John Mathieson B.S.C. is one of a group of film makers who emerged out of the music video industry of the late 80's and 90's. His peers include cinematographers Tim Maurice Jones (Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and Seamus McGarvey BSC (Atonement) and directors Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and David Fincher (Seven). The inventiveness and visual style of music videos did much to shape the evolution of contemporary feat...
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John Mathieson B.S.C. is one of a group of film makers who emerged out of the music video industry of the late 80's and 90's. His peers include cinematographers Tim Maurice Jones (Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and Seamus McGarvey BSC (Atonement) and directors Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and David Fincher (Seven). The inventiveness and visual style of music videos did much to shape the evolution of contemporary feature films.
Beginning his career in the British film industry as camera assistant to Gabriel Beristáin, Mathieson worked his way through the ranks. In 1988 he garnered recognition for the ground breaking video "Peek-a-Boo" for Siouxsie and the Banshees, directed by Peter Scammel. He collaborated with John Maybury, director of the Sinéad O'Connor video "Nothing Compares 2 U", going on to photograph Maybury's award winning film Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon. Mathieson honed his craft through the 90's shooting numerous...
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