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R. Gern Trowbridge

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Visual Effects
  • Actor
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Lighting Director - Programmer - CLT - ACLT - SLT - LX Data Technician - Selected Productions: Feature Films: Titanic, Pulp Fiction, Independence Day, There Will Be Blood, Minority Report, The Last Samurai, Seabiscuit, U-571 Television: American Idol, The Voice, Let's Make a Deal, Community, Arrested Development, Comics Unleashed, Funny You Should Ask
BornMarch 31, 1963
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    • Known for

    Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, and Frances Fisher in Titanic (1997)
    Titanic
    8.0
    • Visual Effects(as Robert 'Gern' Trowbridge)
    • 1997
    Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction (1994)
    Pulp Fiction
    8.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department(uncredited)
    • 1994
    Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi, Michael Cera, David Cross, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, and Jessica Walter in Arrested Development (2003)
    Arrested Development
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Chevy Chase, Ken Jeong, Joel McHale, Jim Rash, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, and Donald Glover in Community (2009)
    Community
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department(uncredited)

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Funny You Should Ask
      • lighting console programmer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Comics Unleashed
      • lighting console programmer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • The Voice
      • lighting console programmer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2027
    • Comics Unleashed (2006)
      Comics Unleashed
      3.6
      TV Series
      • lighting console programmer
      • 2025–2026
    • Roy Ice in Lifestyle with Roy Ice (2023)
      Lifestyle with Roy Ice
      8.2
      TV Series
      • lighting
      • 2024–2026
    • Queen Latifah, Riley Green, Kelly Clarkson, and Adam Levine in The Voice (2011)
      The Voice
      6.5
      TV Series
      • lighting console programmer
      • 2015–2025
    • Jon Kelley in Funny You Should Ask (2017)
      Funny You Should Ask
      5.2
      TV Series
      • lighting console programmer
      • 2017–2025
    • Pop the Balloon Live (2025)
      Pop the Balloon Live
      2.7
      TV Series
      • lighting console programmer
      • 2025
    • Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry (2024)
      Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
      4.2
      TV Mini Series
      • lighting console programmer
      • 2024–2025
    • Adam Sandler in Adam Sandler: Love You (2024)
      Adam Sandler: Love You
      6.7
      TV Special
      • lighting programmer
      • 2024
    • Wayne Brady in Let's Make a Deal (2009)
      Let's Make a Deal
      6.2
      TV Series
      • lighting console programmer
      • 2015–2023
    • John C. Reilly, Adrien Brody, Jason Clarke, Solomon Hughes, Sean Patrick Small, Hadley Robinson, and Quincy Isaiah in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
      Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
      8.3
      TV Series
      • 2nd unit lighting programmer (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • American Auto (2021)
      American Auto
      6.6
      TV Series
      • lighting console programmer (uncredited)
      • 2022–2023
    • Kendrick Sampson and Zoey Deutch in Something from Tiffany's (2022)
      Something from Tiffany's
      6.3
      • rigging lighting programmer
      • 2022
    • Emmy Rossum in Angelyne (2022)
      Angelyne
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • 2nd unit lighting programmer
      • 2022
    • Eric Roberts, Tori Spelling, Reginald VelJohnson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Anna Delvey Sorokin, Joey Graziadei, Ilona Maher, Stephen Nedoroscik, Dwight Howard, Julianne Hough, Phaedra Parks, Chandler Kinney, Danny Amendola, Jenn Tran, and Brooks Nader in Dancing with the Stars (2005)
      Dancing with the Stars
      5.0
      TV Series
      • electrician (uncredited)
      • 2021
    • Talking Dead (2011)
      Talking Dead
      7.2
      TV Series
      • board operator
      • 2017–2020
    • Let's Make a Deal Primetime (2020)
      Let's Make a Deal Primetime
      6.8
      TV Series
      • lighting console programmer
      • 2020

    Visual Effects

    • U-571 (2000)
      U-571
      6.6
      • electrician: visual effects unit
      • 2000
    • Charlize Theron and Ben Affleck in Reindeer Games (2000)
      Reindeer Games
      5.8
      • best boy electric: visual effects unit
      • 2000
    • Saffron Burrows in Deep Blue Sea (1999)
      Deep Blue Sea
      6.0
      • best boy electric: visual effects unit
      • 1999
    • Soldier (1998)
      Soldier
      6.1
      • best boy electric: visual effects unit (as Robert Gem Trowbridge)
      • 1998
    • Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Sharon Stone in Sphere (1998)
      Sphere
      6.1
      • best boy electric: visual effects unit
      • 1998
    • Kundun (1997)
      Kundun
      7.0
      • best boy electric: visual effects unit (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, and Frances Fisher in Titanic (1997)
      Titanic
      8.0
      • best boy electric: Digital Domain (as Robert 'Gern' Trowbridge)
      • 1997
    • Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
      The Long Kiss Goodnight
      6.8
      • best boy electric: visual effects unit (uncredited)
      • 1996
    • Independence Day (1996)
      Independence Day
      7.0
      • electrician: visual effects camera unit (as Gern Trowbridge)
      • 1996
    • Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes in Money Train (1995)
      Money Train
      5.7
      • electrician: visual effects unit
      • 1995
    • Litefoot and Hal Scardino in The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
      The Indian in the Cupboard
      6.0
      • visual effects electrician
      • 1995

    Actor

    • Kundun (1997)
      Kundun
      7.0
      • Monk (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, and Frances Fisher in Titanic (1997)
      Titanic
      8.0
      • Drowning Man (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Tim Curry, Jennifer Grey, and Billy Campbell in Lover's Knot (1995)
      Lover's Knot
      4.8
      • Party Dude w
      • Iguana (uncredited)
      • 1995
    • Magic Kid II (1994)
      Magic Kid II
      3.9
      • Movie Crew Member (uncredited)
      • 1994
    • Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger (1991)
      Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger
      3.7
      • Bar Patron (uncredited)
      • 1991

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Gern Blanston
    • Height
      • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
    • Born
      • March 31, 1963
      • Santa Maria, California, USA

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