John R. Leonetti

John R. Leonetti

1956-07-04 Los Angeles, California, USA 60 Credits

Biography

John Robert Leonetti, ASC (born July 4, 1956) is an American cinematographer and film director. He is known for his collaborative work with director James Wan, with whom he has acted as cinematographer on five films. He is the younger brother of cinematographer Matthew F. Leonetti, who was the cinematographer for John's first feature-length film as director, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

Known For

Filter by:

Complete Filmography

Lullaby

Lullaby

2022

Director

5.3
Directing

A new mother discovers a lullaby in an ancient book and soon regards the song as a blessing. But her world transforms into a nightmare when the lullab...

The Silence

The Silence

2019

Director

6.0
Directing

With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.

Wish Upon

Wish Upon

2017

Director

5.7
Directing

A teenage girl discovers a box with magical powers, but those powers comes with a deadly price.

Wolves at the Door

Wolves at the Door

2016

Director

4.9
Directing

Four friends gather at an elegant home during the Summer of Love, 1969. Unbeknownst to them, deadly visitors are waiting outside. What begins as a sim...

Annabelle

Annabelle

2014

Director

5.8
Directing

A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.

Insidious: Chapter 2

Insidious: Chapter 2

2013

Director of Photography, Co-Producer

6.7
Directing Producing

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

The Conjuring

The Conjuring

2013

Director of Photography

7.5
Directing

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful ...

This Is 40

This Is 40

2012

Second Unit Director of Photography

5.9
Directing

Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their hous...

Soul Surfer

Soul Surfer

2011

Director of Photography

7.0
Directing

The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, thro...

Insidious

Insidious

2011

Director of Photography, Co-Producer

6.9
Directing Producing

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a profes...

Super Hybrid

Super Hybrid

2011

Director of Photography

5.0
Directing

Late one night, a mysterious car is brought into the Chicago police impound garage after a deadly traffic accident. The on-call mechanics soon discove...

Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

2010

Director of Photography

5.4
Directing

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, a...

Ca$h

Ca$h

2010

Director of Photography

5.8
Directing

A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinist...

Death Sentence

Death Sentence

2007

Director of Photography

6.8
Directing

Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by g...

I Know Who Killed Me

I Know Who Killed Me

2007

Director of Photography

4.5
Directing

An idyllic small town is rocked when Aubrey Fleming, a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When sh...

Dead Silence

Dead Silence

2007

Director of Photography

6.5
Directing

Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dum...

The Butterfly Effect 2

The Butterfly Effect 2

2006

Director

4.9
Directing

After his girlfriend, Julie, and two best friends are killed in a tragic auto accident, Nick struggles to cope with his loss and grief. Suffering from...

The Woods

The Woods

2006

Director of Photography

5.7
Directing

In 1965 New England, a troubled girl encounters mysterious happenings in the woods surrounding an isolated girls school that she was sent to by her es...

10th & Wolf

10th & Wolf

2006

Lighting Technician

5.9

A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with ...

The Perfect Man

The Perfect Man

2005

Director of Photography

6.1
Directing

Holly is tired of moving every time her mom Jean breaks up with yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly ...

Fever Pitch

Fever Pitch

2005

Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director

6.2
Directing

When Ben Wrightman, a young teacher, begins dating pretty businesswoman Lindsey Meeks, the two don't seem to have a lot of the same interests, but the...

Return to Edge City

2005

as Self

Acting

A DVD exclusive making-of documentary for Chuck Russell's 1994 action comedy The Mask, consisting of interviews, behind the scenes footage, film clips...

Raise Your Voice

Raise Your Voice

2004

Director of Photography

6.5
Directing

A coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for...

Honey

Honey

2003

Director of Photography

6.4
Directing

Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches...

The Scorpion King

The Scorpion King

2002

Director of Photography

5.6
Directing

In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's...

Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt

2001

Director of Photography

5.6
Directing

Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligere...

Detroit Rock City

Detroit Rock City

1999

Director of Photography

6.7
Directing

In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the four teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal ...

