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John Toll is an American cinematographer born in Cleveland, Ohio. A cinematographer (from cinema photographer) is one photographing with a motion picture camera (the art and science of which is known as cinematography). ... Nickname The Forest City Motto Progress and Prosperity Location Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Government Country State County United States Ohio Cuyahoga Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Geographical characteristics Area  - City    - Land    - Water 213. ...


In 1978 he worked on his first film as camera operator, Norma Rae. He won back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Cinematography in 1994 and 1995, for the movies Legends of the Fall and Braveheart. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work on The Thin Red Line in 1998. Norma Rae is a 1979 film which tells the story of a woman from a small town in the Southern United States who becomes involved in the labor union activities at the textile factory where she works. ... The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his work in one particular motion picture. ... Legends of the Fall is a 1994 film directed by Edward Zwick and starring Anthony Hopkins, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas, Aidan Quinn and Brad Pitt. ... Braveheart is an epic American motion picture released in 1995 based on the life of William Wallace, a national hero in Scotland. ... The Thin Red Line is a phrase or title that refers to an outgunned military unit holding firm against attack: The Thin Red Line (1854 battle), the original reference to the resistance by 93rd (Highland) Regiment in the Crimean War The Thin Red Line, 1962 novel by James Jones about...


Filmography (As Cinematographer)

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John Toll (309 words)
John Toll, ASC was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio.
Toll became a member of the camera Guild very early in his career after working as an assistant on a television movie filmed in the Bahamas.
Toll received consecutive Oscars in 1994 and 1995 for his work on those two films.
John S. Toll (490 words)
John S. Toll’s career in higher education has touched six decades, culminating in his presidency of a small liberal arts college that he helped redefine as one of the great small liberal arts colleges in the nation.
Toll, a Princeton-trained physicist, Chancellor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, and former president of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, came to Washington College in 1995 from the physics department at the University of Maryland, where he had been working with graduate students and faculty on research.
Toll’s wife, the former Deborah Ann Taintor, had a career in economics and journalism before becoming involved in higher education as the wife of a university president.
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