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Jon Mentzer

  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Jon Mentzer is known for Space Jam (1996), Touch (2012) and The Octagon (1980).
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    Known for

    Michael Jordan and Billy West in Space Jam (1996)
    Space Jam
    6.5
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1996
    Kiefer Sutherland, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and David Mazouz in Touch (2012)
    Touch
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    The Octagon (1980)
    The Octagon
    5.1
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as John Mentzer)
    • 1980
    Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
    True Blood
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • HYPERACTIVE: presented by Fujifilm (2023)
      HYPERACTIVE: presented by Fujifilm
      Video
      • B Camera 2nd AC
      • 2023
    • Rob Lowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, and Boris Kodjoe in Code Black (2015)
      Code Black
      8.0
      TV Series
      • chief lighting technician
      • 2015–2017
    • Augustus Prew in Pure Genius (2016)
      Pure Genius
      7.2
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 2016
    • Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
      True Blood
      7.9
      TV Series
      • set lighting technician
      • gaffer: second unit
      • lamp operator ...
      • 2010–2014
    • Blair Underwood, Kenneth Choi, Spencer Grammer, Brent Sexton, Pablo Schreiber, and Neal Bledsoe in Ironside (2013)
      Ironside
      5.4
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 2013
    • Kiefer Sutherland, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and David Mazouz in Touch (2012)
      Touch
      7.3
      TV Series
      • chief lighting technician
      • 2012–2013
    • Daybreak (2012)
      Daybreak
      6.8
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 2012
    • Enjoying outdoor play at any age, in every neighborhood
      Urban Odyssey
      • additional photography (as John Mentzer)
      • 2011
    • Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James in Terriers (2010)
      Terriers
      8.4
      TV Series
      • chief lighting technician
      • 2010
    • David Caruso, Eva LaRue, Rex Linn, Omar Benson Miller, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, and Jonathan Togo in CSI: Miami (2002)
      CSI: Miami
      6.5
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2008
    • Michael Jordan and Billy West in Space Jam (1996)
      Space Jam
      6.5
      • additional photographer
      • 1996
    • Richard Dreyfuss in Let It Ride (1989)
      Let It Ride
      6.8
      • chief lighting technician
      • 1989
    • Dynasty (1981)
      Dynasty
      6.4
      TV Series
      • gaffer (uncredited)
      • 1981–1986
    • Charlton Heston, Stephanie Beacham, Maxwell Caulfield, Katharine Ross, Tracy Scoggins, Barbara Stanwyck, John James, Emma Samms, and Claire Yarlett in The Colbys (1985)
      The Colbys
      6.1
      TV Series
      • gaffer (uncredited)
      • 1985
    • Hart to Hart (1979)
      Hart to Hart
      6.7
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 1982–1984

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • John Mentzer
    • Other works
      Worked in commercials and music videos as Gaffer under Joe Pytka, Jan de Bont and many others.

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