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J. Michael Muro is a Actor, Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Sound Assistant and Cinematography American born on 1 january 1966 at New York City (USA)
James Michael Muro (credited as Jimmy Muro or James Muro earlier in his career, and J. Michael Muro since 2005) is an American BAFTA-nominated cinematographer and independent film director. He is known primarily for his Steadicam work. In the late 1980s and 1990s he was James Cameron's Steadicam operator of choice, working on Cameron's hit movies The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies and Titanic.
He also did Steadicam and B-camera operating on Kevin Costner's Academy Award-winning epic Dances with Wolves, contributing to Director of Photography Dean Semler's Oscar win for Best Cinematography. He has also worked on Kevin Costner's Open Range, making his debut as a director of photography.
In 1986, Muro began his career by directing the low-budget cult horror movie Street Trash.
(1997)
(Steadicam Operator)
(1991)
(Steadicam Operator)
(1990)
(Camera Operator)
(1994)
(Steadicam Operator)
(2001)
(Steadicam Operator)
(1999)
(Steadicam Operator)
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Birth name James Michael Muro, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1966 (58 years) at New York City (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1966 (58 years) at New York City (USA)
He also did Steadicam and B-camera operating on Kevin Costner's Academy Award-winning epic Dances with Wolves, contributing to Director of Photography Dean Semler's Oscar win for Best Cinematography. He has also worked on Kevin Costner's Open Range, making his debut as a director of photography.
In 1986, Muro began his career by directing the low-budget cult horror movie Street Trash.
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(1997)(Steadicam Operator)
(1991)(Steadicam Operator)
(1990)(Camera Operator)
(1994)(Steadicam Operator)
(2001)(Steadicam Operator)
(1999)(Steadicam Operator)
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Strange Days (1995)
, 2h25Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Rape in fiction, Films set in the future, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Anticipation
Actors Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Vincent D'Onofrio, Michael Wincott
Roles Nervous POV
Rating71%
In the last two days of 1999, Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone. As a group of criminals rob a Chinese restaurant, the event is recorded by a robber wearing a 'SQUID', or "Superconducting Quantum Interference Device", an illegal electronic device which records events directly from the wearer's cerebral cortex, and when played back through a MiniDisc-like device called a "deck", allow a user to experience the recorder's memories and physical sensations. Lenny Nero is a former LAPD officer turned black marketeer who deals in bootleg SQUID recordings. His main supplier, Tick (Richard Edson), tries to sell the robbery clip to him. Lenny eventually agrees to buy it at a reduced price, having to cut out the last part where the rig records the robber's death by falling; clips that record the wearer's death are known as "blackjack" (snuff) clips, because the experience is described as "jacking into the big black" by Tick.
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Street Trash (1987)
, 1h31Directed by J. Michael Muro
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors R. L. Ryan, James Lorinz, Tony Darrow, Gary Auerbach
Rating59%
The owner of a liquor store in lower Manhattan finds a case of cheap wine ("Tenafly Viper") in his basement. It is more than 60 years old and has gone bad, but he decides to sell it to the local hobos anyway. Unfortunately, anyone who drinks the Viper melts away in a hideous fashion. At the same time, two brothers find different ways to cope with homelessness, while an overzealous cop (Bill Chepil) is trying to get to the bottom of all the deaths, all the while trying to end the tyranny of deranged Vietnam veteran Bronson (Vic Noto).
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Billionaire Boys Club (2018)
, 1h48Directed by James Cox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
Themes Escroquerie
Actors Ansel Elgort, Taron Egerton, Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irvine, Waleed Zuaiter, Cary Elwes
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
En 1983, de jeunes hommes richissimes fondent le Billionaire Boys Club, un club d'investissement créé par le génie de la finance Joe Hunt et le joueur de tennis Dean Karney. Ils dépensaient follement notamment l'argent investi par des investisseurs. Jusqu'au jour où les fonds ont tourné court en 1984, les membres de l'association se sont tournés vers le banditisme ce qui les mena à tuer Ron Levin, un escroc qui leur aurait volé environ 4 millions de dollars.
