GREG GARDINER

Career: 'I was born in upstate New York, but my family moved to Southern California when I was 6 years old. My mother taught Latin and Greek at a high school. My father was a lawyer. I was interested in art classes in high school, and also was involved in musical theater. The truth is that I wasn't into cameras and photography. I was interested in theater. I enrolled at the University of California at Irvine. They had a terrific theater department. I changed my major to drama and got to write a one-act play that was produced by a graduate student. After that, I took every film course available. Carlton Moss was the head of the film department. I shot a 16mm film that took place in a barn. The problem was that I didn't have the $100 needed to get an answer print from the lab. I heard that Knott's Berry Farm had jobs available for people to dress up like ghouls and scare people visiting the park during Halloween. I did that for four nights and raised the money to pay for my answer print. [After graduation] I got a job as a tour guide at Universal Studios, and I also worked for free for Carlton Moss who was producing medical and industrial films. Carlton was my mentor. After a while, I got a job at a rental house in the grip and electric department. My job was loading the packages and delivering them to the sets. I got to meet some gaffers and got a sense of what they did. I delivered a dolly to a Roger Corman film and ended up working on five or six of his pictures as a best boy. I worked on electrical crews on low-budget films. A few years later, I met Robby Müller and worked as an electrician and gaffer on 'Paris, Texas', 'Repo Man' and 'To Live and Die in L.A.' By the early 1990s, I was working as a camera operator and second unit cinematographer.' [From interview with Bob Fisher on the KODAK OnFilm website.]

Awards: Sundance FF Cinematography Award [1994] and Independent Spirit Award nom [1995] for 'Suture'.

1982	Android [Aaron Lipstadt] c; addph; ph: Tim Suhrstedt
1983	In the Name of Democracy [Pamela Cohen & José Ponce] 16mm/c; doc/31m; cph: Cathy Zheutlin, Peter Schnall & Larry Dyer
1987	976-EVIL [Robert Englund] c; 2uc; ph: Paul Elliott
1987	Critters 2 [: The Main Course] [Mick Garris; 2ud: Allan Holzman] c; 2uc; ph: Russell Carpenter
1988	The Blob [Chuck Russell] c; co-addph; ph: Mark Irwin
1988	The Unnamable [Jean-Paul Ouellette] c; addph; ph: Tom Fraser
1988	Far Out, Man!/Soul Man II [Tommy Chong & (uncred) William Lustig] c; cph: Eric Woster; 2uc: Julio Macat
1989	Society [Brian Yuzna] c; co-2uc; ph: Rick Fichter
1990	Drop Dead Fred [Ate de Jong] c; 2uc; ph: Peter Deming
1990	No Secrets [Dezsö Magyar] c; co-addph; ph: Sandi Sissel
1990	The Disco Years [Robert Lee King] 16mm/c; short/30m; cph: Rick Arbuckle; also part of 'Boys Life' (1995), a comp of 3 shorts: + 'Pool Days' (ph: Jonathan Schell) & 'A Friend of Dorothy' (ph: W. Mott Hupfel III); + prod design
1991	Class Act/Changing Labels [Randall Miller] c; 2uc; ph: Francis Kenny
1992	The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter/The Unnamable Returns [Jean-Paul Ouellette] c; cph: Roger Olkowski
1992	Suture [David Siegel & Scott McGehee] s35/b&w
1994	Camp Nowhere [Jonathan Prince] c; addph; ph: Sandi Sissel
1995	Somebody Is Waiting [Martin Donovan] c
1996	Where's Marlowe? [Daniel Pyne] s16+s8/b&w-c; addph: Josh Bleibtreu; started in 1996 as a tv-pilot; in 1998 scenes were added to expand it to feature length
1996	Homegrown [Stephen Gyllenhaal] c; addph: Michael Chapman; 2uc: Gene Evans; aph: Phil Pastuhov
1997	Anoosh of the Airwaves [James Westby] c
2000	To End All Wars [David L. Cunningham] c; ph Scotland & Thailand: Russell Steen
2000	Big Trouble [Barry Sonnenfeld] c; aph: Stan McClain
2001	Orange County [Jake Kasdan] c; uncred end beach ph: John Toll
2001	Men in Black II/MIB 2/MIIB [Barry Sonnenfeld] c; 2uc: Florian Ballhaus, Kim Marks & Keith Peterman
*2002*	*Rebels* [David L. Cunningham (replaced Barry Levinson)] scheduled to start in July, but prod shut down and placed back in development; status unknown
2002	Biker Boyz [Reggie Rock Bythewood] c; 2uc: Amy Vincent
2002	Elf [Jon Favreau] c; 2uc: Don McCuaig; 2uc New York: Craig Haagensen
2003	New York Minute [Dennie Gordon] c; addph & 2uc Toronto: Sandi Sissel
2003	Son of the Mask [Lawrence Guterman] c; 2uc: Andrew Turman; chase unit ph: Martin McGrath
2004	Herbie Fully Loaded [Angela Robinson] c; addph: Daniel Gold & Michael Ambrose; 2uc: Jacques Haitkin & Igor Meglic; vfx ph: Christopher Nibley
2005	She's the Man [Andy Fickman] c
2005	The Perfect Sleep [Jeremy Alter] HD-to-35mm scope/c; addph; ph: Charles Papert; announced December 2004; filmed 2005 or 2006; first showing February 2008
2006	The Game Plan [Andy Fickman] s35/c; 2uc: Dean Lyras; football ph: Steve Andrich; aph: Brian Heller
2007	Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins/The Better Man [Malcolm D. Lee] c
2007	Hotel for Dogs [Thor Freudenthal] c; co-2uc; ph: Michael Grady
2008	Race to Witch Mountain [Andy Fickman] s35/c; 2uc: Gary Capo & Christopher Moseley; aph: Dylan Goss; vfx ph + (uncred) addph: Christopher Nibley
2009	Marmaduke [Tom Dey] c; 2uc: Ronald Hersey; uwph: Ian Seabrook
2010	Keeper of the Pinstripes [Gil Junger] pre-production

