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David Zapatka

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Actor
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David Zapatka is known for Martha Stewart Living (1996), Outside Providence (1999) and The Extinction of Fireflies (2021).
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Martha Stewart Living (1996)
    Martha Stewart Living
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    • 1996
    Alec Baldwin, Shawn Hatosy, and Amy Smart in Outside Providence (1999)
    Outside Providence
    6.4
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1999
    Drew Droege, James Andrew Walsh, and Kario Marcel in The Extinction of Fireflies (2021)
    The Extinction of Fireflies
    5.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 2021
    Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial
    9.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 2000

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Demons & Dragans (2023)
      Demons & Dragans
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2023
    • Drew Droege, James Andrew Walsh, and Kario Marcel in The Extinction of Fireflies (2021)
      The Extinction of Fireflies
      5.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Morgan Freeman in Through the Wormhole (2010)
      Through the Wormhole
      8.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2012–2016
    • Michael McKean in Food: Fact or Fiction? (2015)
      Food: Fact or Fiction?
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Stem Cell Universe with Stephen Hawking (2014)
      Stem Cell Universe with Stephen Hawking
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • director of photography
      • 2014
    • Meditation Makeover-Incense & Beads Not Required
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • American Loggers (2009)
      American Loggers
      5.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009–2010
    • Dive! Manned Submersibles and the New Explorers (2007)
      Dive! Manned Submersibles and the New Explorers
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Plagues: The Ebola Riddle (2001)
      Plagues: The Ebola Riddle
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2001
    • Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial
      9.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2000
    • Martha Stewart Living (1996)
      Martha Stewart Living
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 1996–2004

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • The American Revolution (2025)
      The American Revolution
      8.4
      TV Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2025
    • Demons & Dragans (2023)
      Demons & Dragans
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 2023
    • Miranda Cosgrove in Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove (2019)
      Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove
      7.0
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2021
    • PBS News Hour (1975)
      PBS News Hour
      7.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • Doc Zone (2006)
      Doc Zone
      7.5
      TV Series
      • additional camera
      • 2015
    • Erin Moriarty, Richard Schlesinger, Peter Van Sant, James Brown, Troy Roberts, Bill Lagattuta, Tracy Smith, Maureen Maher, Susan Spencer, Jim Axelrod, Michelle Miller, and David Begnaud in Dead Ringer (2019)
      48 Hours on ID
      7.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2014–2015
    • Ted Williams: There Goes the Greatest Hitter That Ever Lived (2009)
      Ted Williams: There Goes the Greatest Hitter That Ever Lived
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • field camera
      • 2009
    • Live to 150, Can You Do It?
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2008
    • Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed (2008)
      Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • field camera
      • 2008
    • 48 Hours (1988)
      48 Hours
      7.5
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2007
    • Biblical Collector's Series (2006)
      Biblical Collector's Series
      8.0
      TV Series
      • location videographer
      • 2006
    • Sylvia Chase, Michel Martin, Michele Mitchell, Bill Moyers, Christopher Shays, David Brancaccio, Peter Singer, Robert W. McChesney, Christine Todd Whitman, Kevin Phillips, Tom DeLay, Elizabeth Warren, Peter Piot, Peter Mugyenyi, Maria Hinojosa, Janice Crouse, Linda Uvari, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson in Now on PBS (2002)
      Now on PBS
      6.6
      TV Series
      • field camera
      • 2002–2004
    • The Curse of the Bambino (2003)
      The Curse of the Bambino
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • camera operator (as Dave Zapatka)
      • 2003
    • Deborah Roberts and David Muir in 20/20 (1978)
      20/20
      6.8
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 2000
    • Modern Marvels (1993)
      Modern Marvels
      8.1
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1999

    Actor

    • R (2012)
      R
      Short
      • Rez
      • 2012

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Dave Zapatka

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