Don E. FauntLeRoy

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Don E. FauntLeRoy
Born (1953-05-05) May 5, 1953 (age 70)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Cinematographer, film director
Spouse(s)Susan Ducat
(1976–1985)
(m. 1986)
[1]
Children5

Don E. FauntLeRoy (born May 5, 1953) [2] is an American cinematographer and film director. He has over 70 credits as cinematographer, and more than 50 as a camera operator and second unit assistant. He has collaborated with director Victor Salva on such films as Jeepers Creepers , [3] Jeepers Creepers 2 , [4] Rosewood Lane , [5] and Dark House . [6] He directed the Steven Seagal films Today You Die , Mercenary for Justice , and Urban Justice . He also directed Bering Sea Beast in 2013.

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FauntLeRoy received American Society of Cinematographers Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries for his work in Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (1994). [7]

Directing credits

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