LLOYD AHERN II ASC

Born: 7 June 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA, as Lloyd Nickolas Ahern Jr., son of doph Lloyd George Ahern Sr. [1905-1983].

Career: Growing up, Ahern experimented with lighting, photography and film processing in a darkroom and studio that his father had set up at their home. He got his first job in 1963 in the loading room at CBS Studio Center. Became 2nd c.asst [on the tv-series 'Gunsmoke' and 'Rawhide'], then 1st c.asst and c.op. Became doph on the tv-series 'Simon &Simon'.

Played the role of young Prince Valiant in 'Prince Valiant' [1954, Henry Hathaway; ph: Lucien Ballard].

Member of the ASC since 1996.

Awards: Western Heritage Award 'Bronze Wrangler' [1994, shared] for 'Geronimo: An American Legend'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2007] for 'Broken Trail' [Part 1].

FILMS

1985	Jackals/American Justice [Gary Grillo] c; 2uc (+ c.op); ph: Steve Yaconelli
1991	Trespass/Looters [Walter Hill] c
1992	Leap of Faith [Richard Pearce] c; co-2uc; ph: Matthew Leonetti
1992	Jurassic Park [Steven Spielberg] c; addph; ph: Dean Cundey
1993	Robin Hood - Men in Tights [Mel Brooks] c; addph; ph: Michael O'Shea
1993	Geronimo: An American Legend [Walter Hill] p/c; 2uc: Michael O'Shea
1994	Wild Bill [Walter Hill] b&w-c
1995	Up Close & Personal [Jon Avnet] c; 2uc; ph: Karl-Walter Lindenlaub
1995	Broken Arrow [John Woo] s35/c; addph (started filming; left and was replaced by P. Levy); ph: Peter Levy
1995	Last Man Standing [Walter Hill] s35/c
1996	Turbulence [Robert Butler] s35/c; 2uc: Mark Vargo
1996	Deep Rising [Stephen Sommers] s35/c; co-addph; ph: Howard Atherton
1997	The Replacement Killers [Antoine Fuqua] s35/c; 2uc; ph: Peter Lyons Collister
1997	The X Files [Rob Bowman] s35/c; co-addph; ph: Ward Russell
1997	Can't Hardly Wait [Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont] c
1998	Supernova [Thomas Lee = Walter Hill; (uncred) Francis Ford Coppola (re-editing) & Jack Sholder] s35/c; 2uc: Robert LaBonge; vfx superv ph: Bill Neil
2000	The Unsaid/The Ties That Bind [Tom McLoughlin] c/V
2001	Undisputed [Walter Hill] s35/b&w-c
2001	We Were Soldiers [Randall Wallace] p/c; co-2uc; ph: Dean Semler
2001	Domestic Disturbance [Harold Becker] J-D-C Scope/c; 2uc; ph: Michael Seresin
2003	American Wedding [Jesse Dylan] s35/c; 2uc: Robert LaBonge; film #3 of 'American Pie'-series
2003	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story [Rawson Marshall Thurber] s35/b&w-c; co-addph; ph: Jerzy Zielinski
2004	Kicking & Screaming [Jesse Dylan] s35/c; cph: Donald E. Thorin
2008	Fard Ayn [Kriss Perras Running Waters] c
2011	Bullet to the Head/Headshot [Walter Hill] c; uwph: Pete Romano

