| Genre: | Action Drama |
| Director: | Gary Nelson |
| Starring: | Jeffrey Nordling Noble Willingham Kario Salem Helen Hunt |
| Music: | Paul Chihara |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Producer: | Barry M. Berg David Hume Kennerly |
| Executive Producer: | Gary David Goldberg |
| Location: | Thailand |
| Cinematography: | Gayne Rescher |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Company: | Paramount Television Ubu Productions |
| Network: | NBC |
Shooter is a 1988 American made-for-television action drama film based on the book Shooter by and about Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly, who had been a combat photojournalist during the Vietnam War and later the White House photographer for President Gerald Ford. The film was produced as a pilot which was not picked up as a series by NBC and originally aired on September 11, 1988.[1]
The film followed the adventures in Vietnam of a fictional photo journalist named Matt Thompson, played by Jeffrey Nordling in his debut role.
It was made shortly after Good Morning Vietnam had been a success in theaters, and it borrowed two actors from the Good Morning Vietnam cast, Noble Willingham and Cu Ba Nguyen, as well as having a similar free-spirited protagonist who is constantly clashing with his superiors.
The television pilot was filmed on location in Thailand. David Hume Kennerly served as executive producer and writer. Gary Nelson directed the film.
Shooter won an Emmy for cinematography.