Lloyd Ahern II

Biography

Lloyd Ahern II was born on June 7, 1942, in Los Angeles, California, USA, as Lloyd Nickolas Ahern Jr., son of doph Lloyd George Ahern Sr. [1905-1983]. Growing up, Ahern experimented with lighting, photography and film processing in a darkroom and studio that his father had set up at their home. 'I started in 1963 as a film loader at CBS Studio Center [Radford Studios]. I loaded the unexposed film into the magazines and then unload it for processing. It was a great place to start because there were twenty productions at any given time and, all day long, I was on set, learning how to conduct myself, how to deal with people. I made friends with a DP who approached me one day to say he was going to start shooting a show called 'The Big Valley' the following week and he needed a camera assistant. I jumped at the opportunity.' Became 2nd c.asst [on the tv-series 'Gunsmoke' and 'Rawhide'], then 1st c.asst and c.op. Became doph on the tv-series 'Simon &Simon'. Played the role of young Prince Valiant in 'Prince Valiant' [1954, Henry Hathaway; ph: Lucien Ballard]. Member of the ASC since 1996. Awards: Western Heritage Award 'Bronze Wrangler' [1994, shared] for 'Geronimo: An American Legend'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2007] for 'Broken Trail' [Part 1]. FILMS 1985 Jackals/American Justice [Gary Grillo] c; 2uc (+ c.op); ph: Steve Yaconelli 1991 Trespass/Looters [Walter Hill] c 1992 Leap of Faith [Richard Pearce] c; co-2uc; ph: Matthew Leonetti 1992 Jurassic Park [Steven Spielberg] c; addph; ph: Dean Cundey 1993 Robin Hood - Men in Tights [Mel Brooks] c; addph; ph: Michael O'Shea 1993 Geronimo: An American Legend [Walter Hill] p/c; 2uc: Michael O'Shea 1994 Wild Bill [Walter Hill] b&w-c 1995 Up Close & Personal [Jon Avnet] c; 2uc; ph: Karl-Walter Lindenlaub 1995 Broken Arrow [John Woo] s35/c; addph (started filming; left and was replaced by P. Levy); ph: Peter Levy 1995 Last Man Standing [Walter Hill] s35/c 1996 Turbulence [Robert Butler] s35/c; 2uc: Mark Vargo 1996 Deep Rising [Stephen Sommers] s35/c; co-addph; ph: Howard Atherton 1997 The Replacement Killers [Antoine Fuqua] s35/c; 2uc; ph: Peter Lyons Collister 1997 The X Files [Rob Bowman] s35/c; co-addph; ph: Ward Russell 1997 Can't Hardly Wait [Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont] c 1998 Supernova [Thomas Lee (= Walter Hill); (uncred) Francis Ford Coppola (re-editing) & Jack Sholder] s35/c; 2uc: Robert LaBonge; vfx superv ph: Bill Neil 2000 The Unsaid/The Ties That Bind [Tom McLoughlin] c/V 2001 Undisputed [Walter Hill] s35/b&w-c 2001 We Were Soldiers [Randall Wallace] p/c; co-2uc; ph: Dean Semler 2001 Domestic Disturbance [Harold Becker] J-D-C Scope/c; 2uc; ph: Michael Seresin 2003 American Wedding [Jesse Dylan] s35/c; 2uc: Robert LaBonge; film #3 of 'American Pie'-series 2003 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story [Rawson Marshall Thurber] s35/b&w-c; co-addph; ph: Jerzy Zielinski 2004 Kicking & Screaming [Jesse Dylan] s35/c; cph: Donald E. Thorin 2008 Fard Ayn [Kriss Perras Running Waters] still in development (2012) 2011 Bullet to the Head/Headshot [Walter Hill] c; aph: Michael Kelem; uwph: Pete Romano TELEVISION 1983 Simon & Simon [ep #48 'John Doe' dir by Gary Grillo] 156-part series, 1981-88; 3rd season, 1983-84 1984 Simon & Simon [3 ep dir by various] 4th season, 1984-85; see 1983 1985 Simon & Simon [6 ep dir by various] 5th season, 1985-86; see 1983 1986 Simon & Simon [10 ep dir by various] 6th season, 1986-87; see 1983 1986 Magnum, p.i. [ep #141 'Murder by Night' dir by Russ Mayberry & #143 'Solo Flight' dir by John C. Flinn III] 162-part series, 1980-88; 7th season, 1986-87 1987 Hooperman [various] 42-part series, 1987-89 1987 On the Edge [Robert Butler] pilot 1988 Out of Time [Robert Butler] tvm 1989 Camp California [Will Mackenzie] pilot/30m 1989 Daughter of the Streets [Ed Sherin] tvm 1989 Snoops [various] 13-part series, 1989-90 1990 Poochinski [Will Mackenzie & Donald M. Petrie] pilot/30m 1990 [Danielle Steel's] Fine Things [Tom Moore] tvm 1990 [Danielle