Thomas E. Ackerman

star 0.6

  • publicWebsite:
    Visit
  • group Other Names:
    Thomas Ackerman

description About

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).

Info

  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1948-09-14
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Camera
  • star Popularity: 0.6
  • info Birth Place Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
  • share Share:
  • visibility Views: 3 views
  • star User Ratings:
    Login to rate

    0.0

    (0 Votes)

image Images

movie_edit Directing

0

Beetlejuice

1988-03-30

0

Scary Movie 4

2006-04-12

0

George of the Jungle

1997-07-15

0

Baby's Day Out

1994-07-01

0

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989-11-30

0

Are We There Yet?

2005-01-20

0

Snow Dogs

2002-01-18

0

Superhero Movie

2008-03-28

0

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004-06-28

0

Dennis the Menace

1993-06-24

0

Jumanji

1995-12-15

0

Balls of Fury

2007-08-29

0

Rat Race

2001-08-17

0

The Benchwarmers

2006-04-07

0

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004-12-28

0

CinéMagique

2002-03-16

0

Back to School

1986-06-13

0

True Identity

1991-08-23

0

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

2003-09-04

0

Mardi Gras: Spring Break

2011-09-23

0

Hop

2011-03-30

0

Hop

2011-03-30

0

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

2015-12-17

0

New Year's Evil

1980-12-26

0

The Great Smokey Roadblock

1978-06-21

0

One from the Heart

1982-02-11

0

Foxfire Light

1982-01-01

0

The Gift of Life

1982-03-15

0

Roadhouse 66

1984-08-31

0

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

1985-04-12

0

Inside Out

1987-08-21

0

The Eighteenth Angel

1997-01-01

0

My Favorite Martian

1999-02-11

0

The Muse

1999-01-05

0

Beautiful Joe

2000-06-09

0

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

2000-06-30

0

The Battle of Shaker Heights

2003-08-22

0

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

2006-01-20

0

Infestation

2009-02-05

0

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

2011-12-14

0

Moonwalker

1988-10-29

0

Night of the Living Deb

2015-05-30

0

Fired Up!

2009-02-20

0

Frankenweenie

1984-12-14

0

Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time

2003-03-01

0

Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time

2003-03-01

0

Talmage Farlow

1981-07-01