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Matthew Frank Leonetti A.S.C. (born July 31, 1941) is an American cinematographer. [1] [2] [3] Accomplished and highly prolific, [1] [4] he has worked on dozens of well-known and acclaimed films spanning numerous genres, [4] [3] including Poltergeist, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Weird Science, Jagged Edge, Strange Days, and Star Trek: First ...
Matthew F. Leonetti was born on 31 July 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Strange Days (1995), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998).
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Matthew "Matt" Frank Leonetti, Sr., ASC (born 31 July 1941; age 82) is an American cinematographer who was Director of Photography on Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection for director Jonathan Frakes.
Leonetti was unfamiliar with Star Trek before he was hired for First Contact, so watched Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and the other films after. (American Cinematographer, Volume 77, Issues 7-12)
His father, Frank Leonetti, worked as a lighting technician at MGM Studios. His brother, John Robert Leonetti, is a director and cinematographer. Educated at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois and having served in the US Army, Matthew Leonetti has been working in the film industry for nearly four decades. He started out as a camera assistant on the Robert Scheerer-directed drama Adam at Six A.M. (featuring Richard Derr) and as a photographer on TV commercials.
Leonetti's first work as a cinematographer was the 1974 horror film, The Bat People (starring Stewart Moss, Michael Pataki, and Paul Carr), for which Leonetti also served as executive producer. Throughout the remainder of the 1970s, he worked as a cinematographer on a large number of made-for-TV movies and a few feature films, including 1979's Breaking Away, which starred Dennis Christopher and Paul Dooley.
In 1981, Leonetti directed photography on the horror film Poltergeist and the comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High, both of which became box office hits during their release the following year. The first film featured stuntman Allan Graf and music by Jerry Goldsmith, the latter featured four Star Trek: The Next Generation alumni in the cast: Ray Walston, Vincent Schiavelli, Scott Thomson and Hallie Todd. Leonetti's subsequent film credits in the 1980s included The Buddy System (1985, starring Wil Wheaton), Weird Science (1985, featuring Michael Berryman), Jagged Edge (1985, featuring Michael Dorn and Biff Yeager), Commando (1985, featuring Branscombe Richmond and music by James Horner), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Stephen Collins and featuring Michael McKean), and Dragnet (1987, featuring Christopher Plummer, Bruce Gray and Meg Wyllie).
Leonetti was Director of Photography on four films for director Walter Hill: Extreme Prejudice (1987, which featured Clancy Brown and Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr. and music by Jerry Goldsmith), Red Heat (1988, featuring Ed O'Ross, Allan Graf, Michael G. Hagerty, and Joel Kramer, and music by James Horner), Johnny Handsome (1989, with Allan Graf), and Paramount Pictures' Another 48 Hrs. (1990, starring Eddie Murphy and featuring Bernie Casey, David Anthony Marshall, Ed O'Ross, Page Leong, Rex Pierson, Victor Brandt, Allan Graf, Biff Yeager, Benjamin W.S. Lum, Shauna O'Brien and Kevin Tighe in supporting roles, stunts by Patricia Tallman and a musical score by James Horner).
Matthew F. Leonetti was born on July 31, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Strange Days (1995), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and The Butterfly Effect (2004).
Matthew F. Leonetti is known as an Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Additional Director of Photography, Additional Photography, Camera Operator, and Second Unit Director of Photography.
1988 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (additional photographer - as Matthew Leonetti)
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Matthew Frank Leonetti A.S.C. is an American cinematographer. Accomplished and highly prolific, he has worked on dozens of well-known and acclaimed films spanning numerous genres, including Poltergeist, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Weird Science, Jagged Edge, Strange Days, and Star Trek: First Contact.
