Thomas E. Ackerman

DirectingCinematographerCrewProducerArt Sep 14 (age 77) Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA 1978–2015 (37 year career)

5.7 avg rating

Biography

Cinematographer Thomas Ackerman was born on 14 September, 1948 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and enrolled in the University of Iowa, where he took a cinema course. He was hired by the university to shoot football games and training films for its School of Dentistry. In 1968 he went to work for Oscar-winning filmmaker Charles Guggenheim, who became his mentor. After a stint in the US Air Force he went back to work for Guggenheim in Washington, DC. He moved to Los Angeles in 1973, hooked up with his Air…

Known For

Film

Jumanji

Director of Photography

Film

Beetlejuice

Director of Photography

Film

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Director of Photography

Film

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Director of Photography

Film

Rat Race

Director of Photography

Film

Baby's Day Out

Director of Photography

Film

Scary Movie 4

Director of Photography

Film

Moonwalker

Director of Photography

Filmography

Crew (47)

Movies (47)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

2015

Second Unit Director

6.0

Night of the Living Deb

2015

Director of Photography

5.2

Mardi Gras: Spring Break

2011

Director of Photography

5.6

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

2011

Director of Photography

Hop

Second Unit Director

Hop

Second Unit Director of Photography

5.8

Infestation

2009

Director of Photography

5.8

Fired Up!

2009

Director of Photography

6.1

Superhero Movie

2008

Director of Photography

5.3

Balls of Fury

2007

Director of Photography

5.3

Scary Movie 4

2006

Director of Photography

5.5

The Benchwarmers

2006

Director of Photography

5.8

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

2006

Director of Photography

5.1

Are We There Yet?

2005

Director of Photography

5.7

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004

Director of Photography

6.7

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004

Director of Photography

6.0

Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time

2003

Cinematography

3.0

Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time

2003

Producer

3.0

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

2003

Director of Photography

5.1

The Battle of Shaker Heights

2003

Director of Photography

5.7

Snow Dogs

2002

Director of Photography

5.6

Rat Race

2001

Director of Photography

6.3

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

2000

Director of Photography

4.3

Beautiful Joe

2000

Director of Photography

5.2

My Favorite Martian

1999

Director of Photography

5.6

The Muse

1999

Director of Photography

5.2

George of the Jungle

1997

Director of Photography

5.7

The Eighteenth Angel

1997

Director of Photography

5.0

Jumanji

1995

Director of Photography

7.2

Baby's Day Out

1994

Director of Photography

6.4

Dennis the Menace

1993

Director of Photography

5.9

True Identity

1991

Director of Photography

5.5

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989

Director of Photography

7.2

Beetlejuice

1988

Director of Photography

7.4

Moonwalker

1988

Director of Photography

7.0

Inside Out

1987

Second Unit Director of Photography

5.0

Back to School

1986

Director of Photography

6.3

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

1985

Director of Photography

6.1

Frankenweenie

1984

Director of Photography

6.9

Roadhouse 66

1984

Director of Photography

One from the Heart

Camera Operator

Foxfire Light

Director of Photography

5.7

The Gift of Life

1982

Camera Operator

Talmage Farlow

1981

Cinematography

5.0

New Year's Evil

1980

Director of Photography

4.9

The Great Smokey Roadblock

1978

Camera Operator

5.6

Beetlejuice

Other