1989	Monsters [ep #40 'Perchance to Dream' dir by Paul Boyington] 72-part series/16mm, 1988-91; 2nd season, 1989-90
1990	Rising Son [John David Coles] tvm; 2uc; ph: Sandi Sissel
1990	The Flash [ep #15 'The Deadly Nightshade' dir by Bruce Bilson & #16 'Captain Cold' dir by Gilbert Shilton] 23-part series, 1990-91; other ph: Francis Kenny, John Newby & Sandi Sissel; + 2uc pilot dir by Robert Iscove
1990	Beverly Hills 90210 [ep #1 'Class of Beverly Hills' dir by Tim Hunter] 296-part series, 1990-2000; 1st season, 1990-91; 2uc; ph: Christian Santiago
1992	Human Target [6 ep dir by various] 7-part series, 1992; other ph: Robert Elswit (pilot)
1993	Evening Class [Michael Haney] tvm/30m; ep Showtime-tv '30-Minute Movie'-series
1993	Viper [pilot dir by Danny Bilson + 11 ep dir by various] 78-part series, 1994-99; 1st season, 1994 (12 ep)
1994	The Marshal [various] 25-part series, 1995; 1st season, 1995 (13 ep); other ph: Ron García
1995	The Sentinel [ep #1 'The Switchman' dir by Danny Bilson] 65-part series, 1996-99; 1st season, 1996; other ph: John J. Connor & Tony Westman
1995	The Right to Remain Silent [Hubert C. de la Bouillerie] tvm
1996	Viper [various] 2nd season, 1996-97; other ph: Scott Williams; aph: A.J. Vesak; see 1993
1996	The Apocalypse [Hubert C. de la Bouillerie] tvm; 2uc: John Tarver; for Sci-Fi Channel
1997	Leaving L.A. [various] 6-part series, 1997
1997	The Patron Saint of Liars [Stephen Gyllenhaal] tvm
1997	Miracle in the Woods [Arthur Allan Seidelman] tvm
1997	[Dean Koontz's] Mr. Murder [Dick Lowry] 2-part tvm
1998	Hollyweird [Jefery Levy] pilot/60m
1998	Resurrection [Stephen Gyllenhaal] tvm; uwph: Mike Ferris
1998	Blood Money/Prodigal Son [Aaron Lipstadt] tvm
1999	Iggy Vile M.D. [Jefery Levy] pilot for MTV
1999	68 [Dan Pyne] pilot
1999	Secret Agent Man [pilot dir by James Hayman & Perry Lang + 11 ep dir by various] 12-part series, 2000
2000	The Tick [pilot dir by Barry Sonnenfeld] 8-part series, 2001-02; other ph: Paul Maibaum & Sharon Meir
2005	Mermaid [Dennie Gordon] pilot
2006	Southern Comfort [Roger Kumble] pilot/30m for ABC-tv (didn't pick it up); not to be confused with the pilot dir by Greg Yaitanes, also filmed in 2006
2007	Hackett [Barry Sonnenfeld] pilot
2008	My Fake Fiancé [Gil Junger] tvm/HD; for ABC Family (2009)
2009	10 Things I Hate About You [pilot dir by Gil Junger] series/HD, 2009-present; other ph: Mark Doering-Powell

1981	Early Warning [David Elliott] electrician; ph: James P. Garvey
1981	Galaxy of Terror/Mindwarp: An Infinity of Terror/Planet of Horrors/Quest [B.D. Clark] best boy; ph: Jacques Haitkin
1981	Eating Raoul [Paul Bartel] add best boy electric; ph: Gary Thieltges
1981	Forbidden World/Mutant [Allan Holzman] best boy; ph: Tim Suhrstedt
1982	Chained Heat [Paul Nicholas] gaffer; ph: Mac Ahlberg
1983	Paris, Texas [Wim Wenders] gaffer; ph: Robby Müller
1983	Repo Man [Alex Cox] gaffer; ph: Robby Müller
1984	The Night They Saved Christmas [Jackie Cooper; tvm] gaffer; ph: David Worth
1984	To Live and Die in L.A. [William Friedkin] chief lighting tech; ph: Robby Müller
1985	Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold [Gary Nelson] gaffer (Los Angeles); ph: Alex Phillips
1985	Rio de oro [Ralph (Rafael) Portillo] electrician; ph: Michael Simpson (= ?)
1986	Cherry 2000 [Steve De Jarnatt] gaffer; ph: Jacques Haitkin
1987	Walker [Alex Cox] gaffer; ph: David Bridges
1987	Permanent Record [Marisa Silver] chief lighting tech; ph: Fred Elmes
1989	Monsters [ep #42 'The Offering' dir by Ernest D. Farino; tv-series] c.op; ph: Michael Cardone
1990	Curiosity Kills [Colin Bucksey; tvm] c.op; ph: Bojan Bazelli
1990	Sweatin' to the Oldies 2 [E.H. Shipley; workout film/60m/V] co-c.op; ph: Bryan Duggan
1991	Indigo Blues [Michele Martin; theatre play] lighting design
1992	Blind Side [Geoff Murphy; tvm] add c.op; ph: Paul Elliott
1992	Dead Connection/Final Combination [Nigel Dick] co-add c.op; ph: David Bridges
1995	Soul of the Game/Field of Honour [Kevin Rodney Sullivan] co-c.op 'b' cam; ph: Sandi Sissel