James Mathers

James Mathers grew up in the film industry. As a child actor, he performed in feature films alongside such notables as Henry Fonda, Walter Brennen, Buddy Ebsen, and Hayley Mills. He also guest starred in episodes of Bewitched, My Three Sons, The Munsters, and Adam-12. He is the younger brother of Jerry Mathers of Leave It To Beaver fame.

Behind the lens professional work started after he attended film school and a wide variety of staff and freelance assignments led to a specialization in cinematography and the founding of his own business, The Migrant FilmWorkers.

Jim has been the Director of Photography on over thirty-five feature films and Movies of the Week, and partnered in the development of six TV series. In the last few years, he has been developing an expertise in shooting filmstyle digital with a pilot for DreamWorks, directed by Judd Apatow, (Knocked Up, Forty Year Old Virgin), an HD feature for director David Mickey Evans, (The Sandlot, Radio Flyer), as well as three features pioneering the use of the 4K RED One camera, starring such notables as Oscar winner, Olympia Dukakis, Tess Harper, and Haley Joel Osment.

He is the President and Cofounder of the nonprofit educational cooperative, The Digital Cinema Society, a group dedicated to the industry\'s informed integration of new technology, as well as a regular contributor to a number of industry trade journals.

For a resume and demo reel, email James.