James Lawson Neihouse was born on April 3,1955 and is an American cinematographer who has been involved with many of the most memorable and successful IMAX 2D and IMAX 3D films to date.
11 Facts About James Neihouse
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James Neihouse graduated from Paris High School in 1973, where he served as the school's yearbook photographer.
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James Neihouse received his bachelor's degree from Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California in 1976.
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James Neihouse went on to work for Marine Photographic Associates, a Santa Barbara, CA based production company that specialized in underwater photography and filmmaking.
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Between 1982 and 1984 James Neihouse worked as a news cameraman at the Santa Barbara, CA ABC affiliate KEYT.
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In 1984 James Neihouse was called to the Kennedy Space Center to help film shuttle launches for Graeme Ferguson's documentary about the US Space Shuttle program The Dream Is Alive.
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James Neihouse became astronaut training manager for the IMAX Space Team in 1988.
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James Neihouse was responsible for training space shuttle crews, and later space station crews, on the use and operation of the IMAX film cameras.
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James Neihouse has trained more than 150 NASA astronauts and 20 Russian cosmonauts on 20 Space Shuttle flights and 6 Space Station Expeditions to film in space aboard the Space Shuttle, the Russian Space Station Mir, and the International Space Station.
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James Neihouse oversees and assists in IMAX hardware integration into the NASA space flight system.
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James Neihouse currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Giant Screen Cinema Association and is on the Executive Committee and the Innovations Committee.