James Glennon

For the United States Navy officer, see James H. Glennon. For the Irish rugby player and politician, see Jim Glennon.

James Glennon ASC (August 29, 1942 – October 19, 2006) was an American cinematographer.

James Glennon
Born	(1942-08-29)August 29, 1942 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	October 19, 2006(2006-10-19) (aged 64) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1970–2006
Spouse	Charmaine Witus (m. 1977)
Children	4
Parent	Bert Glennon (father)

Career

Born in Los Angeles, California, Glennon was the son of cinematographer Bert Glennon. James started off working in the Warner Bros. mail room, and then moved to the camera department, including as director of photography of the American unit for Return of the Jedi.

Beginning in 1970, Glennon worked as a cinematographer on feature motion pictures, Citizen Ruth, Election, About Schmidt and others including El Norte.

In 2005, his work on the HBO television series Deadwood earned him an Emmy Award. Glennon also worked as director of photography on a number of other television movies and program series, such as The West Wing, along with Carnivàle and Big Love for HBO.

Death

Glennon died unexpectedly on October 19, 2006, from complications (a blood clot) during surgery for prostate cancer. He was survived by his four children (by Charmaine Witus): Meghan (an actress), Allison, Andrew, and Juliet. He is buried at the Santa Barbara Cemetery.

Selected filmography

As cinematographer

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1977	Jaws of Death	Richard Martin	Documentary
1981	Prisoners	Peter Werner
1983	El Norte	Gregory Nava
	Return of the Jedi	Richard Marquand	Location Director of Photography
1984	Up the Creek	Robert Butler
1985	Smooth Talk	Joyce Chopra
1986	One More Saturday Night	Dennis Klein
	Flight of the Navigator	Randal Kleiser
1987	Robocop	Paul Verhoeven	Uncredited
1988	A Time of Destiny	Gregory Nava
1990	A Show of Force	Bruno Barreto
1992	Me Myself & I	Pablo Ferro
1996	Citizen Ruth	Alexander Payne
1997	Best Men	Tamra Davis
1999	The Runner	Ron Moler
	Election	Alexander Payne
2000	South of Heaven, West of Hell	Dwight Yoakam
	Playing Mona Lisa	Matthew Huffman
2001	Viva Las Nowhere	Jason Bloom
2002	About Schmidt	Alexander Payne
	Local Boys	Ron Moler
	Life Without Dick	Bix Skahill	Straight-to-DVD
2003	The United States of Leland	Matthew Ryan Hoge
2005	The Big White	Mark Mylod
	Madison	William Bindley
2006	Room 10	Jennifer Aniston Andrea Buchanan	Short Film

External links

• James Glennon at IMDb
• Bert Glennon at IMDb
• Meghan Glennon at IMDb
• 2005 Emmy - Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series
• American Society of Cinematographers ~ ASC official website
• James Glennon Photos