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Larry Fong is an American cinematographer. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He is of Chinese descent and was initially raised in Hawaii. His parents moved to the suburbs of Southern California where he showed interest and talent in art at a young age. His experience in film was self-taught, beginning in junior high with short films shot on Super 8, cell animation, and stop motion projects. He graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in linguistics and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, specializing in film.

He began his professional career filming music videos. In shooting three winners of the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, he garnered more attention which resulted 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]

He is rumored to be an accomplished magician who will entertain the crew with card tricks during breaks.

Filmography

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).

References

External links

• Larry Fong at the Internet Movie Database
• Larry Fong on Lostpedia
• Variety – 10 Cinematographers to Watch: Larry Fong