Press

Features, brand films and coverage of the movies John has shot.

Featured
Blackmagic Design · Press release · Oct 2025

Dead Girl Summer, shot on URSA Cine 12K LF

“When the URSA Cine 12K was released, it immediately became my new main camera.” — John Sweeney, Director of Photography

Blackmagic Design featured John’s work on the feature, with John talking lenses, lighting and shooting open gate. Also covered by Creative COW and Panorama Audiovisual.

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Brand Films
Chris Burkard crossing a dune ridge at Great Sand Dunes, from Pelican's The Detour
Pelican · 2026 · Director of Photography

The Detour

Pelican’s first major TV campaign, starring adventure photographer Chris Burkard and filmed at Great Sand Dunes National Park.

As featured in Fstoppers
Watch on Pelican →
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr training, from the LMNT film
LMNT · Athlete series

Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr

The six-time CrossFit Games champion, back in training after becoming a mom, with a companion film on her coach and husband Shane Orr.

Plus profiles of athletes from right here in Bozeman:

Matt Lloyd · Ice climber Caroline Wockner · Firefighter Tez Steinberg · Ocean rower
Films in the Press

I Got a Monster

Documentary · 2023 · Greenwich Entertainment
Baltimore MagazineMovie Review: I Got a Monster“Some wonderful drone footage of Baltimore.” → DeadlineCorrupt Police Doc ‘I Got A Monster’ Acquired By Greenwich Ent. →

Murder in Nashville

Feature · 2025 · Shot in Nashville
SportskeedaCast & crew rundown“…cinematography by John Sweeney.” →

Trapped in the Rocky Mountains

Feature · 2024 · Shot in Bozeman, MT
Piece of Work PodcastSaying Yes To Everything, with Dan Hwang and Gina SuThe cast on making the film in Montana. → The CinemaholicFilming locations: Bozeman, Montana →

Full list of credits

John Sweeney on IMDb →