RON SIMONSON Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer/Director of Photography
FILM/DOCS/SHORTS DIRECTOR STUDIO/PRODUCERS
“SOUL SNATCHER” HAOLIN SONG EDKO FILMS LIQI YI William Kong
“STREETS OF FURY” GARY HYMES BASE MEDIA/WANDA GROUP VFX Supervisor/Camera Operator + VFX Producer Prep/Shoot
“THE FOUR” GORDON CHAN ENLIGHT PICTURES Visual Effects Supervisor Paul Au, Abe Kwong
“THE CROSSING” JOHN WOO LION ROCK PRODUCTIONS Visual Effects Supervisor (Prep) CHINA FILM GROUP Terence Chang
“MURAL” GORDON CHAN ENLIGHT PICTURES Visual Effects Consultant Paul Au, Abe Kwong
“CAT RUN” JOHN STOCKWELL PALADIN/LLEJU PRODUCTIONS VFX Supervisor/Producer Ram Bergman 2ND Unit Director of Photography
“SMOKIN’ ACES 2: ASSASSINS’ BALL” PJ PESCE UNIVERSAL PICTURES Visual Effects Supervisor (Base FX) Mike Elliot
“THE KING OF FIGHTERS” GORDON CHAN DOUBLE EDGE ENTERTAINMENT Visual Effects Supervisor Bobby Sheng
“WITH TARTS” (Short) ANDREA MAXWELL Andrea Maxwell, Ron Simonson Director of Photography, Producer
“THE BROTHERS BLOOM” RIAN JOHNSON ENDGAME ENTERTAINMENT VFX Supervisor/Producer/VFX DP Ram Bergman
“AMERICAN PIE PRESENTS: JOHN PUTCH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS THE BOOK OF LOVE” HOME ENTERTAINMENT Visual Effects Supervisor (Base FX) Simon Abbott, Mike Elliott
“AMERICAN VIOLET” TIM DISNEY SAMUEL GOLDWYN COMPANY VFX Supervisor/Producer Mark Donadio
“THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM” ROB MINKOFF LIONSGATE Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Casey Silver, Raffaella DeLaurentiis Visual Effects Director of Photography
“MONSTER IN MY PANTS” (Short) ANDREA MAXWELL Kathleen Latlip, Andrea Maxwell Director of Photography
“THE WALTER MITTY CONDITION” DANE PICARD TAKE ONE FILMS (35mmShort) Dane Picard Director of Photography
“THE GIRL WITH A TAIL” (Short) JOHN MANN MANN PRODUCTIONS Director of Photography Dane Picard
“BEDAZZLED” HAROLD RAMIS 20th CENTURY FOX Co-VFX Supervisor with Richard Edlund Trevor Albert VFX Director of Photography
Ron Simonson -Continued-
“DRAGON HEART 2: A NEW DOUG LEFLER UNIVERSAL PICTURES BEGINNING” Raffaella DeLaurentiis VFX Supervisor 2ND Unit Director of Photography Nomination: Video Premiere Award
“NEWS FOR MANUELA ON THE DEATH JOSE SANCHEZ ILLARJI PICTURES OF BOLIVAR” (35mm Short) Tina Datsko de Sanchez Director of Photography Sundance Film Festival
“EL CAMINO DE LA COSTA” JOSE SANCHEZ ILLARJI PICTURES (35mm Short) Tina Datsko de Sanchez Director of Photography Winner: 16th Chicago Latino Film Festival
“STARSHIP TROOPERS” PAUL VERHOVEN SONY PICTURES Digital Imaging Supervisor Jon Davison Visual Effects DP - Boss Film
“AIR FORCE ONE” WOLFGANG SONY PICTURES Visual Effects Director of Photography PETERSEN Armyan Bernstein Digital Imaging Supervisor - Boss Film
“DESPERATE MEASURES” BARBET SCHROEDER MANDALAY ENTERTAINMENT Camera Operator Susan Hoffman, Lee Rich Digital Imaging Supervisor – Boss Film
“MAGIC 8 BALL” (35mm) ANDREA MAXWELL BOXHEAD CREATIONS Director of Photography/Producer Andrea Maxwell, Ron Simonson
“LA PAZ” (16mm Docu-Drama) JOSE SANCHEZ GYPSYCAT PRODUCTIONS Director of Photography Tito Datsko de Sanchez
“FIGUREHEAD” (16mm Short) ANDREA MAXWELL FIGUREHEAD PRODUCTIONS Director of Photography
“THE GIFT” (16MM Short) ANDREA MAXWELL FIGUREHEAD PRODUCTIONS Director of Photography
“INSIDE CUBA” JOSE SANCHEZ ILLARJI PRODUCTIONS Director of Photography Tina Datsko de Sanchez
TELEVISION/CABLE/WEB DIRECTOR STUDIO/PRODUCERS
“BATTLE CRY” – Music Video PAUL LUNDAHL E-MOTION STUDIOS Set Supervisor
“A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS” BARRY SONNENFELD NETFLIX Visual Effects Supervisor (Episodes 1-4) PARAMOUNT TELEVISION Set and Post - Encore Vancouver
