Larry Fong

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Larry Fong
Born
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 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

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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
2004 Cape of Good Hope Mark Bamford
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 Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Akiva Schaffer
Secret Headquarters Henry Joost
Ariel Schulman
2024 Damsel Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
TBA Death of a Unicorn Alex ScharfmanPost-production
It Takes Two BenDavid GrabinskiFilming

Short film

YearTitleDirector
2000 Hero Mark Bamford
2019 Battle at Big Rock Colin Trevorrow
2022An Electric StateAnthony Leonardi III

Television

YearTitleDirectorEpisode(s)
1992 Red Shoe Diaries Ted Kotcheff "Accidents Happen"
"Just Like That"
1997 Sleepwalkers David Nutter "Pilot"
2004 Lost J. 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 Catch Jesse Peretz
2006Secrets of a Small Town Adam Davidson
2009Anatomy of Hope J. J. Abrams
Cop House Brett Ratner
2010Cutthroat 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).

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References

  1. Larry Fong – Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers
  2. ASC awards Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
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