Glen MacPherson, CSC/ASC (born October 29, 1957) is a Canadian cinematographer based in Los Angeles. MacPherson's cinematography career dates to the mid-1980s. MacPherson is fluent in English and French.
MacPherson started work as a focus puller for the 1981 movie Gas. In 1983 MacPherson made his debut as a cinematographer with the movie A 20th Century Chocolate Cake, directed by Lois Siegel. For the remainder of the 1980s, MacPherson held down a variety of jobs, including camera assistant, camera operator and a director of photography.
He received a Genie Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 19th Genie Awards in 1999 for his work on the film Regeneration.[1] He received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series at the 12th Gemini Awards in 1998 for Captains Courageous,[2] and won the award at the 25th Gemini Awards in 2010 for Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story.[3]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Snake Eater | George Erschbamer |
| Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster | ||
| 1993 | Cadillac Girls | Nicholas Kendall |
| 1995 | First Degree | Jeff Woolnough |
| 1997 | Regeneration | Gillies MacKinnon |
| 1998 | Wrongfully Accused | Pat Proft |
| The Real Howard Spitz | Vadim Jean | |
| 2000 | Romeo Must Die | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
| 2001 | Camouflage | James Keach |
| Exit Wounds | Andrzej Bartkowiak | |
| 2002 | All About the Benjamins | Kevin Bray |
| Friday After Next | Marcus Raboy | |
| 2004 | My Baby's Daddy | Cheryl Dunye |
| Walking Tall | Kevin Bray | |
| 2005 | Rebound | Steve Carr |
| 2006 | 16 Blocks | Richard Donner |
| 2007 | Trick 'r Treat | Michael Dougherty |
| 2008 | One Missed Call | Eric Valette |
| Rambo | Sylvester Stallone | |
| 2009 | The Final Destination | David R. Ellis |
| 2010 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | Paul W. S. Anderson |
| 2011 | The Three Musketeers | |
| 2012 | Resident Evil: Retribution | |
| 2014 | Pompeii | |
| 2015 | Momentum | Stephen Campanelli |
| 2016 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Paul W. S. Anderson |
| 2020 | Monster Hunter | |
| 2025 | In the Lost Lands |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | A 20th Century Chocolate Cake | Lois Siegel |
| 2011 | Glee: The 3D Concert Movie | Kevin Tancharoen |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Hitchhiker | Eric Till | Episode "Coach" |
| 1989-1991 | CBC's Magic Hour | Paul Shapiro Brad Turner |
Episodes "Rookies" and "The Prom" |
| 1991 | Conspiracy of Silence | Francis Mankiewicz | Part 1 |
| 1995 | Sliders | Andy Tennant | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2001 | The Division | Robert Butler | Episode "The Pilot" |
| 2010 | Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story | Jeff Woolnough | Miniseries |
| 2022 | Thai Cave Rescue | Kevin Tancharoen Nattawut Poonpiriya |
5 episodes |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Betrayal of Silence | Jeff Woolnough |
| 1989 | The Rookies | Paul Shapiro |
| 1990 | Clarence | Eric Till |
| 1991 | Deadly Surveillance | Paul Ziller |
| Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story | Graeme Campbell | |
| 1992 | Miles from Nowhere | Buzz Kulik |
| Wojeck: Out of the Fire | George Bloomfield | |
| 1993 | The Amy Fisher Story | Andy Tennant |
| Miracle on Interstate 880 | Robert Iscove | |
| The Sea Wolf | Michael Anderson | |
| The Substitute | Martin Donovan | |
| Dying to Remember | Arthur Allan Seidelman | |
| 1994 | For the Love of Aaron | John Kent Harrison |
| Voices from Within | Eric Till | |
| 1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Jeff Bleckner |
| Johnny's Girl | John Kent Harrison | |
| Bye Bye Birdie | Gene Saks | |
| Shock Treatment | Michael Schultz | |
| 1996 | Captains Courageous | Michael Anderson |
| Doctor Who | Geoffrey Sax | |
| Calm at Sunset | Daniel Petrie | |
| Toe Tags | Daniel Petrie Jr. | |
| 1998 | Max Q | Michael Shapiro |
| 2004 | Alaska | Kim Manners |
| Silver Lake | Kevin Bray |
References
edit- ^ John McKay, "Two films lead Genie pack with 12 nominations each". Canadian Press, December 7, 1998.
- ^ John McKay, "CBC's 5th Estate leads the pack for 1997 [Gemini Awards]". Canadian Press, January 13, 1998.
- ^ "Don Cherry movie wins Gemini". Winnipeg Free Press, November 4, 2010.