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{{Infobox person
| name                      = John R. Leonetti
| image                     = 
| caption                   = 
| birth_name                = John Robert Leonetti
| birth_date                = {{Birth date and age|1956|07|04}}
| birth_place               = [[California]], U.S.
| relatives                 = [[Matthew F. Leonetti]] (brother)
| years_active              = 1981–2013 <small>(cinematography)</small><br>1997–present <small>(director)</small>
| website                   = 
}}

'''John Robert Leonetti''', {{small|[[American Society of Cinematographers|ASC]]}} (born July 4, 1956) is an American cinematographer<ref name="Leydon">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117934280/|title=Variety Reviews - I Know Who Killed Me|last=Leydon|first=Joe|date=27 July 2007|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=6 March 2011}}</ref> and film director.<ref name="Grant1998">{{cite book|last=Grant|first=Edmond|title=The Motion Picture Guide, 1998 Annual: The Films of 1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nE8OAQAAMAAJ|access-date=6 March 2011|date=August 1998|publisher=[[CineBooks]]|isbn=978-0-933997-41-7|page=288|quote=The look of the film is quite spectacular, though, for a relatively low-budget martial-arts fantasy; perhaps this is because John R. Leonetti, cinematographer of the first KOMBAT, here assumed the task of director.}}</ref>

== Career ==
{{Expand section|date=July 2025}}
Leonetti began his career as a teenager working for his family's motion picture equipment business that was started by his father Frank Leonetti, known for his [[Gaffer (filmmaking)|gaffing]] work on films such as ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' and ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=Stephen|title=John Frankenheimer: Interviews, Essays, and Profiles|year=2013|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|location=[[Plymouth]], [[United Kingdom]]|page=247|isbn=9780810890572|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v7CRQxkJZ5YC&q=John+R.+Leonetti+Interview&pg=PA247}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Director===
'''Film'''
*
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
|-
|1997
|''[[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation]]''
|-
|2006
|''[[The Butterfly Effect 2]]''
|-
|2014
|''[[Annabelle (film)|Annabelle]]''
|-
|2016
|''[[Wolves at the Door]]''
|-
|2017
|''[[Wish Upon]]''
|-
|2019
|''[[The Silence (2019 film)|The Silence]]''
|-
|2022
|''Lullaby''
|-
|TBA
|''At the Hop''
|}
*

'''Television'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! Year
! Title
! Episode(s)
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|rowspan=2|''[[Sons of Thunder (TV series)|Sons of Thunder]]''
| "Underground"
|-
| "Thunder by Your Side"
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Providence (American TV series)|Providence]]''
| "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Sleepy Hollow (TV series)|Sleepy Hollow]]''
| "Pittura Infamante"
|}

===Cinematographer===
'''Film'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! Year
! Title 
! Director
! Notes
!{{Abbr|Refs.|References}}
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Child's Play 3]]''
| [[Jack Bender]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Hot Shots! Part Deux]]''
| [[Jim Abrahams]]
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Mask (1994 film)|The Mask]]''
| [[Chuck Russell]]
|
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Mortal Kombat (1995 film)|Mortal Kombat]]''
| [[Paul W. S. Anderson]]
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Spy Hard]]''
| [[Rick Friedberg]]
|
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Detroit Rock City (film)|Detroit Rock City]]''
| [[Adam Rifkin]]
|
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Joe Dirt]]''
| [[Dennie Gordon]]
|
|<ref name=":6" />
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Scorpion King]]''
| Chuck Russell
|
|<ref name=":7" />
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Honey (2003 film)|Honey]]''
| [[Bille Woodruff]]
|
|<ref name=":8" />
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Raise Your Voice]]''
| [[Sean McNamara (filmmaker)|Sean McNamara]]
|
|<ref name=":9" />
|-
| 2005
| ''[[The Perfect Man (2005 film)|The Perfect Man]]''
| [[Mark Rosman]]
|
|<ref name=":10" />
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Woods (2006 film)|The Woods]]''
| [[Lucky McKee]]
|
|<ref name=":11" />
|-
|rowspan=4|2007
| ''[[Dead Silence]]''
| [[James Wan]]
|
|<ref name=":12" />
|-
| ''[[I Know Who Killed Me]]''
| [[Chris Sivertson]]
|
|<ref name="Leydon" />
|-
| ''[[Death Sentence (2007 film)|Death Sentence]]''
| James Wan
|
|<ref name=":13" />
|-
| ''[[Welcome to the Jungle (2007 film)|Welcome to the Jungle]]''
| [[Jonathan Hensleigh]]
| Also editor
|<ref name=":14" />
|-
|rowspan=4|2010
| ''[[Cash (2010 film)|Ca$h]]''
| [[Stephen Milburn Anderson]]
| With [[Robert Primes]]
|<ref name=":15" />
|-
| ''[[Piranha 3D]]''
| [[Alexandre Aja]]
|
|<ref name=":16" />
|-
| ''[[Super Hybrid]]''
| Eric Valette
|
|
|-
| ''[[Insidious (film)|Insidious]]''
| James Wan
| With David M. Brewer
|<ref name=":17" />
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Soul Surfer (film)|Soul Surfer]]''
| Sean McNamara
|
|<ref name=":18" />
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[The Conjuring]]''
|rowspan=2|James Wan
|
|<ref name=":19" />
|-
| ''[[Insidious: Chapter 2]]''
|
|<ref name=":20" />
|-
|}
<!---
'''Television'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! Year
! Title 
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1989-1993
| ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
| [[Walter Hill]]<br>[[Chris Walas]]<br>[[Richard Alan Greenberg]]<br>[[Tom Hanks]]<br>[[Gilbert Adler]]<br>[[Peter Medak]]<br>[[John Frankenheimer]]<br>[[Kevin Yagher]]<br>[[Kyle MacLachlan]]<br>[[Elliot Silverstein]]
| 12 episodes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Raven (American TV series)|Raven]]''
| [[Craig R. Baxley]]
| Episode "Return of the Black Dragon"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Kindred: The Embraced]]''
| Peter Medak
| Episode "Pilot"
|-
| 2000
| ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]''
| Tony Wharmby<br>[[Terrence O'Hara]]<br>Arthur W. Forney<br>Hugo Cortina
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2000-2001
| ''[[Providence (American TV series)|Providence]]''
| [[Rick Rosenthal]]<br>[[Randy Zisk|Randall Zisk]]<br>[[Michael Fresco]]<br>[[Ian Toynton]]<br>Tony Wharmby<br>[[Greg Beeman]]<br>[[Duane Clark]]<br>Monica Wyatt
| 16 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The River (American TV series)|The River]]''
| [[Jaume Collet-Serra]]<br>[[Michael Katleman]]<br>[[Dean White (director)|Dean White]]<br>[[Rob Bailey (director)|Rob Bailey]]<br>[[Michelle MacLaren]]<br>[[Kenneth Fink]]
| 7 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[Zero Hour (2013 TV series)|Zero Hour]]''
| [[Stephen Williams (director)|Stephen Williams]]<br>[[Mario Van Peebles]]<br>[[Jim McKay (director)|Jim McKay]]
| 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Sleepy Hollow (TV series)|Sleepy Hollow]]''
| Paul Edwards<br>[[Ken Olin]]<br>[[Liz Friedlander]]
| 3 episodes
|}
--->
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0502954}}

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[[Category:Film directors from California]]
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