The Book of Love (2017)
Genres Drama
Actors Maisie Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Jessica Biel, Mary Steenburgen, Paul Reiser, Orlando Jones
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Henry est un architecte introverti. Après le décès de sa femme dans un accident de voiture, il part pour aider Millie, une adolescente sans abri, à construire un radeau pour naviguer à travers l'Atlantique.
The Book of Love (2017)
, 1h47Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Maisie Williams, Jessica Biel, Jason Sudeikis, Mary Steenburgen, Orlando Jones, Paul Reiser
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Henry est un architecte introverti. Après la mort de sa femme dans un accident de voiture, il vise à aider Millie, une adolescente sans-abri, pour construire un radeau pour naviguer à travers l'Atlantique.
Parker (2013)
, 1h58Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Psychologie, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce, Clifton Collins, Jr.
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief, specializing in big robberies, who follows a unique code—he doesn't steal from the poor or hurt innocent people. His mentor Hurley (Nick Nolte) asks him take charge of a job with a crew he doesn't know, consisting of Melander (Michael Chiklis), Carlson (Wendell Pierce), Ross (Clifton Collins Jr.), and Hardwicke (Micah Hauptman). The job, taking the gate money from the Ohio State Fair, is successful, but Hardwicke ignored instructions, resulting in him needlessly killing a man in a fire that was set as a distraction.
What's Your Number? (2011)
, 1h46Directed by Mark Mylod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor, Dave Annable, Joel McHale, Ed Begley Jr.
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Ally Darling (Anna Faris) is a thirty-something woman who is struggling to make better decisions with her life. Her boyfriend Rick (Zachary Quinto) breaks up with her when she asks him to attend her sister Daisy's (Ari Graynor) upcoming wedding, and she then gets laid off from her job. While taking the subway home, Ally comes across a Marie Claire magazine article entitled "What's Your Number?", which says that women who have more than twenty lovers in their lifetime have difficulty finding a husband. After making a list of all the men she slept with, she realizes that her number is nineteen, making her decide not to have sex with anyone else until she finds "the one". She then wakes up after Daisy's bachelorette party and discovers that she hooked up with her ex-boss Roger (Joel McHale). Hoping to miss an awkward confrontation, Ally lets her musician neighbor Colin Shea (Chris Evans) into her apartment so that way Roger will leave. It turns out that Colin was only over to avoid a girl that he slept with, because he doesn't want to give the women he sees any expectations.
, 1h49Directed by Paul Weitz
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Circus films, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia, Ray Stevenson, Patrick Fugit
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57%
Darren Shan and his best friend Steve Leonard visit a traveling freak show. Steve believes a performer, Larten Crepsley, is a vampire. Steve talks to Crepsley after the show and asks to become a vampire. Crepsley initially refuses but is talked into testing Steve's blood, that he spits out telling Steve he has bad blood. Steve furiously swears revenge and leaves. Darren overhears everything because he has been hiding in a cupboard after stealing Crepsley's spider, Madam Octa.
Traitor (2008)
, 1h54Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism
Actors Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Neal McDonough, Jeff Daniels, Saïd Taghmaoui, Simon Reynolds
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
Samir Horn (Don Cheadle) is an Arabic-speaking Sudanese-American and devout Muslim. His Sudanese father was killed by a car bomb when he was a child. As an adult, Horn is first seen operating as an arms dealer. While negotiating a deal with Omar (Saïd Taghmaoui) in Yemen he is arrested and thrown into a Yemeni jail. Later, Samir and Omar become friends and when Omar's people arrange an escape, he takes Samir with them.
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
, 1h31Directed by Brett Ratner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yvan Attal, Noémie Lenoir, Zhang Jingchu
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
L.A.P.D. Detective Carter is directing traffic. Concurrently, Chinese Ambassador Han addresses the importance of fighting the Triads at the World Criminal Court, announcing that he may know the whereabouts of Shy Shen, a semi-mythical individual of great importance to the Chinese mob. Before announcing, an assassin shoots Han in the shoulder, disrupting the conference. Chief Inspector Lee pursues the shooter and corners him, discovering that the assassin is his childhood Japanese friend Kenji. When Lee hesitates to shoot Kenji, he makes his escape when Carter (having heard what's happening over the police radio) arrives and tries to intervene.
