James Glennon

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

James Glennon
Born	James Glennon (1942-08-29)29 August 1942 Los Angeles, California, United States
Died	19 October 2006(2006-10-19) (aged 64) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1970–2006
Spouse	Charmaine Witus (1977-2006) (until his death)
Children	Meghan Glennon Allison Glennon Juliet Glennon
Parent	Bert Glennon (Father)

James Glennon, ASC (August 29, 1942 – October 19, 2006) was an American cinematographer who started off working in the Warner Bros. mail room, moved to the camera department and later worked as a cinematographer on feature motion pictures including as director of photography of the American unit for Return of the Jedi, Citizen Ruth, Election, About Schmidt and others including El Norte. He was born in Los Angeles, California.

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.

His father was cinematographer Bert Glennon. He had four children: Meghan Glennon (actress), Allison Glennon, Andrew Glennon, and Juliet Glennon.

Selected filmography

As cinematographer

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1977	Jaws of Death		Documentary
1981	Prisoners	Peter Werner
1983	El Norte	Gregory Nava
1984	Up the Creek	Robert Butler
1985	Smooth Talk	Joyce Chopra
1986	One More Saturday Night	Dennis Klein
	Flight of the Navigator	Randal Kleiser
1988	A Time of Destiny	Gregory Nava
1990	A Show of Force	Bruno Barreto
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

Death

He died unexpectedly on October 19, 2006, from a blood clot resulting from surgery for prostate cancer. He is buried at the Santa Barbara Cemetery.

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