Career
Born in New York, Lindley began his career on several television movies such as The Gentleman Bandit and Mr. Griffin and Maine as well as 12 episodes of the television series Nurse. Lindley"s first major cinematography job was on the 1987 horror The Stepfather.
He worked on Field of Dreams with Philosophy Alden Robinson and soon worked on Robinson"s other films Sneakers and The Sum of All Fears.
In 1999, his work on Pleasantville was honoured by three nominations from the Satellite Awards and the Online Film Critics Society.