Larry Fong is an American cinematographer born in Los Angeles, California.
He is best known for being the director of photography for Zack Snyder's films, including 300, Watchmen, Sucker Punch and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Cost of Living | Stan Schofield | |
| Hero | Mark Bamford | ||
| 2004 | Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 2006 | 300 | Zack Snyder | First collaboration with Zack Snyder |
| 2009 | Watchmen | ||
| 2011 | Sucker Punch | ||
| Super 8 | J. J. Abrams | ||
| 2013 | Now You See Me | Louis Leterrier | Co-shot with Mitchell Amundsen |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Zack Snyder | |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | |
| 2018 | The Predator[8] | Shane Black | |
| 2020 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Tim Hill | Post-production |
| 2020 | The Tomorrow War | Chris McKay | Filming |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Episode(s) | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Red Shoe Diaries | "Accidents Happen"; "Just Like That" |
Ted Kotcheff |
| 1997 | Sleepwalkers | "Pilot" | David Nutter |
| 2004 | Lost | "Pilot"; "Special"; "Whatever the Case May Be"; "Solitary"; "Confidence Man"; "House of the Rising Sun"; "Walkabout"; "Tabula Rasa" |
J. J. Abrams; Greg Yaitanes; Jack Bender; Tucker Gates; Michael Zinberg |
| 2005 | The Catch | "Pilot" | Jesse Peretz |
| 2006 | Secrets of a Small Town | "Pilot" | Adam Davidson |
| 2009 | Anatomy of Hope | "Pilot" | J. J. Abrams |
| Cop House | "Pilot" | Brett Ratner | |
| 2010 | The Shield | "Cut Throat" | Bronwen Hughes |
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 Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ↑ Theasc.com
- ↑ "Oscars.org". https://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20120629a.html.
- ↑ Asiaarts.ucla.edu Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ↑ Media.theory11.com Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ↑ Gallagher, Brian. "EXCLUSIVE: Super 8 Blu-ray Featurette". MovieWeb. http://www.movieweb.com/news/exclusive-super-8-blu-ray-featurette.
- ↑ Sciretta, Peter. "Larry Fong to Shoot Shane Black’s ‘The Predator’". Slashfilm. http://www.slashfilm.com/larry-fong-the-predator/. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
External links[]
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