Larry Fong Explained

Larry Fong
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation:Cinematographer

Larry Fong is an American cinematographer. He has been the director of photography for four Zack Snyder films: 300 (2007), Watchmen (2009), Sucker Punch (2011) and (2016).

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

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2000Cost of LivingStan Schofield
2004Cape of Good HopeMark Bamford
2006300Zack Snyder
2009Watchmen
2011Sucker Punch
Super 8J. J. Abrams
2013Now You See MeLouis LeterrierWith Mitchell Amundsen
2016Zack Snyder
2017Jordan Vogt-Roberts
2018The PredatorShane Black
2021The Tomorrow WarChris McKay
2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersAkiva Schaffer
Secret HeadquartersHenry Joost
Ariel Schulman
2024DamselJuan Carlos Fresnadillo
TBAAlex ScharfmanFilming

Short film

YearTitleDirector
2000HeroMark Bamford
2019Battle at Big RockColin Trevorrow
2022An Electric StateAnthony Leonardi III

Television

YearTitleDirectorEpisode(s)
1992Red Shoe DiariesTed Kotcheff"Accidents Happen"
"Just Like That"
1997SleepwalkersDavid Nutter"Pilot"
2004LostJ. J. Abrams"Pilot"
Jack Bender"Tabula Rasa"
"Walkabout"
Michael Zinberg"House of the Rising Sun"
Tucker Gates"Confidence Man"
Greg Yaitanes"Solitary"
Jack Bender"Whatever the Case May Be"
Greg Yaitanes"Special"

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
2005The CatchJesse Peretz
2006Secrets of a Small TownAdam Davidson
2009Anatomy of HopeJ. J. Abrams
Cop HouseBrett Ratner
2010CutthroatBronwen 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).

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/fong.htm Larry Fong – Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers
  2. http://www.theasc.com/news/awards/awards_history.php#2004 ASC awards
  3. http://www.theasc.com/ Theasc.com
  4. Web site: Oscars.org . 2014-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140414083312/https://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20120629a.html . 2014-04-14 . dead .
  5. http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=84596 Asiaarts.ucla.edu
  6. http://media.theory11.com/2159-The-FONG-Deck Media.theory11.com
  7. Web site: Gallagher. Brian. EXCLUSIVE: Super 8 Blu-ray Featurette. MovieWeb.