Larry Fong

Larry Fong (born June 19, 1960) is an American cinematographer, better known for his collaboration with Zack Snyder.

Early life

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.

In addition of his merits as a cinematographer, Fong is also an accomplished magician and is a member of the Academy of Magical Arts.[1][2][3]

Career

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.[4][5]

In 2006, Fong worked on his first studio film, 300, directed by Zack Snyder, who he would later work on Watchmen (2009), Sucker Punch (2011) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

In 2011, he was accepted into the American Society of Cinematographers,[6] and in 2012 he was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Notes
2000 Cost of Living Stan 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
2025 Death of a Unicorn Alex Scharfman
TBA Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice † BenDavid Grabinski Filming

Short film

Year Title Director
2000 Hero Mark Bamford
2019 Battle at Big Rock Colin Trevorrow
2023 An Electric State Anthony Leonardi III

Television

Year Title Director Episode(s) Notes
1992 Red Shoe Diaries Ted Kotcheff "Accidents Happen"
"Just Like That"
1997 Sleepwalkers David Nutter "Pilot"
2004 Lost J. J. Abrams "Pilot" Nominated- ASC for Outstanding Cinematography in a Pilot Made for TV
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"

References

  1. ^ Asiaarts.ucla.edu Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Media.theory11.com Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Gallagher, Brian. "EXCLUSIVE: Super 8 Blu-ray Featurette". MovieWeb.
  4. ^ Larry Fong – Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers
  5. ^ ASC awards Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Theasc.com
  7. ^ "Oscars.org". Archived from the original on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2014-04-13.