- Dino Parks is a cinematographer of feature films and television, most recently the Taylor Sheridan projects Yellowstone, 1883 and Lawmen: Bass Reeves.
For many years he served as 2nd unit DP on feature films and series, including multiple projects with directors Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor) and Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Beauty and the Beast). Other notable directors Dino has worked with include David Fincher, George C. Wolfe, Ava DuVernay, Rob Cohen, Wayne Wang, and Gail Lerner. Dino was the cinematographer of many independent films including Visioneers and Reunion.
Prior to his career behind the camera, he worked as a chief lighting technician with award-winning Directors of Photography including Don Burgess, Russell Carpenter, Steven Fierberg and Fred Murphy, as well as directors Charles Burnett, Paul Bartel, Mary Lambert, and Jan de Bont.
Dino has worked as a cameraman across the US, and around the world, throughout Europe, the UK, and locations across Africa and Asia. He is grateful to have had opportunities to help filmmakers tell stories from a broad spectrum of cultures and creators.- IMDb Mini Biography By: BilderFilms
- Spent a week with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Sun Valley, Idaho. Received enlightenment through a synchronicity of small encounters.
- On his last day of production on Dreamgirls, was kissed by Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, and Anika Noni Rose.
- Dino is an avid outdoorsman and has visited 24 national parks. He and his wife Julie M. Anderson were married in Zion National Park. In 2017 he summited Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48.
- Met Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter.
- Danced onstage once with George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic.
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