REYNALDO VILLALOBOS

Born: 9 November 1940, Los Angeles, Calif., USA, as a second generation Los Angeleno. [His mother is from Sonora, Mexico, and his father was born in Los Angeles. The family moved to Inglewood, Calif., in 1945, when his father returned from the Navy.]

Education: El Camino College, Torrance, Calif. [Art and Design].

Career: Joined the Navy and became a photographers mate. After being honorably discharged, he had various jobs in the film industry: laborer, painter and delivering camera equipment to the studios and commercial houses. In 1970, Ted Winchester, the head of Paramount's camera department suggested that he sign up for the Minority Program, which was offered by the Photographers Union Local 659. Became 2nd c.asst, working on various tv shows including 'The Odd Couple', 'The Young Lawyers' & 'The Brady Bunch'. In 1975, he began to work on feature films with doph John Alonzo. Spent 3 years as Alonzo's 1st asst and c.op.

Also active as director.

Awards: As doph: ASC Award nom [1988] for 'L.A. Law'; 'Emmy' Award nom [1993; for Part 1] & ASC Award nom [1993] for 'Sinatra'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2004] for 'American Family: Journey of Dreams' [ep #23 'The Wedding'].

As dir: Western Heritage Award 'Bronze Wrangler' [1992; shared] for 'Conagher'.

FILMS
1978	The China Syndrome [James Bridges] c; 2uc; ph: James Crabe; as Ray Villalobos
1978	Stunt Rock/Crash/Sorcery [Brian Trenchard-Smith] 16mm (stunt footage)+35mm-to-tao35/c; co-addph; ph: Bob Carras (= Robert Primes)
1979	Urban Cowboy [James Bridges] p/c
1980	Nine to Five/9 to 5 [Colin Higgins] c
1982	Mike's Murder [James Bridges] p/c
1982	Risky Business [Paul Brickman] c; cph: Bruce Surtees
1983	Blame It on Rio [Stanley Donen] c; 2uc: Peter Lyons Collister
1983	Windy City [Armyan Bernstein] c
1984	Saving Grace [Robert M. Young] tvi/c
1984	Grandview, U.S.A. [Randal Kleiser] c; 2uc: Paul Vombrack & William Birch
1984	Desert Bloom [Eugene Corr] c
1985	Lucas [David Seltzer] c
1985	Band of the Hand [Paul Michael Glaser] c
1985	Jumpin' Jack Flash [Penny Marshall (replaced Howard Zieff)] 35mm+s35-to-35mm/c; addph; ph: Matthew Leonetti
1986	The Running Man [Paul Michael Glaser (replaced Andrew Davis)] c; addph; ph: Tom Del Ruth
1987	Punchline [David Seltzer] c
1987	Denial [: The Dark Side of Passion]/Loon [Erin Dignam] c
1988	Major League [David S. Ward] c; 2uc: James Pergola; aph: Bill Hendenberg
1989	Coup de Ville [Joe Roth] s35/c; aph: David Butler
1990	Sibling Rivalry [Carl Reiner] c
1991	American Me [Edward James Olmos (replaced Robert M. Young)] c
1992	A Bronx Tale [Robert De Niro] c; uncred addph: Geoffrey Erb
1993	Roosters [Robert M. Young (replaced Marcus DeLeon during shooting)] p/c; addph: Yuri Neyman (was 1st unit ph, but was replaced by R. Villalobos); 2uc: John Beymer
1993	PCU [Hart Bochner] c; 2uc: Robert Kositchek
1995	Loved [Erin Dignam] c; uwph: Pete Romano
1996	Romy and Michele's High School Reunion [David Mirkin] c; aph: David Nowell
1996	Telling Lies in America [Guy Ferland] s35/c
1996	An Alan Smithee Film - Burn Hollywood Burn [Alan Smithee (= Arthur Hiller)] c
1997	Return to Paradise/All for One [Joseph Ruben] s35/c
1999	Love & Basketball [Gina Prince-Bythewood] c
2000	Juwanna Mann [Jesse Vaughan] c; addph (+ vfx ph): Evan A. Nesbitt
2001	Not Another Teen Movie/Sex Academy [Joel Gallen] c; sfx ph: Roy Unger
2002	Welcome to America [Rish Mustaine & John Sjogren] c; cph: Mark Philip Escobar & Philip C. Pfeiffer
2002	Jack and Marilyn [Edward James Olmos] c
2004	Splinter [Michael D. Olmos] c
2005	Flip the Script [Terrah Bennett Smith] c
2005	Bordertown [Gregory Nava] HD-to-35mm/c; addph: Brian J. Reynolds; 2uc: Robert F. Smith
2006	On the Brink [Eric Prescott] HD (Sony F900)/c; short/12m
2006	One Long Night [David Siqueiros] c; addph: Jorge Z. López
2007	Privileged [Jonah Salander] HD/c
2008	Like Dandelion Dust [Jon Gunn] scope/c; ph Dominican Republic: Michael Lienau
2009	Flights of Fancy/El lujo de soñar [Daniel Eduvijes Carrera] 1 day of principal ph on 6 December; status unknown

