John Hora

John Charles Hora (February 16, 1940 – February 9, 2021) was an American cinematographer and actor.

John Hora
Born	John Charles Hora (1940-02-16)February 16, 1940
Died	February 9, 2021(2021-02-09) (aged 80)
Years active	1973–2012

Career

Hora worked with director Joe Dante in numerous films, including The Howling in 1981, Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1983, Gremlins in 1984 and its 1990 sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Explorers in 1985, and Matinee in 1993. He also served as a cinematographer for Michael Jackson's 1988 film Moonwalker and as the pilot for the television series Eerie, Indiana.^[1][2]

As an actor, Hora performed in Dante's film Innerspace (1987).^[3] He later appeared in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992), the sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Hora also worked as the director of photography for Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.^[4]

Later, Hora worked for The Los Angeles Film School and as secretary for the American Society of Cinematographers. In May 2005 he was honored by the magazine American Cinematographer.

Hora died of heart failure on February 9, 2021, at age 80.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director
1973	Maurie	Daniel Mann
1978	The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family	Frank Zuniga
1981	The Howling	Joe Dante
	Liar's Moon	David Fisher
1984	Gremlins	Joe Dante
1985	Explorers
1989	Loverboy	Joan Micklin Silver
1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	Joe Dante
1992	Honey, I Blew Up the Kid	Randal Kleiser
1993	Matinee	Joe Dante
1998	God Said, 'Ha!'	Julia Sweeney

Documentary film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	New Gladiators	Bob Hammer	With Allen Daviau

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1983	It's a Good Life	Joe Dante	Segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie
1988	Smooth Criminal	Colin Chilvers	Segment of Moonwalker
	The Jogger	Robert Resnikoff
2012	In the Picture	David Strohmaier	With Douglas Knapp

Documentary short

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1994	The Journey Inside	Barnaby Jackson
2012	The Last Days of Cinerama	Mike Celestino Robert Garren	With Douglas Knapp

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	ABC Afterschool Specials	Jack Regas	Episode "Pssst! Hammerman's After You!"
1983	Strange Companions	Frank Zuniga	TV movie
1991	Eerie, Indiana	Joe Dante	Episode "Forever Ware"

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role
1987	Innerspace	Ozzie Wexler
1992	Honey, I Blew Up the Kid	Helicopter Observer
2014	Burying the Ex	Grumpy Customer