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Jon Cassar Biography (1958-)

Full name, Jon Francis Cassar; born April 27, 1958, in Malta; immigrated to Canada, 1963; son of Frank and Elda (maiden name, Segona) Cassar; married Kristina Francis Kinderman; children: Alexis, Zak.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, cinematographer, camera operator, steadicam operator

Birth Details

April 27, 1958

Malta

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Director
• The Ultimate Weapon, New City Releasing, 1997
• Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534, Carlton America, 2001
• Cinematographer
• The Cutting Edge, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1992
• Steadicam Operator
• The Dream Team, Universal, 1989
• The Last Winter, 1989
• Millennium, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
• Murder Blues (also known as Dead Certain), Hemdale Home Video, 1990
• Clearcut, 1991
• Sam & Me, 1991
• Hurt Penguins, Lightshow Communications, 1992
• (As John Cassar) Movements du desir (also known as Desire in Motion), Alliance Vivafilm, 1994
• Camera Operator
• Winterlude 1986 (documentary), c. 1986
• Termini Station, Northern Arts Entertainment, 1989
• Clearcut, 1991
• Popcorn, Studio Three Film Corporation, 1991
• The Cutting Edge, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1992
• PCU (also known as PCU Pit Party), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
• Trapped in Paradise, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
• Camera operator for the short films Goodbye Heart, Kids, and Three Rogers. Camera operator for the documentaries Airport Security, Energy Management Comes Home, Export with Care, Four Equity, The Queen's Printer, and Street Kids.
• Television Work
• Camera Operator; Series
• Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show, CBC and TVO, 1984-88
• Camera operator for the series Nations Business and Rights andFreedoms, both CBC.
• Director; Movies
• Assault on Devil's Island (also known as Shadow Warriors),TNT, 1997
• CHiPs '99, TNT, 1998
• Shadow Warriors II: Hunt for the Death Merchant (also known as Assault on Death Mountain), TNT, 1998
• Danger beneath the Sea, 2001
• Camera Operator; Movies
• Quiet Killer (also known as Black Death), CBS and CTV, 1992
• Ghost Mom (also known as Bury Me in Niagara), Fox, 1993
• Camera Operator; Specials
• Camera operator for Gemini Awards, CTV; and New Year's Eve Special, CBC.
• Steadicam Operator; Specials
• Steadicam operator for the 1988 Winter Olympics for ABC and Canadian television.
• Director; Episodic
• Pointman (five episodes), syndicated, 1995
• "Body Language," Due South (also known as Direction: Sud and Tandem de choc), CBS and CTV, 1996
• "Curse of the Mirrored Box," Baywatch Nights (also known as Detectives on the Beach), syndicated, 1996
• "The Rig," Baywatch Nights (also known as Detectives on the Beach), syndicated, 1996
• "Ascension," Baywatch Nights (also known as Detectives on the Beach), syndicated, 1997
• "The Eighth Seal," Baywatch Nights (also known as Detectives onthe Beach), syndicated, 1997
• "Love," La Femme Nikita, USA Network, 1997
• "Nikita," La Femme Nikita, USA Network, 1997
• "Inheritance," Profiler, NBC, 1999
• "Reunion: Part 2," Profiler, NBC, 1999
• "Death to the Queen," Queen of Swords (also known as Reina de espadas), syndicated, 2000
• "GeoCore," Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, syndicated, 2000
• Code Name: Eternity (also known as Code: Eternity), syndicated, 2000
• "I Scream the Body Electric," Mutant X, syndicated and Global TV,2001
• Also directed episodes of Amazon (also known as Peter Benchley's Amazon), syndicated; Forever Knight, CBS and syndicated; Jakeand the Kid; Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated; NancyDrew (also known as Alice et les Hardy Boys), syndicated; and Sheena, syndicated.
• RECORDINGS
• Music Video Work
• Worked as a camera operator for music videos for David Gibson, the Downchild Blues Band, Eight Seconds, Kyana, the Peter Stewart Band, The Republic, Screaming Bamboo, Sherry Keen, 39 Steps, and Zoo Train.