Jim Mathers

James Mathers (born May 5, 1955) is an American cinematographer and director of photography. He is the younger brother of former child television star Jerry Mathers of Leave It to Beaver fame.

Clockwise from top: Robert Sterling, George Chandler, Jimmy Mathers, and Christine White in TV's Ichabod and Me (1961)

Biography

Mathers was born in Los Angeles, California, and appeared under the name "Jimmy Mathers" in several TV and film productions between 1961 and 1968. His most memorable performance was in an episode of the TV comedy series Bewitched in 1964, when he played the role of an introverted boy who is afraid to play on the baseball team because of his overprotective mother.

Mathers attended film school and held a variety of staff and freelance assignments in film production. He then specialized in cinematography and founded two film production companies, The Migrant FilmWorkers and Jim Mathers Film Company.[1]

Mathers has been the director of photography on over 30 feature and made-for-TV films and has been associated with six TV series from inception through the show's first season. He is the president and co-founder of the nonprofit educational cooperative "The Digital Cinema Society," a group dedicated to the industry's informed integration of new technology.[2]

Career
Mathers as Benjie Major with Christine White in the Ichabod and Me episode, "Benjie's Spots".
  • The Darkness .... Edward "Eddie" Shrote / ... (Video game, 2007)
  • Adam-12 .... (2 episodes, 1968)
  • Log 61: The Runaway .... Rick
  • Log 161: And You Want Me to Get Married? ... Jimmy D'Angelo
  • The State vs. Chip Douglas
  • O.K. Crackerby! .... Eddie Malone (1 episode, 1965)
  • The Griffin Story
  • Bats of a Feather
  • Bewitched .... Marshall Burns (1 episode, 1964)
  • "Little Pitchers Have Big Fears"
  • "The Michael McGoo Story"
  • Benjie's Pageant (1962)
  • Benjie's Indian (1962)
  • The Phipps Papers (1962)
  • Teenage Journalist (1961)
  • Benjie's Spots (1961)

References
  1. The Migrant FilmWorkers Official Website
  2. The Digital Cinema Society
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