John Bradley Rushing is an American cinematographer. Born and raised in

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, Rushing is based in

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. The cinematographer of numerous

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, and

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s, his extensive roster of work includes the film ''

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''. Rushing won an

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for

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's "

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" in 2002 and a

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Award for Best Music Video

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for

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's "Always On My Mind" in 2005. Rushing was the cinematographer of multiple iconic and award-winning music videos, including ''

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'' by

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and '' Without Me'' by

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. More recently, he was the cinematographer for

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's "

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" (featuring

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), and

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and

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". As a prolific director of photography, Rushing has also shot videos for artists including

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, and

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. Rushing was the director of photography for the

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original 2020 feature film '' A California Christmas'' and its 2021 sequel '' A California Christmas: City Lights'', both of which hit #1 status in the United States and worldwide. Released just two weeks before the end of the year, the former finished 2020 as Netflix's 13th most popular film of the year. Rushing was also the director of photography for two hit

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s in 2022: Netflix's ''That's Amor'' and

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' film ''Holiday Harmony'', the former of which hit #2 for American and worldwide streaming on Netflix, and the latter of which hit #1 on

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Early life

John Bradley Rushing was born and raised in

. Accepted into

Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Kinder HSPVA, HSPVA or PVA) is a secondary school located at 790 Austin Street in the downtown district of Houston, Texas. The school is a part of the Houston Independent School District. ...

, Rushing studied fine arts and became interested in filmmaking. Rushing majored in fine art, with a minor in film, at the

University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the List of universities in Texas by enrollment, university in Texas ...

. In his junior year at the University of Houston, Rushing left to accept a job in the film industry.

Career

Rushing's commercial and promo work includes the season two promo for ''

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'', featuring a tiger-striped

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, and the TBS promo for '' Earth to America'', starring

Jack Black Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his acting roles in the films '' High Fidelity'' (2000), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), ''Orange County'' (2002), '' School of Rock'' (2003), ''E ...

. Other commercial clients include

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, Pop Tarts, Glad,

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, Blue Diamond Almonds, and Aguila Beer (for "100 Years"). Rushing was the second unit cinematographer for the

feature film ''

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'', shooting much of the hit film's

visual effects Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production. The integration of live-action footage and other live-action foota ...

and stunt work.

Personal life

Rushing holds

dual citizenship Multiple/dual citizenship (or multiple/dual nationality) is a legal status in which a person is concurrently regarded as a national or citizen of more than one country under the laws of those countries. Conceptually, citizenship is focused on ...

for the

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and

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. He is a

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. Rushing is a member of the

, the

Visual Effects Society The Visual Effects Society (VES) is an entertainment industry organization representing visual effects practitioners including artists, animators, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and pr ...

and the Digital Cinema Society.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Film Courage: Artists Don't Have To Believe In Themselves To Have Success - Brad Rushing
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