The Last Mimzy (2007)
, 1h32Directed by Robert Shaye, Michael Bay
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels, Children's films
Actors Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Chris O'Neil, Rainn Wilson, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Michael Clarke Duncan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Presented as a story by a group of students and their teacher Lena that takes place in the distant future, The Last Mimzy is the story of the attempt by humans in the distant future to avert a catastrophic ecological disaster that has destroyed their world. High tech devices disguised as toys are sent back in time to Noah and Emma Wilder, children living in early 21st century Seattle. The "toys" are incomprehensible to Emma (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) and Noah (Chris O'Neil), except for what appears to be a stuffed rabbit. Sensing the paranormal strangeness of the devices, the children initially keep their discovery secret from their parents.
Flicka (2006)
, 1h35Directed by Michael Mayer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Films about horses, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Armie Hammer, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten, Danny Pino
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Katherine "Katy" McLaughlin (Alison Lohman) has big dreams of administering her father's Wyoming horse ranch one day, but her father, Rob (Tim McGraw), has other plans. He is currently grooming her older brother, Howard (Ryan Kwanten), to take over the ranch and sends Katy away to an exclusive private school where she constantly feels like a misfit. Being a similar, independent spirit to Katy, Rob is having trouble understanding his daughter as she continually defies his authority to follow her own path. When she comes home for the summer, Katy is met with her father's disapproval because she did not finish a writing assignment at school, but is happily greeted by her mother, Nell (Maria Bello), and Howard. As much as Katy wants to run the ranch, Howard does not, and instead longs to attend college. One day while out riding, Katy finds a wild mustang, and feels an instant connection with the horse. She sets off to tame the mare, which she names "Flicka", despite her father's protests that he does not want a mustang near his horses.
Miami Vice (2006)
, 2h12Directed by Michael Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Ciarán Hinds
Roles Second Unit Director of Photography
Rating60%
While working an undercover prostitute sting operation in a nightclub to arrest a pimp named Neptune, Miami-Dade Police detectives James "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs receive a frantic phone call from their former informant Alonzo Stevens (John Hawkes). Stevens reveals that he's leaving town, and, believing his wife Leonetta to be in immediate danger, asks Rico to check on her. Crockett learns that Stevens was working as an informant for the FBI but has been compromised. Crockett and Tubbs quickly contact FBI Special Agent in Charge John Fujima (Ciarán Hinds) and warn him about Stevens' safety. Tracking down Stevens through a vehicle transponder and aerial surveillance, Crockett and Tubbs stop him along I-95. Stevens reveals that a Colombian cartel had become aware that Russian undercovers (now dead) were working with the FBI, and had threatened to murder Leonetta via a C-4 necklace bomb if he didn't confess. Rico, learning of Leonetta's death by telephone call, tells Alonzo that he doesn't have to go home. Hearing this, the grief-stricken Stevens commits suicide by walking in front of an oncoming semi truck.
Crash (2005)
, 1h52Directed by Paul Haggis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about racism, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Gangster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Karina Arroyave, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser
Roles Director of Photography
Rating76%
Today The film begins with commentary by passenger Detective Graham Waters (Don Cheadle) having suffered a car accident with his partner Ria (Jennifer Esposito). He mentions that the denizens of Los Angeles have lost their "sense of touch." Ria and the driver of the other car, Kim Lee, exchange racially charged insults. When Waters exits the car, he arrives at a police investigation crime scene concerning the discovery of "a dead kid."
Roll Bounce (2005)
, 1h52Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Shad Moss, Meagan Good, Wesley Jonathan, Chi McBride, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rick Gonzalez
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Set in 1978 Chicago, Roll Bounce tells the story of a boy named Xavier (Bow Wow) (nicknamed "X") whose mother has passed, leaving him with his father, Curtis (Chi McBride) and his sister, Sonya. After the local roller rink closes down, X and his friends are forced to skate in the ritzy uptown rink "Sweetwater". Tired of being disrespected by the skate rental distributor (Nick Cannon) and other skaters at Sweetwater, the group enters a roller disco contest. Their biggest rivals are the 5-year champion, Sweetness (Wesley Jonathan) and his crew, the Sweetwater Rollers. The film centers on X's training for the competition while trying to work through problems with his father and his pretty childhood friend, Naomi (Meagan Good).