Ericson Core | |
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| Occupation(s) | Film director, cinematographer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Ericson Core is an American film director and cinematographer, best known for directing the 2006 sports filmInvincible and the 2015 filmPoint Break. He has been director of photography on several films includingPayback,The Fast and the Furious, andDaredevil.
Core attended theArt Center College of Design inPasadena,California, at age 16, and he then attendedUSC School of Cinematic Arts[when?] inLos Angeles to get a B.A. degree in film production and directing studies.[1][2] He received aMaster of Fine Arts degree in directing and cinematography, also from the Art Center College of Design[when?].[1]
Core started his career as a music video director and then as a cinematographer for films likePayback,The Fast and the Furious, andDaredevil.[1][3]
He made his directorial debut with a true-story based sports filmInvincible, on which he also remained the director of photography.[3] The film, starringMark Wahlberg, released on August 25, 2006 byWalt Disney Pictures.[4]
In 2015, Core directed the action-thriller filmPoint Break, a remake of the1991 film of the same name, based on a script by Kurt Wimmer.[3][5] The film starredÉdgar Ramírez andLuke Bracey, and it released in the United States on December 25, 2015 byWarner Bros. Pictures.[6]
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Show | Brian Robbins | Shared credit with Dasal Banks, Stephen Consentino, John L. Demps Jr., Michael Negrin and John Simmons |
Feature film
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Exit in Red | Yurek Bogayevicz |
| 1997 | One Eight Seven | Kevin Reynolds |
| 1999 | Payback | Brian Helgeland |
| Mumford | Lawrence Kasdan | |
| 2000 | Dancing at the Blue Iguana | Michael Radford |
| 2001 | The Fast and the Furious | Rob Cohen |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Mark Steven Johnson |
| 2006 | Invincible | Himself |
| 2015 | Point Break | |
| 2019 | Togo | |
| 2024 | Hounds of War | Isaac Florentine |
| Year | Title | Director | DoP | Notes |
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| 1996 | EZ Streets | No | Yes | Episode "Pilot" |
| 1997 | Gun | No | Yes | |
| 2000-2001 | Family Law | Yes | No | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Of Kings and Prophets | Yes | No | Episode "No King Is Saved" |
| 2017 | Still Star-Crossed | Yes | No | 2 episodes |
| 2017-2021 | MacGyver | Yes | No | 4 episodes |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director | DoP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Before Women Had Wings | No | Yes |
| 2008 | The Courier/2.0 | Yes | Yes |
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