TELEVISION

1983	Simon & Simon [ep #48 'John Doe' dir by Gary Grillo] 156-part series, 1981-88; 3rd season, 1983-84
1984	Simon & Simon [3 ep dir by various] 4th season, 1984-85; see 1983
1985	Simon & Simon [6 ep dir by various] 5th season, 1985-86; see 1983
1986	Simon & Simon [10 ep dir by various] 6th season, 1986-87; see 1983
1986	Magnum, p.i. [ep #141 'Murder by Night' dir by Russ Mayberry & #143 'Solo Flight' dir by John C. Flinn III] 162-part series, 1980-88; 7th season, 1986-87
1987	Hooperman [various] 42-part series, 1987-89
1987	On the Edge [Robert Butler] pilot
1988	Out of Time [Robert Butler] tvm
1989	Camp California [Will Mackenzie] pilot/30m
1989	Daughter of the Streets [Ed Sherin] tvm
1989	Snoops [various] 13-part series, 1989-90
1990	Poochinski [Will Mackenzie & Donald M. Petrie] pilot/30m
1990	[Danielle Steel's] Fine Things [Tom Moore] tvm
1990	[Danielle Steel's] Palomino [Michael Miller] tvm
1990	Eddie Dodd [various] 6-part series, 1991; other ph: Sol Negrin (pilot)
1991	K-9 [Vincent McEveety & Bethany Rooney] pilot/60m
1992	Picket Fences [pilot dir by Ron Lagomarsino & ep season #1] 89-part series, 1992-96; other ph: Dennis Smith & Tim Suhrstedt
1993	White Mile [Robert Butler] tvm; 2uc: Michael O'Shea; filmed 1993-94
1994	Alien Nation: Dark Horizon [Kenneth Johnson] tvm
1997	Perversions of Science [ep #1 'Dream of Doom' dir by Walter Hill] 10-part series; other ph: Rick Bota & Christopher Faloona
1999	Snoops [pilot 'Snoops' dir by Allan Arkush, ep #2 'Singer in the Band' dir by Allan Arkush, #3 'Bedfellas' dir by Dennie Gordon, #4 'Higher Calling' dir by Arvin Brown, #5 'The Heartless Bitch' dir by Allan Arkush, #6 'Separation Anxiety' dir by Michael Lange, #7 'Constitution' dir by Bethany Rooney, #8 'True Believers' dir by Miguel Arteta, #9 'The Grinch' dir by Joe Napolitano & #10 'A Criminal Mind' dir by Ian Sander] 13-part (3 unaired) series; cph pilot: Jamie Anderson; aph: Kurt E. Soderling
2001	The Way She Moves [Ron Lagomarsino] tvm
2001	My Sister's Keeper [Ron Lagomarsino] tvm; ep #212 of 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series
2002	For the People [11 ep dir by various] 18-part series, 2002-03; other ph: Neil Roach (pilot) & Robert LaBonge (last 6 ep)
2002	Deadwood [pilot dir by Walter Hill] 36-part series, 2004-06; 1st season, 2004; other ph: James Glennon, David Boyd & Xavier Pérez Grobet
2003	Huff [pilot dir by Scott Winant] 26-part series, 2004-06; other ph: Ronn Schmidt
2004	Joan of Arcadia [2 ep dir by various] 45-part series, 2003-05; 2nd season, 2004-05; other ph: Charlie Lieberman (20 ep)
2005	Head Cases [pilot dir by Andrew Fleming] 6-part (4 unaired) series; series ph: Michael Trim
2005	Broken Trail/Daughters of Joy [Walter Hill] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Roger Vernon
2006	Not Like Everyone Else [Tom McLoughlin] tvm/HD
2006	The Staircase Murders [Tom McLoughlin] tvm/HD
2007	Army Wives [5 ep dir by various] series, 2007-present; 1st season, 2007
2008	Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal [Tom McLoughlin] tvm
2008	Madso's War/War of '04 [Walter Hill] pilot; 2uc: Scott Peck; filmed November/December in Boston
2009	Army Wives [8 ep dir by various] 3rd season, 2009; see 2007
2010	It Takes a Village [Michael Fresco] pilot

FILMS & TELEVISION AS CAMERA OPERATOR

1974	All the Kind Strangers/Evil in the Swamp [Burt Kennedy; tvm] co-c.op; ph: Robert Hauser & Gene Polito
1976	Futureworld [Richard Heffron] co-c.op; ph: Gene Polito & Howard Schwartz
1977	A Sensitive, Passionate Man [John Newland; tvm] ph: Michael Margulies
1978	The Black Hole [Gary Nelson] ph: Frank Phillips
1980	Herbie Goes Bananas [Vincent McEveety] ph: Frank Phillips
1980	Miracle on Ice [Steven Hilliard Stern; tvm] co-c.op; ph: Howard Schwartz
1981	Going Ape! [Jeremy Joe Kronsberg] ph: Frank Phillips
1981	The Ambush Murders [Steven Hilliard Stern; tvm] ph: Frank Phillips
1983	Streets of Fire [Walter Hill] ph: Andrew Laszlo
1987	The Ladies [Jackie Cooper; tvm] ph: Howard Schwartz

TELEVISION AS DIRECTOR

1999	Snoops [ep (unaired) #12 'The Stolen Diskette/Slipped Disc'] series; see Television (1999)
2008	Army Wives [ep #17 'Leaving the Tribe' & #26 'Safe Havens'] series, 2007-present; 2nd season, 2008; ph: Todd McMullen
2009	Army Wives [ep #38 'Family Readiness' & #43 'Operation Tango'] 3rd season, 2009; ph: Bobby LaBonge; see 2008