Don King

Don King: Director & Cinematographer Born on Oahu Hawaii and a graduate of Punahou School, Don King was a Hawaii state swimming champion and NCAA Stanford championship water polo player. He honed his underwater cinematographer skills in such films as Soul Surfer, Cast Away, Die Another Day, Riding Giants, Blue Crush and Charlie's Angels II and The Descendants. Don shot (on land & sea) for the Emmy award winning TV series LOST. In demand for his skillful and aesthetic handling of ocean filming, he has worked with Kathryn Bigelow, Clint Eastwood, Lance Accord, and Alexander Payne. His directorial credits include the 2005 Laird Hamilton's American Express commercial, 2006 Cool Water commercial and All Aboard the Crazy Train, which won best documentary short at the 2005 Maui Film Festival, & best cinematography at the X-Dance festival. He co-produced and filmed, with his wife Julianne Yamamoto King, the documentary Beautiful Son, which won the Halekulani Golden Orchid award at the Hawai