RON GARCÍA   ASC

 

Born: ?, as Ronald Victor García.

Education: Woodrow Wilson High School, El Sereno, Los Angeles, Calif.; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Calif., USA [graduated in 1968].

Career: In 1966 he left his career as an electro-mechanical design craftsman in the aerospace industry to become a filmmaker, later turning to cinematography.

Also active as director in features and tv.

Member of the ASC [since 1994], Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [AMPAS; Cinematographers Branch], Academy of Television Arts and Sciences [ATAS; Cinematographers Branch], Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers [SMPTE] and Directors Guild of America [DGA].

Awards: ASC Award nom [1991] for 'Twin Peaks' [pilot]; CableACE Award [1991] for 'El Diablo'; 'Emmy' Award nom [1993] & ASC Award nom [1994] for 'Murder in the Heartland' [Part 1]; ASC Award nom [1996] for 'Divas'; 'Emmy' Award nom [1998] & ASC Award nom [1999] for 'The Day Lincoln Was Shot'; ASC Career Achievement in Television Award [2016].

Website: Ron García


 

 FILMS

1968

The Harem Bunch/Desert Odyssey/War and Peace [Paul Hunt] c; cph: H.P. Edwards (= Paul Hunt); + set dec

1969

Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns/The Revenge of the Wild Bunch [Paul Hunt] c; addph: Paul Hunt; + co-prod/co-scrpl/art director (as Rahn Vickery)/co-ed

1969

Wild Free & Hungry [Paul Hunt] c; as Rahn Vickery

1970

Fusion [Paul Hunt] c; cph: R. Michael Stringer

1973

Schoolgirls in Chains/Abducted/Let's Play Dead [Don Jones] c

1974

The Great Gundown/Savage Red, Outlaw White [Paul Hunt] p/c

1975

Soft Places [Wray Hamilton (= Joanna Williams)] c; as Bob Vasquez

1975

Hot Potato [Oscar Williams] b&w-c

1975

Six Women/The Last Sundown [Mike Bennett] c

1975

Abar/In Your Face [Frank Packard] c

1977

Reflections [Michael Zen] c; as Rahn Vickery

1977

The Delta Fox [Ferd & Beverly Sebastian] c; uncred ph

1977

Planet of Dinosaurs/Planet of the Dinosaurs [James K. Shea] c; 2uc; ph: Henning Schellerup

1978

Expensive Tastes/Expensive Taste [Jennifer Ray (= Joanna Williams)] c; as Ralph Vickory

1978

Cycle Vixens/The Young Cycle Girls [Peter Perry & (co-dir) John Arnoldy] c; 2uc: Kenny Gibb

1980

Co-Ed Fever [Robert McCallun (= Gary Graver)] c; cred as cameraman

1980

Wicked Sensations [Robert Smith] c; as Rahn Vickery (& Ron Lopez)

1981

One from the Heart [Francis Coppola] tvi/35mm & 70mm/c; cph: Vittorio Storaro; miniature & vfx ph: Robert Eberlein; titles ph: Scott Lloyd-Davies; publicity ph: Nicholas Josef von Sternberg

1983

The Tie That Binds [Leslie B. Hill] c; short/30m

1983

Virginia/Young Passions [John Seeman] c; as Rahn Vickery

1984

Doin' Time [George Mendeluk] c

1984

L.A. Bad/Rainy Day Friends [Gary Kent] c; + prod des

1986

The Night Before [Thom Eberhardt] c; 2uc: Paul A. Edwards

1988

Disorganized Crime [Jim Kouf] c; addph: Yuri Neyman & Sean Doyle

1989

Side Out [Peter Israelson] c; 2uc: Chuck Cohen

1991

Storyville [Mark Frost] c

1991

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me [David Lynch] c; addph: Sean Doyle

1993

A Pig's Tale/Summer Camp [Paul Tassie] c; 2uc: Sean Doyle

1995

The Great White Hype [Reginald Hudlin] c

2001

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest [Mick Jackson] c; 2uc: Liz Radley

2014

Voices of Midway [Scott Levitta] c; short/?m; for the USS Midway Museum, San Diego, Calif.

2014

Winged Feet Do Fly [Laura Owen] HD/c; short/17m; cph: Renaldo Jackson

 

 TELEVISION

1982

Deadly Lessons [William Wiard] tvm; cph: Andrew Jackson

1984

Hunter [6 ep dir by various] 153-part series, 1984-91; 1st season, 1984-85; other ph: Alric Edens, James R. Bagdonas, Roland Smith, a.o.

