Larry Fong
Larry Fong | |
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| Born | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
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Larry Fong is an American cinematographer born in Los Angeles, California.
He has been the director of photography for four Zack Snyder films.
Early life and career[]
Fong showed interest and talent in art at a young age. His experience in photography and film was self-taught, beginning in junior high with short films shot on Super 8, cel animation, and stop motion projects. He graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Linguistics and Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, specializing in film and photography.
He began his professional career filming music videos, and garnered enough attention to result in him filming two independent films and various TV pilots, commercials, and shorts.
In 2004, he was hired to film the Lost pilot, for which he was nominated for an ASC Award.[1][2]
2006 saw the release of his first studio film, 300, directed by Zack Snyder.
In 2011, he was accepted into the American Society of Cinematographers,[3] and in 2012 he was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[4]
Fong is also an accomplished magician and is a member of the Academy of Magical Arts.[5][6][7]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 2000 | Cost of Living | Stan Schofield | |
| Hero | Mark Bamford | ||
| 2004 | Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 2006 | 300 | Zack Snyder | |
| 2009 | Watchmen | ||
| 2011 | Sucker Punch | ||
| Super 8 | J. J. Abrams | ||
| 2013 | Now You See Me | Louis Leterrier | With Mitchell Amundsen |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Zack Snyder | |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | |
| 2018 | The Predator | Shane Black | |
| 2021 | The Tomorrow War | Chris McKay | |
| 2022 | Secret Headquarters | Henry Joost Ariel Schulman |
Filming |
| Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Akiva Schaffer |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Episode(s) |
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| 1992 | Red Shoe Diaries | Ted Kotcheff | "Accidents Happen"; "Just Like That" |
| 1997 | Sleepwalkers | David Nutter | "Pilot" |
| 2004 | Lost | J. J. Abrams; Greg Yaitanes; Jack Bender; Tucker Gates; Michael Zinberg |
"Pilot"; "Special"; "Whatever the Case May Be"; "Solitary"; "Confidence Man"; "House of the Rising Sun"; "Walkabout"; "Tabula Rasa" |
| 2005 | The Catch | Jesse Peretz | "Pilot" |
| 2006 | Secrets of a Small Town | Adam Davidson | "Pilot" |
| 2009 | Anatomy of Hope | J. J. Abrams | "Pilot" |
| Cop House | Brett Ratner | "Pilot" | |
| 2010 | The Shield | Bronwen Hughes | "Cut Throat" |
Awards[]
In 2005, he was nominated for an ASC Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series/Pilot for Broadcast TV" for the pilot episode of Lost (2004).
References[]
- ^ Larry Fong – Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers
- ^ ASC awards Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Theasc.com
- ^ "Oscars.org". Archived from the original on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
- ^ Asiaarts.ucla.edu Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Media.theory11.com Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Gallagher, Brian. "EXCLUSIVE: Super 8 Blu-ray Featurette". MovieWeb.
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