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Jon Joffin

Cinematographer · Born June 13, 1963 (63) · Johannesburg, South Africa

Jon Joffin (born June 13, 1963) is a South African film and television cinematographer who has worked in both the Canadian and American film and television industries. Born in Johannesburg, he moved with his family to Canada in childhood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Joffin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 13, 1963 (63)
From
Johannesburg, South Africa
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
38 on MovieCove · 57 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 19% in 30 days

What are Jon Joffin's films like?

Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
32%
Bonds
28%
Survival
17%
Morality
9%
Society
7%
Ideas
4%
Power
2%
Family bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 22 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 13 · Serious 6 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 16 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 12 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 11 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 4

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 18 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Hopeful
15
Melancholic
9
Warm
7
Dread
6
Other
18

How their films linger

Hopeful18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet10
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jon Joffin's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jon Joffin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

57 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Spiderwick Chronicles(2024)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows

  • Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • Keep Breathing(2022)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows

  • Invasion(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Julie and the Phantoms(2020)

    Show 9 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Star Trek: Picard(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Good Boys(2019)

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Titans(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Tiny House of Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Cinematographer

  • Love on the Air(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight(2014)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Rush(2014)

    Show 9 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Haunter(2013)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Saige Paints the Sky(2013)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • McKenna Shoots for the Stars(2012)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Ring of Fire(2012)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Daydream Nation(2010)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Best Player(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Good Morning, Killer(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Flirting with Forty(2008)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Another Cinderella Story(2008)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Andromeda Strain(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • We All Scream for Ice Cream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Cinematographer

  • Valerie on the Stairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Cinematographer

  • The V Word (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Cinematographer

  • Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Cinematographer

  • Deer Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Cinematographer

  • The Damned Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Cinematographer

  • Fallen(2006)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Dance of the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Cinematographer

  • It Waits(2005)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Incident On and Off a Mountain Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Cinematographer

  • Elvis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Saving Milly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Cinematographer

  • The Colt(2005)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Karroll's Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Cinematographer

  • DreamKeeper(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Snow Walker(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Lucky 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Cinematographer

  • A Wrinkle in Time(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Snow White: The Fairest of Them All(2001)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Trapped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Cinematographer

  • A Glimpse of Hell(2001)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Sole Survivor(2000)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Mermaid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Cinematographer

  • Aftershock: Earthquake in New York(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Nightworld: Lost Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Cinematographer

  • Riddler's Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Cinematographer

  • I've Been Waiting for You(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • 30 Years to Life(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Five Desperate Hours(1997)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain(1995)

    Additional Camera

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Just One of the Girls(1993)

    First Assistant Camera

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The X-Files(1993)

    Show 3 episodes · Second Unit Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Brain(1988)

    First Assistant Camera

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Julie and the Phantoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 52 titles, 51 of them dated from 1988 to 2023.

Biggest box office

Haunter (2013)

$1.5M worldwide

Highest rated

DreamKeeper (2003)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography49 of 52: 49 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score48thOther crew3 of 52: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s8 · crew2000s26 · crew2010s12 · crew2020s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jon Joffin's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 27; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Midcredits score across 38 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 38 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned3
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · cinematographer

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (2011)

89th percentile spread · 51% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

The X-Files (1993)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 57/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jon Joffin's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 3 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles7–38 · median 26 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jon Joffin work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jon Joffin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mikael Salomon shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers