John Jopson

He then worked as cinematographer on the Italian Formula One movie Speed Fever (Formula Uno, Febbre della Velocità) in 1978, and in 1984 directed the feature-length film Gasoline featuring Mario Andretti and Gilles Villeneuve based on scenes filmed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

During the 1980s, based in New York City, Jopson directed videos, concert films and documentaries for a diverse group of artists including Icehouse, Willy DeVille, John Waite, Poison, REO Speedwagon, Elton John, and The Angels, and he toured extensively with Hall and Oates as both cinematographer and director.

In 1985, working with cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, John directed the critically acclaimed jazz film One Night with Blue Note.

He wrote, directed, and produced for numerous TV series on paranormal subject matter, including Encounters and Sightings for Fox network and was one of the principal filmmakers behind the controversial Alien Autopsy.

In 2013 Jopson wrote and directed the feature film Terroir based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado".