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name: "Hiro Narita"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "26 June 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T12:32:18.996169+00:00"
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# Hiro Narita

Cinematographer. Born 26 June 1941 in Keijō, Empire of Japan (now Seoul, Republic of Korea).

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 26 June 1941, Keijō, Empire of Japan (now Seoul, Republic of Korea)
- **Active:** 1979–1991
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 92 (1), 1990s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiro_Narita, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1552391, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2116

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.md) (74)

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## Biography

Hiro Narita is a Japanese-American cinematographer. He was born on 26 June 1941 in Keijō (now Seoul), then part of the Empire of Japan. He studied graphic design at the San Francisco Art Institute, graduating in 1964, and later apprenticed with filmmaker John Korty.

Narita's early credits include camera work on *Never Cry Wolf* (1983), for which he received awards from the National Society of Film Critics and the Boston Society of Film Critics. He served as director of photography on *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989), *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991), *The Rocketeer* (1991), *Hocus Pocus* (1993), *James and the Giant Peach* (1996) and *The Arrival* (1996). He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, theasc.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.md)
- *Apocalypse Now* (1979), Fi1m 92, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Neil Young - Boarding House 1978* (2024), Camera Operator
- *Love Is Love Is Love* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Mathematics Of Change* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Shadow Stalker* (2019), Director of Photography
- *A Perfect Place* (2008), Director of Photography
- *The Darwin Awards* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Strange Culture* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Valley of the Heart's Delight* (2006), Cinematography
- *The Scorpion King* (2002), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Time Machine* (2002), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Teknolust* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Dirty Pictures* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Fortress 2* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Conceiving Ada* (1999), Director of Photography
- *I'll Be Home for Christmas* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Shadrach* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Sub Down* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper* (1997), Director
- *Visas and Virtue* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Arrival* (1996), Director of Photography
- *James and the Giant Peach* (1996), Director of Photography
- *White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf* (1994), Director of Photography
- *They* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Hocus Pocus* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Gunmen* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Two-Fisted Tales* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.md)
- *The Inland Sea* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Solomon Northup's Odyssey* (1991), Director of Photography
- *The Rocketeer* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Roller Coaster Rabbit* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Shuttlecock* (1989), Cinematography
- *Mothers, Daughters and Lovers* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Tummy Trouble* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Director of Photography
- *Pigeon Feathers* (1988), Director of Photography
- *No Man's Land* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Fire with Fire* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Prince Jack* (1985), Director of Photography
- *The Blue Yonder* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Sylvester* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Go Tell It on the Mountain* (1984), Director of Photography
- *The Haunting Passion* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Never Cry Wolf* (1983), Director of Photography
- *listen...* (1982), Director of Photography
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Director of Photography
- *Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light* (1980), Camera Operator
- *Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps* (1979), Director of Photography
- *More American Graffiti* (1979), Camera Operator
- *Apocalypse Now* (1979), Camera Operator — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md)
- *The Last Waltz* (1978), Additional Director of Photography
- *Journey Through the Past* (1972), Camera Operator

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