James Glennon

Who was James Glennon?

James Glennon, ASC was an American cinematographer who started off working in the Warner Bros. mail room, moved to the camera department and later worked as a cinematographer on feature motion pictures including as Director of Photography of the American unit for Return of the Jedi, Citizen Ruth, Election, About Schmidt and others including El Norte. He was born in Los Angeles, California.

In 2005 his work on the HBO television series Deadwood earned him an Emmy Award. Glennon also worked as Director of Photography on a number of other television movies and program series, such as The West Wing, along with Carnivàle and Big Love for HBO.

His father was cinematographer Bert Glennon. He had four children: Meghan Glennon, Allison Glennon, Andrew Glennon, and Juliet Glennon.