1985

Stingray [Richard Colla] pilot; uncred uwph: Allan Gornick Jr.; followed by 23-part series, 1986-87; for NBC-tv

1987

Crime Story [22 ep dir by various] 44-part series, 1986-88; 2nd season, 1987-88 (22 ep); other ph: James A. Contner (1st season); 2uc: Michael Hofstein

1988

L.A. Takedown/Crimewave/Made in L.A. [Michael Mann] pilot; for NBC-tv; remade as 'Heat' (1995, Michael Mann; ph: Dante Spinotti)

1988

Naked Lie [Richard A. Colla] tvm

1988

Nightbreaker/Advance to Ground Zero [Peter Markle] tvm

1989

Twin Peaks [pilot (90m) dir by David Lynch] 30-part series, 1990-91; 1st season (8 ep), 1990; other ph: Frank Byers

1989

El Diablo [Peter Markle] tvm

1989

The Girl with the Crazy Brother [Diane Keaton] tvm/44m; a 'CBS Schoolbreak'-special

1990

Dark Avenger [Guy Magar] tvm

1990

The Bride in Black [James Goldstone] tvm

1990

Matters of the Heart [Michael Ray Rhodes] tvm

1991

On the Air [pilot (ep #1) dir by David Lynch] 7-part (4 unaired) series, 1992; other ph: Peter Deming

1991

Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' [Michael Ray Rhodes] tvm

1992

Overexposed [Robert Markowitz] tvm

1992

Murder in the Heartland [Robert Markowitz] 2-part tvm

1992

Journey to the Center of the Earth [William Dear] tvm

1993

Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg [Michael Toshiyuki Uno] tvm

1994

Because Mommy Works [Robert Markowitz] tvm

1994

Awake to Danger/Awake to Murder [Michael Tuchner] tvm

1994

The Marshal [pilot dir by Dean Parisot] 25-part series, 1995; 1st season (13 ep); other ph: Gregory Gardiner (1st season) & John J. Connor (2nd season)

1995

Divas [Thomas Carter] pilot/60m; for FOX-tv

1995

If Looks Could Kill [: From the Files of 'America's Most Wanted'] [: The John Hawkins Story] [Sheldon Larry] tvm

1996

EZ Streets [8 ep dir by various] 10-part (1 unaired) series, 1996-97; other ph: Ericson Core (pilot); aph: Kurt Soderling

 

[Left] with dir Kenneth Johnson - "Alien Nation: The Enemy Within"

 

1996

Alien Nation: The Enemy Within [Kenneth Johnson] tvm

1997

Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy [Kenneth Johnson] tvm

1997

Brave New World [Leslie Libman & Larry Williams] tvm

1997

The Day Lincoln Was Shot [John Gray] tvm

1998

Mutiny [Kevin Hooks] tvm

1998

Spenser: Small Vices/Robert B. Parker's Small Vices [Robert Markowitz] tvm

1999

My Little Assassin [Jack Bender] tvm

2000

Deliberate Intent [Andy Wolk] tvm

2000

Gilmore Girls/Gilmore Girls: Beginnings [ep #10 'Forgiveness and Stuff' dir by Bethany Rooney, #11 'Paris Is Burning' dir by David Petrarca, #12 'Double Date' dir by Lev Spiro, #13 'Concert Interruptus' dir by Bruce Seth Green, #14 'That Damn Donna Reed' dir by Michael Katleman (MK), #15 'Christopher Returns' dir by MK, #16 'Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers' dir by Lesli Linka Glatter, #17 'The Breakup, Part II' dir by Nick Marck & #18 'The Third Lorelai' dir by MK] 153-part series/s16, 2000-07; 1st season, 2000-01; other ph: Hiro Narita (cph pilot), Teresa Medina (cph pilot + ph 8 ep) & Michael A. Price (3 ep)

2000

Baby [Robert Allan Ackerman] tvm

2000

The Runaway [Arthur Allan Seidelman] tvm

2001

Providence [ep #63-73, #75-79 & #82-84 dir by various] 96-part series, 1999-2002; 4th season, 2001-02 (22 ep); other ph: Gregory Paul Collier (ep #74 & #80-81)

2002

Providence [12 ep (#85-96) dir by various] 5th season, 2002 (12 ep); see 2001

2003

Joan of Arcadia [pilot dir by James Hayman & Jack Bender] 45-part series, 2003-05/HD; 1st season, 2003-04; co-addph; ph: Charlie Lieberman

2003

Miss Match [11 ep dir by various] 18-part (7 unaired) series, 2003; other ph: Steven Fierberg (pilot) & Russ Alsobrook

2004

Eyes [13 ep dir by various] 13-part (8 unaired) series, 2005

2005

Numb3rs [20 ep dir by various] 118-part series/s35+HD (Genesis + Panasonic AG-HVX200), 2005-10; 2nd season, 2005-06 (24 ep)

