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Mark Vargo

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Visual Effects
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Mark Vargo
Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who will live and who will die.
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Nine Dead (2009)
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Mark Vargo was born on 15 May 1954 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for Ghostbusters (1984), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and Deep Impact (1998).
BornMay 15, 1954
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Known for

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Ghostbusters
7.8
  • Visual Effects(EEG)
  • 1984
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
7.6
  • Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)
  • 2011
Elijah Wood and Leelee Sobieski in Deep Impact (1998)
Deep Impact
6.2
  • Camera and Electrical Department(second unit, Washington second unit)
  • 1998
The Forgotten Coast (2023)
The Forgotten Coast
Short
  • Cinematographer
  • 2023

Credits

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Camera and Electrical Department

  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
    • director of photography: Second Unit
    • 2023
  • Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Doug Jones, Lilia Buckingham, Belissa Escobedo, and Whitney Peak in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
    Hocus Pocus 2
    • cinematographer: second unit
    • 2022
  • Damon Wayans Jr., Madison Davenport, Jake Short, Iliza Shlesinger, Kira Kosarin, Miles J. Harvey, and Odessa A’zion in Supercool (2021)
    Supercool
    • director of photography: second unit
    • 2021
  • Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer in Mary (2019)
    Mary
    • camera operator
    • 2019
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
    NCIS: Los Angeles
    • camera operator: "b" camera
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Tut (2015)
    Tut
    • director of photography: second unit
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2015
  • Salem (2014)
    Salem
    • director of photography: second unit
    • camera operator: "c" camera
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
    Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
    • additional photography
    • additional photographer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2014
  • Johnny Depp in Transcendence (2014)
    Transcendence
    • director of photography: second unit
    • 2014
  • Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum in White House Down (2013)
    White House Down
    • director of photography: Washington, D.C.
    • 2013
  • Emmanuelle Vaugier and Susie Lawrence in Susie's Hope (2013)
    Susie's Hope
    • camera operator: "a" camera
    • 2013
  • Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane in Ted (2012)
    Ted
    • director of photography: second unit/additional photography
    • 2012
  • Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, and Matthew Gray Gubler in Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)
    Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
    • director of photography: second unit, Vancouver
    • 2011
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    • director of photography: second unit
    • 2011
  • Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)
    Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
    • director of photography: second unit
    • 2011

Cinematographer

  • The Forgotten Coast (2023)
    The Forgotten Coast
    • Cinematographer
    • Short
    • 2023
  • Invisible History: Middle Florida's Hidden Roots (2021)
    Invisible History: Middle Florida's Hidden Roots
    • Cinematographer
    • 2021
  • Daring Women Doctors (2020)
    Daring Women Doctors
    • Cinematographer
    • 2020
  • Salem (2014)
    Salem
    • Cinematographer
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2017
  • Emmanuelle Vaugier and Susie Lawrence in Susie's Hope (2013)
    Susie's Hope
    • Cinematographer
    • 2013
  • Nine Dead (2009)
    Nine Dead
    • Cinematographer
    • 2009
  • Money Bone
    • Cinematographer
    • Short
    • 2008
  • A Plumm Summer (2007)
    A Plumm Summer
    • Cinematographer
    • 2007
  • Rest Stop (2006)
    Rest Stop
    • director of photography
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Steven Seagal in Out for a Kill (2003)
    Out for a Kill
    • director of photography
    • Video
    • 2003
  • The Day the World Ended (2001)
    The Day the World Ended
    • Cinematographer
    • TV Movie
    • 2001
  • Promo Poster
    Play It to the Bone
    • director of photography
    • 1999
  • Glory, Glory
    • Cinematographer
    • TV Movie
    • 1998

Visual Effects

  • Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton in Desperate Measures (1998)
    Desperate Measures
    • director of photography: miniature unit, Boss Film Studios
    • 1998
  • Turbulence (1997)
    Turbulence
    • visual effects supervisor
    • 1997
  • Kevin Costner in Waterworld (1995)
    Waterworld
    • visual effects director of photography
    • 1995
  • Morgan Freeman, Dustin Hoffman, and Rene Russo in Outbreak (1995)
    Outbreak
    • visual effects supervisor
    • 1995
  • Billy Crystal, Jon Lovitz, Jack Palance, and Daniel Stern in City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
    City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
    • visual effects supervisor
    • 1994
  • Clint Eastwood in In the Line of Fire (1993)
    In the Line of Fire
    • visual effects supervisor: second unit, SPI
    • 1993
  • Matthew Broderick and Heidi Kling in Out on a Limb (1992)
    Out on a Limb
    • blue screen supervisor
    • 1992
  • John Ritter and Pam Dawber in Stay Tuned (1992)
    Stay Tuned
    • director of visual effects photography
    • 1992
  • Flight of the Intruder (1991)
    Flight of the Intruder
    • visual effects producer
    • 1991
  • Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson in Ghostbusters II (1989)
    Ghostbusters II
    • director of effects photography: ILM
    • 1989
  • Cher in Moonstruck (1987)
    Moonstruck
    • visual effects supervisor: moon opticals
    • 1987
  • Lucy Deakins in The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
    The Boy Who Could Fly
    • optical supervisor: Boss Film Corporation
    • 1986
  • Heather O'Rourke in Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
    Poltergeist II: The Other Side
    • optical supervisor: Boss Film Corporation
    • 1986
  • Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, Chris Sarandon, Stephen Geoffreys, William Ragsdale, and Jonathan Stark in Fright Night (1985)
    Fright Night
    • optical supervisor: Entertainment Effects Group, Los Angeles
    • 1985
  • 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
    2010: The Year We Make Contact
    • optical supervisor: Entertainment Effects Group
    • 1984

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Nine Dead
Trailer 1:56
Nine Dead

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    • Alexandria, Virginia, USA

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