JAMES GLENNON, ASC (director of photography) grew up on movie sets and follows in the footsteps of his father Bert Glennon, longtime cinematographer for director John Ford.

Glennon began his career as a camera operator, working on some of the most memorable films of the '70s and '80s, including The Conversation, Breaking Away, Coming Home, True Confessions, Ordinary People, Taps, Altered States and Absence of Malice.

His apprenticeship completed, Glennon moved up to director of photography on such motion pictures as El Norte, Smooth Talk, The Flight of the Navigator, One More Saturday Night, A Time of Destiny, A Show of Force and Prisoners.

About Schmidt marks Glennon's third collaboration with director Alexander Payne, having lensed two previous features, Citizen Ruth and Election.

Glennon has also worked extensively in television, having photographed the PBS/American Playhouse special