RON GARCÍA   ASC

Born: ?, as Ronald Víctor García.

Career: In 1966 he left his career as a design craftsman in the aerospace industry to become a doph.

Also active as director.

Member of the ASC since 1994.

Awards: ASC Award nom [1991] for 'Twin Peaks' [pilot]; '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'.



 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 [Donald M. Jones] c

1974        The Great Gundown/Savage Red, Outlaw White [Paul Hunt] p/c

1975        Soft Places [Wray Hamilton (= Joanna Williams)] c; cph: Bob Vasquez; as Rahn Vickery

1975        Hot Potato [Oscar Williams] b&w-c

1975        Six Women/The Last Sundown [Mike Bennett] c

1975        Abar, the First Black Superman/In Your Face [Frank Packard] c

1977        Reflections [Michael Zen] c; as Rahn Vickery

1977        Delta Fox [Beverly & Ferd Sebastian] c

1978        Expensive Tastes/Expensive Taste [Jennifer Ray (= Joanna Williams)] c; as Ralph Vickory

1978        Cycle Vixens/The Young Cycle Girls [Peter Porter (= Peter Perry & John Arnoldy)] c

1978        Planet of Dinosaurs [James Shea] c; 2uc; ph: Henning Schellerup

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


 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 A. Colla] pilot

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/L.A. Crimewave/Made in L.A. [Michael Mann] pilot

1988        Naked Lie [Richard A. Colla] tvm

1988        Nightbreaker/Advance to Ground Zero [Peter Markle] tvm

1989        Twin Peaks [pilot & 'Episode Two/Zen, Or the Skill to Catch a Killer' dir by David Lynch] 30-part series, 1990-91; 1st

                    season, 1990; other ph: Frank Byers (cph 'Episode Two' and ph all other ep)

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 dir by David Lynch, ep #2 dir by Lesli Linka Glatter & #3 dir by Jack Fisk] 7-part (4 unaired) series,

                    1992; other ph (+ cph #2): 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 ?] 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

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, #15 'Christopher Returns' dir by Michael Katleman, #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 Michael Katleman] 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; other ph:

                    Gregory Paul Collier (ep # 74, 80 & 81)

2002        Providence [all ep (#85-96) dir by various] 5th season, 2002; 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 [17 ep dir by various] series, 2005-present; 2nd season, 2005-06

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

2007        Numb3rs [8 ep dir by various] 4th season, 2007-08; see 2005

2008        Numb3rs [10 ep dir by various] 5th season, 2008-09; see 2005


 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: Jack Garrett, Ernest Paul

                    Roebuck & Arthur Fitzsimmons III

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

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

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

                    #50) & Jeffrey Mygatt

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

1995        Renegade [ep #78 'No Place Like Home'] 4th season, 1995-96; see 1994

1995        Silk Stalkings [ep #98 'Glory Days'] 5th season, 1995-96; 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; 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; series ph: Michael Bucher, Thomas Jewett & Anthony Anderson; 2uc: Chris Gosch

1997        Silk Stalkings [ep #143 'The Wedge' & #149 'Total Eclipse'] 7th season, 1997-98; 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)