John Guleserian

John Guleserian (; ) is an American cinematographer.

Early life Guleserian aspired to be a filmmaker from a young age. He worked as an ice cream truck driver before studying cinematography at college, first as an undergraduate at Columbia College Chicago and then graduate school at the AFI Conservatory. While studying, he spent his spare time "shooting short films for any director that would let me" to gain experience. They later collaborated on Like Crazy, a romantic drama film that premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and won the festival's Grand Jury Prize, an achievement that Guleserian later said "opened up a lot of opportunities" for him. One such opportunity was the 2013 romantic comedy About Time, which was the first big-budget studio film Guleserian worked on; previously, he had only shot independent films with smaller budgets. He shot the 2015 film Equals, a science fiction romance directed by Doremus and starring Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult. He also filmed the 2015 sex comedy The Overnight, a project he became involved in because of his wife, a production designer hired to work on the film, who introduced Guleserian to the director, Patrick Brice.

In December 2014 he was named one of Complex magazine's "Underrated Cinematographers Poised to Make It Big in 2015". He has expressed an interest in working as a visual consultant on animated films.

Filmography

Feature film

Television Year Title Director Notes 2006 Orastories Annie MebaneLindsay Stidham TV short 2007–2009 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Tim HeideckerEric WareheimJonathan Krisel 29 episodes 2015 Transparent Silas HowardJim Frohna Episodes "Bulnerable" and "The Book of Life" 2015–2016 Casual 23 episodes 2017 Friends from College Nicholas StollerAndrew GurlandFrancesca Delbanco All 16 episodes 2020 Homemade Kristen Stewart Episode "Crickets" 2023-2025 Platonic Nicholas StollerFrancesca Delbanco 20 episodes