Hiro Narita Hiro Narita , " né " Morikawa , is an Emmy Award - nominated cinematographer who was the Director of Photography on . Narita was brought in by the movie ' s co - producer , Steven - Charles Jaffe , a personal friend ever since the latter ( then a location manager ) had brought him in as an uncredited cinematographer on the 1978 movie " Who ' ll Stop the Rain " ( on which Richard H . Kline served as director of photography , and William Ware Theiss as costume designer ) . Narita has spoken at length on his involvement in the " The Undiscovered Country " in the January 1992 issue of the " American Cinematographer " magazine . Early life . Narita was born as Hiro Morikawa in Seoul , South Korea , but raised in Japan and Hawaii . He studied graphic art and story illustration at the San Francisco Art Institute before venturing into cinematography . After serving as a designer and photographer in the US Army from 1964 through 1966 , Narita apprenticed under director and cinematographer for over three years . The two first worked together on the Academy Award - winning 1972 film " The Candidate " . Career . Television . It was John Korty who gave Narita his first work as cinematographer , the 1976 NBC made - for - television movie " Farewell to Manzanar " , for which Narita received his first Emmy Award nomination . Clyde Kusatsu and James Saito were part of the cast of this production . In the early 1980s , Narita was a cinematographer for such TV movies as the 1984 John Korty - directed thriller " The Haunting Passion " ( which featured Paul Rossilli ) , the 1984 adaptation of " Solomon Northrup ' s Odyssey " ( which starred s Avery Brooks in the title role ) , and 1985 ' s " Go Tell It On the Mountain " ( which starred Paul Winfield ) . He later photographed the 1989 NBC drama " Mothers , Daughters and Lovers " , which featured Jim Beaver , Jack Blessing , and Robert Duncan McNeill , and the 1991 ABC science fiction drama " Plymouth " , which co - starred Jerry Hardin . In 1992 , Narita photographed an episode of the HBO horror anthology series " Tales from the Crpyt " , which features the voice of John Kassir as the Crpyt Keeper . Narita then reunited with John Korty for the 1993 movie " They " , after which he worked on the TV movie " Long Shadows " , which starred Matt Frewer . His more recent TV works include the 2000 movie " Dirty Pictures " and the 2001 special " Half Past Autumn : The Life and Works of Gordon Parks " , both of which garnered him Emmy nominations . He was also cinematographer on the pilot for the WB series " Gilmore Girls " . Film . Narita was a director of photography on the musical documentaries " The Last Waltz " and " Rust Never Sleeps " and a camera operator on the acclaimed films " Apocalypse Now " and " More American Graffiti " . He also worked as an additional cameraman on the hit 1983 films " The Right Stuff " and " Star Wars : Episode VI - Return of the Jedi " . His first feature film as cinematographer was the 1983 Disney adventure " Never Cry Wolf " , which earned him a number of awards , including the 1983 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography . He later directed photography several other Disney films , including " Honey , I Shrunk the Kids " ( starring Matt Frewer ) , " The Rocketeer " ( featuring Bill Campbell , Max Grodénchik , Darryl Henriques , Clint Howard , Ed Lauter , Terry O ' Quinn , Tiny Ron , and Paul Sorvino ) , " Hocus Pocus " ( starring Charles Rocket ) , and " James and the Giant Peach " ( featuring Steven Culp ) . He also served as the live - action director of photography for " Tummy Trouble " and " Rollercoaster Rabbit " , two animated short films based on the motion picture " Who Framed Roger Rabbit " . Narita ' s other feature film credits as Director of Photography include the 1985 drama " Prince Jack " ( whose cast included Theodore Bikel , Kenneth Mars , and William Windom ) , the 1986 romantic drama " Fire with Fire " ( which featured Virginia Madsen and Tim Russ ) , the 1994 action film " Gunmen " ( which starred Patrick Stewart ) , the 1996 science fiction thriller " The Arrival " , the 1997 thriller " Sub Down " ( featuring Tony Plana and Nikki Cox ) , and 1999 ' s " Fortress 2 " ( co - starring Beth Toussaint and Willie Garson ) . He was later the Second Unit Director of Photography on the films " The Time Machine " ( whose screenplay was written by John Logan ) , " The Scorpion King " ( which starred The Rock and featured Branscombe Richmond ) , and " Anger Management " . More recently , Narita was the Director of Photography on the 2006 films " The Darwin Awards " ( starring Winona Ryder ) and " Valley of the Heart ' s Delight " ( starring Bruce McGill ) . He was also the camera operator on the episode of the talk show " Shrink Wrap " which focused on Robin Williams .