Film2009

Infestation Poster

Infestation Feature Film2009

Superhero Movie Poster

Superhero Movie Feature Film2008

Balls of Fury Poster

Balls of Fury Feature Film2007

Marilyn Reloaded Poster

Marilyn Reloaded Short Film2007

Scary Movie 4 Poster

Scary Movie 4 Feature Film2006

The Benchwarmers Poster

The Benchwarmers Feature Film2006

Are We There Yet? Poster

Are We There Yet? Feature Film2005

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World Poster

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World Feature Film2005

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Poster

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Feature Film2004

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy Poster

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy Video2004

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Poster

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Feature Film2003

The Battle of Shaker Heights Poster

The Battle of Shaker Heights Feature Film2003

CinéMagique Poster

CinéMagique Short Film2002

Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time Poster

Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time Documentary2002

Snow Dogs Poster

Snow Dogs Feature Film2002

Rat Race Poster

Rat Race Feature Film2001

Beautiful Joe Poster

Beautiful Joe Feature Film2000

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle Poster

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle Feature Film2000

My Favorite Martian Poster

My Favorite Martian Feature Film1999

The Muse Poster

The Muse Feature Film1999

George of the Jungle Poster

George of the Jungle Feature Film1997

The Eighteenth Angel Poster

The Eighteenth Angel Feature Film1997

Jumanji Feature Film1995

Baby's Day Out Poster

Baby's Day Out Feature Film1994

Dennis the Menace Poster

Dennis the Menace Feature Film1993

True Identity Poster

True Identity Feature Film1991

Journey to America Documentary1989

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Poster

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Feature Film1989

Beetlejuice Poster

Beetlejuice Feature Film1988

Moonwalker Poster

Moonwalker Feature Film1988

Stevie Nicks: Live at Red Rocks Poster

Stevie Nicks: Live at Red Rocks Documentary1987

Back to School Poster

Back to School Feature Film1986

Girls Just Want to Have Fun Poster

Girls Just Want to Have Fun Feature Film1985

Frankenweenie Poster

Frankenweenie Short Film1984

Kidd Video Poster

Kidd Video TV Series1984

Roadhouse 66 Poster

Roadhouse 66 Feature Film1984

To Save Our Schools, to Save Our Children Documentary1984

Foxfire Light Poster

Foxfire Light Feature Film1983

Talmage Farlow Poster

Talmage Farlow Documentary1981

New Year's Evil Poster

New Year's Evil Feature Film1980

A Place to Be Poster

A Place to Be Documentary1979

Roots: One Year Later Documentary1978

Winners TV Series1977

Jerusalem Lives Documentary1973

Camera and Electrical Department

13

Type

Year

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Poster

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Feature Film2015

Hop Feature Film2011

Furry Vengeance Poster

Furry Vengeance Feature Film2010

Alvin and the Chipmunks Poster

Alvin and the Chipmunks Feature Film2007

Moving Feature Film1988

Inside Out Poster

Inside Out Feature Film1986

The Making of Liberty Poster

The Making of Liberty Documentary1986

The Gift of Life Poster

The Gift of Life TV Movie1982

One from the Heart Poster

One from the Heart Feature Film1981

The Gangster Chronicles Poster

The Gangster Chronicles Mini-Series1981

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow Poster

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow Feature Film1981

The Great Smokey Roadblock Poster

The Great Smokey Roadblock Feature Film1977

Moonchild Poster

Moonchild Feature Film1972

Thanks

5

Sodium Vapor Nights Poster

Sodium Vapor Nights Short Film2018

Echoes of a Note Poster

Echoes of a Note Short Film2016

Gilded Short Film2016

Sons of Egypt Short Film2013

Mike Short Film2009

2nd Unit / Asst Director

4

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Poster

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Feature Film2015

Hop Feature Film2011

Furry Vengeance Poster

Furry Vengeance Feature Film2010

Alvin and the Chipmunks Poster

Alvin and the Chipmunks Feature Film2007

Director

1

Escape to the Wild TV Series2010

Producer

1

Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time Poster

Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time Documentary2002

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