Thomas Del Ruth

Career Overview

Thomas Del Ruth has 74 screen credits in a career dating back to 1967. Their work spans 8 cinematic universes — most prominently Look Who's Talking with 2 titles. Signature works include The Sting, Stand by Me, The Breakfast Club. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Camera

Gender

male

Known Credits

74

Birth Date

1942-05-01

Birth Place

Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

• 

  The Sting
• 

  Stand by Me
• 

  The Breakfast Club
• 

  Flipped
• 

  The Running Man
• 

  The Outlaw Josey Wales

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 8 universes

• Look Who's Talking (2 titles)
• The Mighty Ducks (1 titles)
• The Mighty Ducks Collection (1 titles)
• Code of Vengeance Collection (1 titles)
• Death Wish (1 titles)
• Josey Wales Collection (1 titles)
• The Sting Collection (1 titles)
• Patton Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• John Quade (2 collaborations)
• Paul Newman (1 collaborations)
• Robert Redford (1 collaborations)
• Robert Shaw (1 collaborations)
• Charles Durning (1 collaborations)
• Ray Walston (1 collaborations)
• Eileen Brennan (1 collaborations)
• Harold Gould (1 collaborations)
• John Heffernan (1 collaborations)
• Dana Elcar (1 collaborations)

Credits

• crew (5 credits)

  • It Takes All Kinds: The Making of Motel Hell

    thanks

    crew
    2014
  • My Brother's Keeper

    cinematography

    crew
    1995
  • Who Is Julia?

    cinematography

    crew
    1986
  • Blind Justice

    cinematography

    crew
    1986
  • Best Kept Secrets

    cinematography

    crew
    1984

• camera (68 credits)

  • Flipped

    director of photography

    camera
    2010
  • Code Breakers

    director of photography

    camera
    2005
  • Down Will Come Baby

    director of photography

    camera
    1999
  • Kissing a Fool

    director of photography

    camera
    1998
  • Charmed

    - The Witch Is Back (1998) ... director of photography camera

    - The Truth Is Out There... and It Hurts (1998) ... director of photography camera

    - The Fourth Sister (1998) ... director of photography camera

    - The Wedding from Hell (1998) ... director of photography camera

    - Dream Sorcerer (1998) ... director of photography camera
    1998
  • Leave It to Beaver

    director of photography

    camera
    1997
  • When The Cradle Falls

    director of photography

    camera
    1997
  • Asteroid

    director of photography

    camera
    1997
  • Full Circle

    director of photography

    camera
    1996
  • Chasing the Dragon

    director of photography

    camera
    1996
  • Abandoned and Deceived

    director of photography

    camera
    1995
  • JAG

    - Brig Break (1995) ... director of photography camera

    - Pilot Error (1995) ... director of photography camera

    - Deja Vu (1995) ... director of photography camera

    - Desert Son (1995) ... director of photography camera

    - Shadow (1995) ... director of photography camera
    1995
  • One Christmas

    director of photography

    camera
    1994
  • ER: 24 Hours

    director of photography

    camera
    1994
  • Next Door

    director of photography

    camera
    1994
  • Royce

    director of photography

    camera
    1994
  • Shattered Image

    director of photography

    camera
    1994
  • ER

    - Going Home (1994) ... director of photography camera

    - Day One (1994) ... director of photography camera

    - 24 Hours (1994) ... director of photography camera
    1994
  • Amore!

    director of photography

    camera
    1993
  • House of Secrets

    director of photography

    camera
    1993
  • Donato and Daughter

    director of photography

    camera
    1993
  • Barbarians at the Gate

    director of photography

    camera
    1993
  • T Bone N Weasel

    director of photography

    camera
    1992
  • The Mighty Ducks

    director of photography

    camera
    1992
  • Little Sister

    director of photography

    camera
    1992
  • Kuffs

    director of photography

    camera
    1992
  • Look Who's Talking Too

    director of photography

    camera
    1990
  • Look Who's Talking

    director of photography

    camera
    1989
  • Ladykillers

    director of photography

    camera
    1988
  • Satisfaction

    director of photography

    camera
    1988
  • Cross My Heart

    director of photography

    camera
    1987
  • The Running Man

    director of photography

    camera
    1987
  • Stand by Me

    director of photography

    camera
    1986
  • Quicksilver

    director of photography

    camera
    1986
  • Code of Vengeance

    additional photography

    camera
    1985
  • The Breakfast Club

    director of photography

    camera
    1985
  • Fandango

    director of photography

    camera
    1985
  • Impulse

    director of photography

    camera
    1984
  • Get Crazy

    director of photography

    camera
    1983
  • Intimate Agony

    director of photography

    camera
    1983
  • Who Will Love My Children?

    director of photography

    camera
    1983
  • Hysterical

    additional photography

    camera
    1982
  • In Love with an Older Woman

    director of photography

    camera
    1982
  • Paper Dolls

    director of photography

    camera
    1982
  • Death Wish II

    director of photography

    camera
    1982
  • The Million Dollar Infield

    director of photography

    camera
    1982
  • Help Wanted: Male

    director of photography

    camera
    1982
  • Elvis and the Beauty Queen

    director of photography

    camera
    1981
  • This House Possessed

    director of photography

    camera
    1981
  • Underground Aces

    director of photography

    camera
    1981
  • Mark, I Love You

    director of photography

    camera
    1980
  • Motel Hell

    director of photography

    camera
    1980
  • She's Dressed to Kill

    director of photography

    camera
    1979
  • The Crash of Flight 401

    camera operator

    camera
    1978
  • Rolling Thunder

    camera operator

    camera
    1977
  • The Shootist

    camera operator

    camera
    1976
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales

    camera operator

    camera
    1976
  • The Sting

    first assistant camera

    camera
    1973
  • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

    camera operator

    camera
    1972
  • Fat City

    assistant camera

    camera
    1972
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    assistant camera

    camera
    1970
  • Patton

    assistant camera

    camera
    1970
  • The Happy Ending

    assistant camera

    camera
    1969
  • Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

    assistant camera

    camera
    1969
  • Justine

    assistant camera

    camera
    1969
  • The Boston Strangler

    assistant camera

    camera
    1968
  • Cool Hand Luke

    first assistant camera

    camera
    1967
  • Divorce American Style

    assistant camera

    camera
    1967

• directing (1 credits)

  • JAG

    - Sightings (1996) ... director directing
    1995