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 Hawaii International Film Festival in 2008. Beautiful Son details their family's journey to find healing for their son Beau who was diagnosed with autism in 2003. A consummate water man, his adventures include sailing across the Indian Ocean from Bali to Madagascar in a traditional wood & bamboo canoe for which he was knighted by the president of Madigascar. Mr. King is a founding member of the Hawaii Autism Foundation whose mission is to educate and help families find and fund treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder.