Hiro Narita Biography (1941-)

Born June 26, 1941, in Seoul, Korea; immigrated to the United States, 1957; son of Masao and Masako (maiden name, Kojima) Morikawa; married Barbara Parker, September 9, 1971. Addresses: Office: Pictures and Words, 1734 Carleton, Berkeley, CA 94703.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Cinematographer
Birth Details: June 26, 1941; Seoul, Korea

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Cinematographer
(And additional photography) The Last Waltz, United Artists, 1978
Rust Never Sleeps, 1979
Never Cry Wolf, Buena Vista, 1983
Prince Jack, 1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain, 1984
Sylvester, Columbia, 1985
Fire with Fire (also known as Captive Hearts), Paramount, 1986
No Man's Land, Orion, 1987
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Buena Vista, 1989
Shuttlecock, 1989
(Live-action segments) Tummy Trouble, 1989
(Live-action segments) Rollercoaster Rabbit, 1990
The Inland Sea, 1991
The Rocketeer, Buena Vista, 1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Paramount, 1991
Hocus Pocus, Buena Vista, 1993
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (also known as Myth of theWhite Wolf: The Further Adventures of White Fang and White Fang 2), Buena Vista, 1994
Gunmen, Dimension Films, 1994
(Live-action segments) James and the Giant Peach, Buena Vista, 1996
The Arrival (also known as Shockwave), Orion, 1996
Conceiving Ada (also known as Leidenschaftliche Berechnung), 1997 Fox Lorber, 1999
Sub Down, Kathy Morgan International, 1997
Visas and Virtue (short film), Apollo Cinema, 1997

(And director) Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper (documentary), 1997
Shadrach, Columbia, 1998
I'll Be Home for Christmas, Buena Vista, 1998
Fortress 2 (also known as Fortress 2: Re-entry), TriStar, 1999
Teknolust, 2001
Film Work
Other
Camera operator, More American Graffiti, 1979
Additional photography, Apocalypse Now (also known as Apocalypse Now Redux), 1979
Camera operator, Shadows and Light (also known as Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light), 1980
Camera operator, The Right Stuff, 1983
Additional photography, The Nutcracker: The Motion Picture, 1986
Director of visual effects photography, Always, 1989
Unit cinematographer, Simon Birch, 1998
Also provided camera work for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984; and The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1988.
Television Cinematographer
Movies
"Farewell to Manzanar," NBC World Premiere Movie, NBC, 1976
The Haunting Passion, 1983
Solomon Northup's Odyssey, 1984
America, 1984
"The Blue Yonder" (also known as "Time Flyer"), The Disney Sunday Movie, The Disney Channel, 1985
Mothers, Daughters, and Lovers (also known as American River), NBC, 1989
Plymouth, ABC, 1991
They (also known as Children of the Mist and They Watch), Showtime, 1993
Long Shadows, PBS, 1994
Dirty Pictures, Showtime, 2000
Specials
"Go Tell It on the Mountain," American Playhouse, PBS, 1984
"Pigeon Feathers" (also known as "The Revolt of Mother"), American Playhouse, PBS, 1988
"Showdown," Two-Fisted Tales, Fox, 1992
"Long Shadows," American Playhouse, PBS, 1994
Siegfried and Roy: The Magic, the Mystery, ABC, 1994
Other
Additional photography, Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of GordonParks, HBO, 2000
Gilmore Girls (series), The WB, 2000
Other People (pilot), The WB, 2001

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