Don King (born 1960) is an American photographer,

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, and

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. He is renowned worldwide for his

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ic and cinematic images of ocean surface waves and

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. 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. After graduation from

Punahou School Punahou School (known as Oahu College until 1934) is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. More than 3,700 students attend the school from kindergarten through twelfth grade, 12th grade. Protestant missionar ...

in 1978, King attended

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

where he majored in psychology, belonged to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and was on the

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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

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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,

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, and Mike Stewart * 1994: '' The Endless Summer II'' * 1995: ''

The Living Sea ''The Living Sea'' is a 70mm American documentary film exploring marine locales intended to show the importance of protecting the ocean, released to IMAX theaters in 1995. It is narrated by actress Meryl Streep, with music by Sting, produced by ...

'' * 1997: "Tidal Wave" episode,

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''Raging Planet'' series * 1998: '' City of Angels'' * 1999: ''Surfing for Life'' * 2000: '' Cast Away'' * 2001: "The Big Squish" and "Blue Holes" episodes,

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''The Next Wave'' series * 2002: ''Heart of the Sea,'' award-winning documentary of the life of surfing champion

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. * 2002: '' Blue Crush'' * 2002: '' Die Another Day'' * 2002: "Condition Black" episode, '' Nature'' series * 2003: '' Step into Liquid'' * 2004: ''

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'' * 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: ''

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'' 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 *''

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References

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