“LEGENDS OF TOMORROW” GREG BERLANTI THE CW On Set Visual Effects Supervisor * MARC GUGGENHEIM WARNER BROS. TELEVISION Encore Hollywood (Season 1, 9 Eps) ANDREW KREISBERG
“VICE PRINCIPALS” DANNY MCBRIDE HBO Visual Effects Supervisor Prep/Shoot JODY HILL Encore Hollywood Encore Hollywood (Season 1, Eps 1-5)
“LAUREN” (Web-series) LESLI LIKA GLATTER WIGSCO Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer Effie Brown
“HAVE A LITTLE FAITH” (TV Movie) JON AVNET ABC/HALLMARK HALL OF FAME VFX Supervisor/Producer Andrew Gottlieb
“WILLIAM AND KATE” (TV Movie) MARK ROSMAN LIFETIME TELEVISION VFX Supervisor/Producer Frank Konisberg
“PLEADING GUILTY” (TV Movie) JON AVNET FOX TELEVISION VFX Supervisor/Producer Jon Avnet, Kelly A. Manners, Marsha Oglesby
Ron Simonson -Continued-
“STARTER WIFE” (Mini-series) JON AVNET NBC/UNIVERSAL VFX Supervisor/Producer Marsha Oglesby
“SIXTY MINUTE MAN” (TV Pilot) JON AVNET ABC/TOUCHSTONE TELEVISION VFX Supervisor/Producer Harry Bring “CONVICTION” (TV Movie) JON AVNET CBS/WARNER BROS TELEVISION VFX Supervisor/Producer Charlie Goldstein
“SOMETHING THE LORD MADE” JOE SARGENT HBO (TV Movie) VFX Supervisor/Producer Robert Cort
“BOOMTOWN” (Mini-Series) JON AVNET NBC/DREAMWORKS TELEVISION VFX Supervisor/Producer Jon Avnet
“ANGELS IN AMERICA” (Mini-series) MIKE NICHOLS HBO Co-Visual Effects Supervisor with Celia Costas Richard Edlund Nomination: Emmy Award
“UPRISING” JON AVNET NBC/AVNET KERNER VFX Supervisor + 2nd Unit DP Raffaella DeLaurentiis
ADDITIONAL CREDITS:
“POSEIDON’S FURY: ESCAPE FROM THE GARY GODDARD GARY GODDARD ENTERTAINMENT LOST” (Short) UNIVERSAL THEME PARKS Post Production Supervisor Chuck Comisky
“BASEKETBALL” DAVID ZUCKER ZUCKER BROTHERS PRODUCTIONS Post Production Supervisor UNIVERSAL PICTURES Gil Netter
“MULTIPLICITY” HAROLD RAMIS COLUMBIA PICTURES Digital Imaging Supervisor – Boss Film Harold Ramis, Trevor Albert
“WATERWORLD” KEVIN REYNOLDS WARNER BROTHERS Digital Colorist – Boss Film Kevin Costner, John Davis, Charles Gordon, Lawrence Gordon
“SPECIES” ROGER DONALDSON MGM Digital Colorist – Boss Film Dennis Feldman, Frank Mancusco Jr.
“THE FANTASTICKS” MICHAEL RITCHIE MGM Digital Colorist – Boss Film Michael Ritchie, Linne Radmin
“OUTBREAK” WOLFGANG WARNER BROTHERS Digital Colorist – Boss Film PETERSEN Gail Katz, Arnold Kopelson
“DROP ZONE” JOHN BADHAM PARAMOUNT PICTURES Digital Colorist – Boss Film D.J. Caruso, Lauren Lloyd, Wallis Nicita
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COMMERCIALS/MUSIC VIDEOS/SPECIAL PROJECTS “STINKFIST” TOOL (Music Video) - Director of Photography, Zoo Records “FREAKSHOW” DIMESTORE HOODS (Music Video), Director of Photography, BMG “BROOKLYN FILMS” (Theatrical Trailer), Director/DP, BROOKLYN FILMS “THE RUNNER”, Director of Photography – VFX Supervisor, ABC “WORLD OF INNOVATION,” Director of Photography – VFX Supervisor, NEC “HYABUSA,” Director of Photography – VFX Supervisor, SUZUKI BUZZ LIGHTYEAR, VFX Supervisor, DISNEY, WDI (Theme Park) ELLEN’S ENERGY ADVENTURE, Digital Imaging Supervisor, Disney WDI (Theme Park) NEC “WORLD OF INNOVATION” Marsteller (2x 30 second spots) Director of Photography Suzuki “Hyabusa” (30 second spot) Director of Photography
Affiliations: Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, IATSE - Local 600 (DP), Visual Effects Society
Education: BA from CSULB in Film and Television
Locations: China (Beijing, Gobi Desert, Heng Dian, Hong Kong, Jiangsu, Shanghai), Czech Republic, Montenegro, Seoul Korea, Serbia, Romania, Thailand, Vancouver, New York City
Notable: Has right to work in any EU country from permanent residency status in Slovakia.