Biography

Ron Garcia, ASC grew up in Los Angeles and studied fine art painting at Art Center College of Design. Before switching to the motion picture industry, Ron worked in the California aerospace industry as an electro- mechanical packaging designer for the Apollo Command Module, the Saturn Stage II Helium Purge System and the Polaris Atomic Submarine Launching Systems.

Ron followed his passion and became an independent filmmaker working as a director, producer, writer, editor, art director and cameraman of low budget feature films so he could fine tune his art of Cinematography.

His feature credits as Director of Photography include David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Francis Coppola's One from the Heart, Reggie Hudlin's the Great White Hype, and Mark Frost's Storyville.

Ron was the cinematographer on successful series pilots such as Twin Peaks, the Marshal and Stingray, as well as the acclaimed miniseries Murder in the Heartland and the Day Lincoln Was Shot which he received both Emmy and ASC Award nominations for each.

Ron's numerous television credits include the pilot year of the new Hawaii Five O, tnt's Rizzoli and Isles, Michael Mann's Crime Story, Paul Haggis' Ez Streets, John Masius' Providence and Amy Sherman - Palladino's Gilmore Girls.

Ron won the Cable ACE Award for HBO's western EL DIABLO, a Cable ACE Award nomination for TNT's controversial1950's nuclear testing Nightbreaker and an Asc Award Nomination for the Pilot Twin Peaks.

Ron has directed three independent feature films as well as sixteen prime time television hour-long dramas for CBS, NBC, and USA Cable.
- IMDb mini biography by: Peggy King