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Mark Vargo, ASC

Mark Vargo, ASC

Mark Vargo, ASC started his career in VFX, with his first credit going to The Empire Strikes Back. He joined the team at ILM to work on the films Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dragonslayer, Star Trek II, and Return of the Jedi. He continued working in VFX, earning an Oscar nomination for his work on Ghostbusters.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he shifted focus to working as a Director of Photography, leading the Second Unit on films like The Green Mile, The Patriot, 3:10 to Yuma, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

You can visit his website for more tips, anecdotes, and his shared experience at markvargo.com.

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