2006

Numb3rs [12 ep dir by various] 3rd season, 2006-07 (24 ep); see 2005

2007

Numb3rs [9 ep dir by various] 4th season, 2007-08 (18 ep); see 2005

2008

Numb3rs [9 ep dir by various] 5th season, 2008-09 (23 ep); see 2005

2009

Numb3rs [8 ep dir by various] 6th season, 2009-10 (16 ep); see 2005

2010

Hawaii Five-0 [ep #3 'Malama Ka Aina (Respect the Land)' dir by Paul Edwards, #5 'Nalowale (Forgotten/Missing)' dir by Brad Turner (BT), #7 'Ho'apono (Accept)' dir by James Whitmore Jr., #10 'Heihei (Race)' dir by Elodie Keene, #12 'Hana 'a'a Makehewa (Desperate Measures)' dir by Chris Fisher (CF), #14 'He Kane Hewa'ole (An Innocent Man)' dir by CF, #15 'Kai e'e (Tidal Wave)' dir by Duane Clark, #18 'Loa Aloha (The Long Goodbye)' dir by Eric Laneuville, #20 'Ma Ke Kahakai (Shore)' dir by Larry Teng, #22 'Ho'ohuli Na'au (Close to Heart)' dir by BT & #24 'Oia'i'o (Trust)' dir by BT] series, 2010-present; 1st season/HD (Sony F35), 2010-11 (24 ep); other ph: Gabriel Beristáin (pilot), Don Thorin Jr. (4 ep) & James L. Carter (8 ep)

2012

Rizzoli & Isles [ep #37 'Love the Way You Lie' dir by Mark Haber & #39 'Over/Under' dir by Paul Holahan] 105-part series/RED, 2010-16 3rd season, 2012 (15 ep)

2013

Rizzoli & Isles [ep #41 'We Are Family' dir by Michael Katleman (MK), #53 'Tears of a Clown' dir by MK & #55 'Food for Thought' dir by Steve Clancy] 4th season, 2013-14 (16 ep); see 2012

2013

Siri ya Mtungi [ep #14-19 dir by Jordan Riber (JR), #20-23 dir by Karabani & #24-26 dir by JR] series/HD, 2012-present; 2nd season, 2014 (13 ep); prod by Media for Development International & The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - Center for Communications Programs; aired by TBC (Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation)

 

 FILMS & TELEVISION AS DIRECTOR

1965

A Sweet Sickness [co-d: Jon Martin (= Ed De Priest)] ph: Manny Conde

1967

The Pleasure Machines [co-d: Paul Hunt] ph: Paul Hunt

1970

The Toy Box/The Orgy Box [+ scrpl/ed (as Rahn Vickery)] ph: H.P. Edwards (= Paul Hunt)

1974

Inside Amy/Swingers Massacre/Super Swinging Playmates [+ prod/ed] ph: Donald M. Jones

1991

Silk Stalkings [ep #13 'Shock Jock'] 176-part series, 1991-99; 1st season, 1991-92; ph: Ernest Paul Roebuck

1992

Raven [ep #12 'Rip-Off'] 20-part (1 unaired) series, 1992-93; 2nd season, 1993; ph: Alan Caso

1993

Silk Stalkings [ep #46 'The Perfect Alibi'] 3rd season, 1993-94; ph: Ernest Paul Roebuck; see 1991

1994

Renegade [ep #50 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans'] 110-part series, 1992-97; 3rd season, 1994-95; ph: Kenneth L. Gibb

1994

Vanishing Son [ep #15 'Jersey Girl'] 17-part series, 1994-95; 2nd season, 1995; ph: Tom Jewett

1995

Renegade [ep #78 'No Place Like Home'] 4th season, 1995-96; ph: Kenneth L. Gibb; see 1994

1995

Silk Stalkings [ep #98 'Glory Days'] 5th season, 1995-96; ph: Ernest Paul Roebuck; see 1991

1995

Pacific Blue [ep #13 'All Jammed Up'] 101-part series, 1996-2000; 1st season, 1996; ph: Christian Sebaldt

1996

Silk Stalkings [ep #124 'The Babysitter' & #130 'I Love the Night Life'] 6th season, 1996-97; ph: Ernest Paul Roebuck; see 1991

1997

Pensacola: Wings of Gold [ep #12 'Company Town' & #18 'We Are Not Alone'] 66-part series, 1997-2000; 1st season, 1997-98; ph: Thomas Jewett

1997

Silk Stalkings [ep #143 'The Wedge' & #149 'Total Eclipse'] 7th season, 1997-98; ph: Ernest Paul Roebuck; see 1991

1999

18 Wheels of Justice [ep #1 'Genesis' & #2 'Key to the Highway'] 44-part series, 2000-01; 1st season, 2000; ph: Jack Garrett; 2uc: Chris Gosch

2001

Providence [ep #81 'Great Expectations'] 4th season, 2001-02; ph: Gregory Paul Collier; see Television (2001)

2008

Numb3rs [ep #98 'Animal Rites'] 5th season, 2008-09; ph: Bing Sokolsky; see Television (2005)