Steel's] Palomino [Michael Miller] tvm 1990 Eddie Dodd [various] 6-part series, 1991; other ph: Sol Negrin (pilot) 1991 K-9 [Vincent McEveety & Bethany Rooney] pilot/60m 1992 Picket Fences [pilot dir by Ron Lagomarsino & ep season #1] 89-part series, 1992-96; other ph: Dennis Smith & Tim Suhrstedt 1993 White Mile [Robert Butler] tvm; 2uc: Michael O'Shea; filmed 1993-94 1994 Alien Nation: Dark Horizon [Kenneth Johnson] tvm 1997 Perversions of Science [ep #1 'Dream of Doom' dir by Walter Hill] 10-part series; other ph: Rick Bota & Christopher Faloona 1999 Snoops [pilot 'Snoops' dir by Allan Arkush (AA), ep #2 'Singer in the Band' dir by AA, #3 'Bedfellas' dir by Dennie Gordon, #4 'Higher Calling' dir by Arvin Brown, #5 'The Heartless Bitch' dir by AA, #6 'Separation Anxiety' dir by Michael Lange, #7 'Constitution' dir by Bethany Rooney, #8 'True Believers' dir by Miguel Arteta, #9 'The Grinch' dir by Joe Napolitano, #10 'A Criminal Mind' dir by Ian Sander, #11 'Blood Lines' dir by Donald Petrie & #13 'Swan Chant/Swann Song' dir by AA] 13-part (3 unaired) series; cph (pilot): Jamie Anderson; aph: Kurt E. Soderling 2001 The Way She Moves [Ron Lagomarsino] tvm 2001 My Sister's Keeper [Ron Lagomarsino] tvm; ep #317 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series 2002 For the People [11 ep dir by various] 18-part series, 2002-03; other ph: Neil Roach (pilot) & Robert LaBonge (last 6 ep) 2002 Deadwood [pilot dir by Walter Hill] 36-part series, 2004-06; 1st season, 2004; other ph: James Glennon, David Boyd & Xavier Pérez Grobet 2003 Huff [pilot dir by Scott Winant] 26-part series, 2004-06; other ph: Ronn Schmidt 2004 Joan of Arcadia [2 ep dir by various] 45-part series, 2003-05; 2nd season, 2004-05; other ph: Charlie Lieberman (20 ep) 2005 Head Cases [pilot dir by Andrew Fleming] 6-part (4 unaired) series; series ph: Michael Trim 2005 Broken Trail/Daughters of Joy [Walter Hill] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Roger Vernon 2006 Not Like Everyone Else [Tom McLoughlin] tvm/HD 2006 The Staircase Murders [Tom McLoughlin] tvm/HD 2007 Army Wives [13 ep dir by various] series, 2007-present; 1st season, 2007 (13 ep) 2008 Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal [Tom McLoughlin] tvm 2008 Army Wives [14 ep dir by various] 2nd season, 2008 (19 ep); other ph: Todd McMullen (3 ep) & Frank Perl (2 ep); see 2007 2008 Madso's War/War of '04 [Walter Hill] pilot; 2uc: Scott Peck; filmed November/December in Boston 2009 Army Wives [13 ep dir by various] 3rd season, 2009 (18 ep); other ph: Bobby LaBonge (5 ep) 2010 It Takes a Village [Michael Fresco] pilot 2010 No Ordinary Family [ep #18 'No Ordinary Animal' dir by Greg Beeman & #20 'No Ordinary Beginning' dir by Paul A. Edwards] 20-part series/HD2010-11 2011 The Glades [4 ep dir by various] series, 2010-prsent; 2nd season/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2011 FILMS & TELEVISION AS CAMERA OPERATOR Was c.asst on the tv-series 'The Big Valley', 'Gunsmoke' & 'Rawhide'. 1974 All the Kind Strangers/Evil in the Swamp [Burt Kennedy; tvm] co-c.op; ph: Robert Hauser & Gene Polito 1976 Futureworld [Richard Heffron] co-c.op; ph: Gene Polito & Howard Schwartz 1977 A Sensitive, Passionate Man [John Newland; tvm] ph: Michael Margulies 1978 The Black Hole [Gary Nelson] ph: Frank Phillips 1980 Herbie Goes Bananas [Vincent McEveety] ph: Frank Phillips 1980 Miracle on Ice [Steven Hilliard Stern; tvm] co-c.op; ph: Howard Schwartz 1981 Going Ape! [Jeremy Joe Kronsberg] ph: Frank Phillips 1981 The Ambush Murders [Steven Hilliard Stern; tvm] ph: Frank Phillips 1983 Streets of Fire [Walter Hill] ph: Andrew Laszlo 1987 The Ladies [Jackie Cooper; tvm] ph: Howard Schwartz TELEVISION AS DIRECTOR 1999 Snoops [ep #12 'The Stolen Diskette/Slipped Disc'] ph: Jamie Anderson; see Television (1999) 2008 Army Wives [ep #17 'Leaving the Tribe' & #26 'Safe Havens'] series, 2007-present; 2nd season, 2008; ph: Todd McMullen (#17) & Frank Perl (#26) 2009 Army Wives [ep #38 'Family Readiness' & #43 'Operation Tango'] 3rd season, 2009; ph: Bobby LaBonge; see 2008