Star Trek: Insurrection

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998

Second Unit Director of Photography

6.4
Directing

When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and th...

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997

Director

4.5
Directing

A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular ser...

Spy Hard

Spy Hard

1996

Director of Photography

5.4
Directing

The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to ob...

Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat

1995

Director of Photography

5.9
Directing

For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tourname...

The Burning Season

The Burning Season

1994

Director of Photography

6.2
Directing

Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their par...

The Mask

The Mask

1994

Director of Photography

7.0
Directing

When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the ...

Against the Wall

Against the Wall

1994

Director of Photography

6.1
Directing

In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.

One Woman's Courage

One Woman's Courage

1994

Director of Photography

1.0
Directing

Because Grace's husband Craig is having an affair she starts drinking. One night Grace witnesses a man attacking a girl; she helps her to the hospital...

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993

Director of Photography

6.6
Directing

Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue ...

Revenge on the Highway

Revenge on the Highway

1992

Director of Photography

3.2
Directing

At his wedding Claude Sams has an argument with his son about his life-style; in anger Paul leaves. Together with a friend he sets out for Vegas to se...

Coopersmith: Sweet Scent of Murder

Coopersmith: Sweet Scent of Murder

1992

Director of Photography

Directing

Prospective series pilot about a maverick, motorcycling insurance investigator who uses unorthodox methods to smoke out the truth behind every claim t...

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

1992

Director of Photography

Directing

Raven is a ninja, a former member of the Black Dragons clan and also a former Special Forces agent, living in Hawaii, helping those in trouble and sea...

Child's Play 3

Child's Play 3

1991

Director of Photography

5.9
Directing

Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, teen Andy Barclay is placed in a military school, and the spirit of Chucky returns to renew hi...

Another 48 Hrs.

Another 48 Hrs.

1990

Camera Operator

6.0

For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the Ice Man. Jack finds a picture ...

Hard to Kill

Hard to Kill

1990

Camera Operator

6.0

Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is s...

An Eight Is Enough Wedding

An Eight Is Enough Wedding

1989

Director of Photography

10.0
Directing

This second made-for-television reunion film finds eldest son David on the brink of marriage to a divorcee. However, some of his sisters would prefer ...

Johnny Handsome

Johnny Handsome

1989

Camera Operator

6.3

A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straig...

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

1988

Camera Operator

6.6

Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from...

Red Heat

Red Heat

1988

Camera Operator

6.2

A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord w...

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

1988

Camera Operator

5.8

After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Ne...

Action Jackson

Action Jackson

1988

"B" Camera Operator, Camera Operator

5.5

Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.

Extreme Prejudice

Extreme Prejudice

1987

First Assistant Camera

6.2

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Jumpin' Jack Flash

1986

Assistant Camera

6.1

Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown s...

Jagged Edge

Jagged Edge

1985

Focus Puller

6.3

After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a crimina...

Commando

Commando

1985

First Assistant Camera

6.7

John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young da...

Weird Science

Weird Science

1985

First Assistant Camera

6.6

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a wo...

Fast Forward

Fast Forward

1985

First Assistant Camera

5.5

Eight young people from Ohio who are dancers, come to New York, to compete in a major talent competition. But when they get there, they learn that the...

Songwriter

Songwriter

1984

First Assistant Camera

5.3

Doc Jenkins may be one of country music's most beloved stars, but his private life is a wreck. He's split up with his longtime partner, Blackie Buck, ...

The Buddy System

The Buddy System

1984

First Assistant Camera

4.7

A school truant officer uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake his residential address and subsequently befriends the kid and his mother.

Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse

Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse

1984

Camera Operator

5.0

A young woman follows clues across America, searching for a missing statuette of a golden horse. Viewers were invited to solve the film's mystery to f...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1982

Assistant Camera

6.8

Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. S...

Poltergeist

Poltergeist

1982

First Assistant Camera

7.2

Upon realizing that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve Freeling calls in a team of parapsychologists to help before it's too late.

One from the Heart

One from the Heart

1981

Assistant Camera

6.0

The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a more interesting partner.