American cinematographer

Jacques Adam Haitkin, (born August 29, 1950, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American cinematographer. He is well known as the cinematographer for A Nightmare on Elm Street Series 1 and 2.

He studied at the film school of New York University, and American Film Ins*ute, and graduated in 1975.

He is well-known mainly as a horror film cinematographer, especially Wes Craven and Jack Sholder films.

He also worked as additional or second unit director of photography on The Expendables, X-Men: First Cl*, X-Men: The Last Stand, Furious 7, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Captain America: Civil War, Kong: Skull Island and The Fate of the Furious.

Filmography

• Hot Dogs for Gauguin (1972)
• Hot Tomorrows (1977)
• They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
• The Prize Fighter (1979)
• The Hitter (1979)
• The Private Eyes (1980)
• The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980)
• St. Helens (1981)
• Galaxy of Terror (1981)
• The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
• Last Plane Out (1983)
• The Lost Empire (1983)
• Making the Grade (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
• Quiet Cool (1986)
• The Hidden (1987)
• Cherry 2000 (1987)
• To Die For (1989)
• Cage (1989)
• Shocker (1989)
• The Ambulance (1990)
• Buried Alive (1990)
• Fast Getaway (1991)
• We're Talking Serious Money (1991)
• Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
• Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (1993)
• Relentless 3 (1993)
• The Silence of the Hams (1994)
• Scanner Cop (1994)
• The Force (1994)
• Evolver (1995)
• Fist of the North Star (1995)
• Bloodsport II: The Next *ite (1996)
• Buried Alive II (1997)
• Wishmaster (1997)
• Team Knight Rider (1997–1998) TV series, 14 episodes
• The Last Man on Planet Earth (1999)
• The Base (1999)
• The Apartment Complex (1999)
• The Chaos Factor (2000)
• Blowback (2000)
• Son of the Beach (2000) TV series, 3 episodes
• Faust: Love of the Damned (2000)
• Rocket's Red Glare (2000)
• A Month of Sundays (2001)
• Storm Watch (2002)
• Bad Karma (2002)
• Shut Up and Kiss Me (2004)
• Art Heist (2004)
• 12 Days of Terror (2004)
• The Curse of El Charro (2005)
• The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
• Clean Break (2008) also story

References

External links

• Official Site
• Jacques Haitkin at IMDb
• Jacques Haitkin – cinematographers.nl