Don King (born 1960) is an American photographer, cinematographer, and film director. He is best known for his photographic and cinematic images of ocean surface waves and surfing.
Don King was a high school sophomore the first time he sold a photograph. The purchaser was Surfing Magazine, which used it on its cover of an issue.
After graduation from Punahou School in 1978, King attended Stanford University where he majored in psychology, belonged to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and was on the Stanford Cardinal water polo team which won the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championships of 1978, 1980 and 1981. He graduated from Stanford in 1983.
Born and raised in Hawaii, Don King lives on Oʻahu with his wife Julianne Yamamoto King and their sons Beau, Aukai and Dane.
Cinematography This is a very incomplete list of King's camera and direction credits in film and television. 1987: North Shore 1988: The Tribal Trials bodyboarding video with Jack Lindholm, Ben Severson, and Mike Stewart 1994: The Endless Summer II 1995: The Living Sea 1997: "Tidal Wave" episode, Discovery Channel Raging Planet series 1998: City of Angels 1999: Surfing for Life 2000: Cast Away 2001: "The Big Squish" and "Blue Holes" episodes, National Geographic Channel The Next Wave series 2002: Heart of the Sea, award-winning documentary of the life of surfing champion Rell Sunn. 2002: Blue Crush 2002: Die Another Day 2002: "Condition Black" episode, Nature series 2003: Step into Liquid 2004: Riding Giants 2005: "Violent Hawaii" episode, Nature series 2005: Lords of Dogtown 2006: Beautiful Son 2008: Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2nd Unit D.P. 2009: Dear John water unit D.P. 2010: Hereafter water camera operator 2011: Soul Surfer 2nd unit D.P., B-camera operator 2011: The Descendants water camera operator 2011: Just Go With It water camera operator 2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides water camera operator 2011: Off the Map water camera operator, B-camera operator 2012: Battleship water camera operator, C-camera operator Television 2003-2010: Lost camera operator 6 seasons 2008 Entourage 2007: Lost episode, season 3 finale "Through the Looking Glass" Commercials American Express "Laird" - Director, Cinematographer Cool Water/Davidoff - Director, cinematographer Apple - water cinematographer Armani - water cinematographer Hyundai - water cinematographer Coca-Cola - water cinematographer Guinness - water cinematographer Norwegian Cruise lines - water cinematographer Johnson & Johnson - water cinematographer Maytag - water cinematographer Toyota -water cinematographer Weight Watchers -water cinematographer E Harmony -water cinematographer Kaiser -water cinematographer 2006: SHISEIDO TSUBAKI in Japan - water cinematographer 2011: Nike Commercial water cinematographer Music Video Mariah Carey Sugarland
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Discovery Channel Raging Planet series episode "Tidal Wave" on Amazon.com.
Heart of the Sea on Swell Cinema website. .
Brian Berusch (January 2007). Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama Lend A Hand: Two celebrated watermen test their limits to raise awareness of autism . Maui No Ka ‘Oi, Winter Issue.
Photo gallery.