[Center/white cap] - "The Redemption of Henry Myers"

2012	The Redemption of Henry Myers/Redemption [Clayton Miller] HD (ARRI ALEXA) scope/c; 2uc: Ron Gonzalez
*2013*	Crooked Halos [Peter Liapis] announced; scheduled to start shooting in 2014
2013	Big Stone Gap [Adriana Trigiani] HD/c
2015	The Lost Pueblo [Tomas Sanchez] HD/c

TELEVISION & INTERNET
1981	Our Family Business [Robert Collins] pilot; for ABC-tv
1981	The Children Nobody Wanted [Richard Michaels] tvm
1981	[An Act of Love:] The Patricia Neal Story [Anthony Harvey (USA) & Anthony Page (GB)] tvm; cph: Mike Fash
1981	Prime Suspect/Cry of Innocence [Noel Black] tvm
1981	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez [Robert M. Young] tvm/s16; + visual cons; released to theaters outside USA (35bu)
1982	Remington Steele [ep #2 'Tempered Steele' dir by Robert Butler] 94-part series, 1982-87; 1st season, 1982-83; other ph: Edward R. Brown, Brian West, Dennis Matsuda, a.o.
1983	One Cooks, the Other Doesn't [Richard Michaels] tvm
1983	Legmen [ep #1 'Take the Credit and Run' dir by Roger Young] 8-part series, 1984
1984	Deadly Intentions [Noel Black] 2-part tvm
1985	Alfred Hitchcock Presents [ep #25 'Four O'Clock' dir by Andrew Mirisch] 80-part series, 1985-89; 1st season (NBC-tv), 1985-86
1986	L.A. Law [pilot dir by Gregory Hoblit] 171-part series, 1986-94; other ph: Kent Wakeford, Robert Seaman, a.o.
1986	A Smoky Mountain Christmas [Henry Winkler] tvm
1986	The Hitchhiker/Deadly Nightmares [ep #35 'Made for Each Other' dir by Thomas Baum] 85-part series, 1983-91; 3rd season, 1987; other ph: Richard Wincenty & Thomas Burstyn
1987	Tour of Duty [various] 58-part series, 1987-90; other ph: Alan Caso & Stephen Posey
1987	Wiseguy [various] 75-part (3 unaired) series, 1987-90; other ph: Frank E. Johnson, a.o.
1988	Midnight Caller [pilot 'Conversations with the Assassin' dir by Thomas Carter] 61-part series, 1988-91; other ph: Bradley B. Six
1992	Sinatra [James Sadwith] 2-part tvm
1994	The Wright Verdicts [pilot dir by John Patterson] 7-part (1 unaired) series, 1995; other ph: Francis Kenny (5 ep)
1996	Hollywood Confidential [Reynaldo Villalobos] tvm
1998	L.A. Doctors/L.A. Docs [pilot dir by Gary Fleder] 24-part series, 1998-99; other ph: Rick Bota & Christopher Faloona; 2uc: Roy Unger; aph: Kurt E. Soderling
2001	American Family [ep #20 'The Journey, Part 1' & #21 'The Journey, Part 2' dir by Gregory Nava] 35-part series/HD, 2002 & 2004; 1st season, 2002; other ph: Brian J. Reynolds (+ cph #20 & #21)
2002	Women vs. Men [Chazz Palminteri] tvm
2003	American Family: Journey of Dreams (2nd season title) [ep #23 'The Wedding' dir by Gregory Nava] 2nd season, 2004; see 2001
2007	Breaking Bad [6 ep dir by various] 62-part series, 2008-13; 1st season, 2008 (7 ep); other ph (pilot): John Toll
2008	Mental [pilot dir by Guy Ferland (GF), ep #2 'A Beautiful Delusion' dir by Rod Hardy (RH), #3 'Book of Judges' dir by GF, #4 'Manic at the Disco' dir by Jesús Salvador Treviño & #5 'Roles of Engagement' dir by RH] 13-part series/HD (Sony F23 & F900R + Phantom HD), 2009; 2uc (pilot): David Wexler; other ph: David J. Miller
2014	House of the Righteous [Thomas Torrey] tvm/HD (ARRI ALEXA)/10m; 2uc: Christopher Calnin; prod for INSP-tv & Moments.org

FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR
1971	Star Spangled Girl [Jerry Paris] 2nd c.asst; ph: Sam Leavitt
1973	The Iceman Cometh [John Frankenheimer] co-c.asst; ph: Ralph Woolsey
1974	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore [Martin Scorsese] 1st c.asst; ph: Kent Wakeford
1974	The Wild McCullochs [Max Baer Jr.] co-c.op; ph: Fred J. Koenekamp
1976	Black Sunday [John Frankenheimer] c.asst; ph: John Alonzo
1977	Beyond Reason [Telly Savalas] c.op; ph: John Alonzo
1977	[Neil Simon's] The Cheap Detective [Robert Moore] c.op; ph: John Alonzo
1978	Players [Anthony Harvey] c.op; ph: James Crabe

FILMS & TELEVISION AS [2U] DIRECTOR
1986	The Hitchhiker/Deadly Nightmares [ep #32 'Doctor's Orders'] ph: Thomas Burstyn; see Television (1986)
1987	Tour of Duty [ep #6 'Burn, Baby, Burn' & #8 'The Good, the Bad and the Dead'] 1st season, 1987-88; see Television (1987)
1987	Wiseguy [ep #6 'One on One'] 1st season, 1987-88; ph: Frank E. Johnson; see Television (1987)
1988	Midnight Caller [ep #6 'The Execution of John Saringo'] 1st season, 1988-89; see Television (1988)
1988	Knightwatch [ep #8-9 'Cops, Parts I & II'] 9-part series, 1988-89; ph: John Alonzo (pilot) & Francis Kenny
1988	Unsub [ep #4 'Daddy Dearest'] 8-part series, 1989; ph: Francis Kenny
1989	The Heat [pilot] ph: Frank Byers; ep 'CBS Summer Playhouse'
1989	Wiseguy [ep #54 'Day Four'] 3rd season, 1989-90; ph: Frank E. Johnson; see Television (1987)
1989	Booker/Booker, P.I. [ep #5 'All You Gotta Do is Do It'] 22-part series, 1989-90; ph: John S. Bartley & Thomas Burstyn
1990	[Louis L'Amour's] Conagher [tvm] ph: James Bagdonas; 2uc: Jack Whitman
1991	DEA [: Special Task Force] [ep #9 'The Fat Lady Sings Alone'] 13-part series, 1990-91; ph: James Glennon & Bryan Greenberg
1992	Roosters [was approached to direct the film; dir (in 1993) by Marcus DeLeon, who was replaced during shooting by Robert M. Young; R. Villalobos replaced Yuri Neyman as doph] see Films (1993)
1994	New York Undercover [ep #9 'The Friendly Neighborhood Dealer' & #19 'CAT'] 89-part (1 unaired) series, 1994-98; 1st season, 1994-95; season ph: Glenn Kershaw, Constantine Makris, Edward J. Pei & Scott Williams
1996	Hollywood Confidential [tvm; + ph] see Television (1996)
1998	Soldier of Fortune, Inc./SOF: Special Ops Force/S.O.F., Inc. [ep #23 'Spyder's Web', #27 'Iraq and Roll' & #32 'The Lord Is My Shepherd'] 37-part series, 1997-99; 2nd season, 1998-99; season ph: Ron Francis, Gary Kibbe & Steve Yaconelli; aph: Kurt E. Soderling
1998	L.A. Doctors/L.A. Docs [ep #11 'Leap of Faith'] see Television (1998)
1998	Rescue 77 [ep #8 'Mustard Gas, Hold the Mayo'] 8-part series, 1999; ph: John J. Connor & Steven Shaw
1999	Sliders [ep #86 'Dust'] 88-part series, 1995-2000; 5th season, 1999-2000; season ph: Paul Maibaum
2000	Resurrection Blvd. [ep #6 'Negro y Moreno/Black and Brown'] 53-part series, 2000-02; 1st season, 2000; ph: Stephen McNutt
2001	American Family [ep #15 'The Glass Ceiling'] ph: Brian J. Reynolds; see Television (2001)
2005	Battlestar Galactica [ep #29 'Sacrifice'] 84-part series/HD, 2005-10; 2nd season, 2005-06 (20 ep); ph: Stephen McNutt
2005	Seraphim Falls [David Von Ancken] 2ud; 2uc: Michael Ferris; ph: John Toll
*200?*	Macho [feature] announced