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 [Brian Trenchard-Smith] tao/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 Risky Business [Paul Brickman] c; cph: Bruce Surtees

1982 Mike's Murder [James Bridges] p/c

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

1985 Desert Bloom [Eugene Corr] c

1985 Band of the Hand [Paul Michael Glaser] c

1985 Lucas [David Seltzer] c

1985 Jumpin' Jack Flash [Penny Marshall (replaced Howard Zieff)] 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] 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

1993 Roosters [Robert M. Young (replaced Marcus DeLeon during shooting)] p/c; addph: Yuri Neyman (was ph, but was

replaced by R. Villalobos); 2uc: John Beymer

1993 PCU [Pit Party] [Hart Bochner] c

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

2009 Flights of Fancy/El lujo de soñar [Daniel Eduvijes Carrera] 1 day of principal ph on 6 December; status unknown

TELEVISION

1981	Our Family Business [Robert Collins] pilot
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	The Hitchhiker/Deadly Nightmares [various] 85-part series, 1983-91; other ph: Richard Wincenty & Thomas Burstyn
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
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 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] series, 2008-present; 1st season, 2008; 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, 2009; 2uc (pilot): David Wexler; other ph: David J. Miller

FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR

1974	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore [Martin Scorsese] 1st c.asst; ph: Kent Wakeford
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'] 85-part series, 1983-91; 4th season, 1987; see Television (1983)
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
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; ep ph: Stephen McNutt
2001	American Family [ep #15 'The Glass Ceiling'] ph: Brian J. Reynolds; see Television (2001)
2005	Battlestar Galactica [ep #29 'Sacrifice'] series/HD, 2004-present; 2nd season, 2005-06; ph: Stephen McNutt
2005	Seraphim Falls [David Von Ancken] 2ud; 2uc: Michael Ferris; ph: John Toll
200?	Macho [feature] announced