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Thomas Ackerman
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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1948-09-14
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- school Known for: Camera
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Beetlejuice
1988-03-30
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Scary Movie 4
2006-04-12
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George of the Jungle
1997-07-15
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Baby's Day Out
1994-07-01
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989-11-30
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Are We There Yet?
2005-01-20
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Snow Dogs
2002-01-18
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Superhero Movie
2008-03-28
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004-06-28
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Dennis the Menace
1993-06-24
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Jumanji
1995-12-15
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Balls of Fury
2007-08-29
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Rat Race
2001-08-17
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The Benchwarmers
2006-04-07
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Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004-12-28
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CinéMagique
2002-03-16
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Back to School
1986-06-13
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True Identity
1991-08-23
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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003-09-04
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Mardi Gras: Spring Break
2011-09-23
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Hop
2011-03-30
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Hop
2011-03-30
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015-12-17
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New Year's Evil
1980-12-26
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Inside Out
1987-08-21
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Foxfire Light
1982-01-01
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The Gift of Life
1982-03-15
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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006-01-20
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000-06-30
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The Battle of Shaker Heights
2003-08-22
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Beautiful Joe
2000-06-09
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Infestation
2009-02-05
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One from the Heart
1982-02-11
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Roadhouse 66
1984-08-31
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The Eighteenth Angel
1997-01-01
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The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978-06-21
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985-04-12
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The Muse
1999-01-05
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My Favorite Martian
1999-02-11
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
2011-12-14
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Moonwalker
1988-10-29
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Night of the Living Deb
2015-05-30
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Fired Up!
2009-02-20
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Frankenweenie
1984-12-14
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Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time
2003-03-01
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Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time
2003-03-01
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Talmage Farlow
1981-07-01