American cinematographer (1934–2001), best known for Chinatown, who was director of photography on Star Trek Generations, the first film to feature the cast of The Next Generation.
John A. Alonzo was an American cinematographer whose credits included Chinatown, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, Harold and Maude and Scarface.
He photographed Star Trek Generations, released in 1994, for the director David Carson. The film reused the standing sets of the Enterprise-D from the television series, and Alonzo relit them with stronger contrast and shafts of warm light to suit the cinema screen, most noticeably on the bridge and in Ten Forward.
Location work included the Valley of Fire in Nevada, which stood in for Veridian III in the scenes where Picard and Kirk confront Soran, and a sailing ship at sea for the holodeck promotion ceremony.