Ericson Core

Ericson Core
Born	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Occupation(s)	Film director, cinematographer
Years active	1994–present

Ericson Core is an American film director and cinematographer, best known for directing the 2006 sports film Invincible and the 2015 film Point Break . He has been director of photography on several films including Payback , The Fast and the Furious , and Daredevil .

Early life and education

Core attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, at age 16, and he then attended USC School of Cinematic Arts ^{[ when? ]} in Los Angeles to get a B.A. degree in film production and directing studies. ^{[1] [2]} He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing and cinematography, also from the Art Center College of Design^{[ when? ]}. ^[1]

Career

Core started his career as a music video director and then as a cinematographer for films like Payback , The Fast and the Furious , and Daredevil . ^{[1] [3]}

He made his directorial debut with a true-story based sports film Invincible , on which he also remained the director of photography. ^[3] The film, starring Mark Wahlberg, released on August 25, 2006 by Walt Disney Pictures. ^[4]

In 2015, Core directed the action-thriller film Point Break , a remake of the 1991 film of the same name, based on a script by Kurt Wimmer. ^{[3] [5]} The film starred Édgar Ramírez and Luke Bracey, and it released in the United States on December 25, 2015 by Warner Bros. Pictures. ^[6]

Filmography

Film

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Note
1995	The Show	Brian Robbins	Shared credit with Dasal Banks, Stephen Consentino, John L. Demps Jr., Michael Negrin and John Simmons

Feature film

Year	Title	Director
1996	Exit in Red	Yurek Bogayevicz
1997	One Eight Seven	Kevin Reynolds
1999	Payback	Brian Helgeland
	Mumford	Lawrence Kasdan
2000	Dancing at the Blue Iguana	Michael Radford
2001	The Fast and the Furious	Rob Cohen
2003	Daredevil	Mark Steven Johnson
2006	Invincible	Himself
2015	Point Break
2019	Togo
2024	Hounds of War	Isaac Florentine

Television

Year	Title	Director	DoP	Notes
1996	EZ Streets	No	Yes	Episode "Pilot"
1997	Gun	No	Yes
2000-2001	Family Law	Yes	No	3 episodes
2016	Of Kings and Prophets	Yes	No	Episode "No King Is Saved"
2017	Still Star-Crossed	Yes	No	2 episodes
2017-2021	MacGyver	Yes	No	4 episodes

TV movies

Year	Title	Director	DoP
1997	Before Women Had Wings	No	Yes
2008	The Courier/2.0	Yes	Yes

References

1. "DP Ericson Core Joins Plum For Commercials". SHOOTonline.com. September 5, 2003. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
2. "USC Cinematic Arts - Hot Sheet November - December 2015". cinema.usc.edu. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
3. Topel, Fred (February 5, 2016). "Ericson Core interview: Point Break, the importance of a DP". Den of Geek. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
4. "Invincible (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
5. Lee, Maggie (December 3, 2015). "Film Review: 'Point Break'". Variety. Archived from the original on August 21, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
6. "Point Break (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.

External links

• Ericson Core at IMDb