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Dave Isern

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Known For

The Witch

The Witch · 2016

MovieHorrorDrama

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.

Greenland

Greenland · 2020

MovieThrillerAction

John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

Rambo: Last Blood

Rambo: Last Blood · 2019

Rambo: Last Blood

MovieActionThriller

After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. Rambo, who has become a true father figure for Gabriela over the years, undertakes a desperate and dangerous journey to find her.

Angel Has Fallen

Angel Has Fallen · 2019

Angel Has Fallen

MovieActionThriller

After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.

Kick-Ass 2

Kick-Ass 2 · 2013

MovieActionAdventure

After Kick-Ass' insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.

Kandahar

Kandahar · 2023

MovieActionThriller

After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.

Shot Caller

Shot Caller · 2017

MovieCrimeDrama

A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

A Most Violent Year

A Most Violent Year · 2014

A Most Violent Year

MovieCrimeDrama

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

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The Witch

The Witch · 2016

MovieHorrorDrama

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.

Steadicam Operator

Greenland

Greenland · 2020

MovieThrillerAction

John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

"B" Camera Operator

Rambo: Last Blood

Rambo: Last Blood · 2019

Rambo: Last Blood

MovieActionThriller

After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. Rambo, who has become a true father figure for Gabriela over the years, undertakes a desperate and dangerous journey to find her.

Steadicam Operator

Angel Has Fallen

Angel Has Fallen · 2019

Angel Has Fallen

MovieActionThriller

After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.

Steadicam Operator

Kick-Ass 2

Kick-Ass 2 · 2013

MovieActionAdventure

After Kick-Ass' insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.

VFX Director of Photography

Kandahar

Kandahar · 2023

MovieActionThriller

After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.

Steadicam Operator

Shot Caller

Shot Caller · 2017

MovieCrimeDrama

A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

Steadicam Operator

A Most Violent Year

A Most Violent Year · 2014

A Most Violent Year

MovieCrimeDrama

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

Camera Operator

Detachment

Detachment · 2011

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

Steadicam Operator

Life Itself

Life Itself · 2018

MovieDramaRomance

As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.

"A" Camera Operator

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

I'm Thinking of Ending Things · 2020

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

MovieMysteryThriller

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

Steadicam Operator

The Son

The Son · 2022

A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.

Steadicam Operator

Our Friend

Our Friend · 2019

MovieDramaRomance

After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help out.

Steadicam Operator

The Green Inferno

The Green Inferno · 2014

The Green Inferno

MovieAdventureHorror

A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. However, once they arrive in this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone… and that no good deed goes unpunished.

Steadicam Operator

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl · 2015

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

MovieDramaComedy

Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.

Steadicam Operator

Come Away

Come Away · 2020

MovieFantasyAdventure

Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.

"B" Camera Operator

Table 19

Table 19 · 2017

MovieComedyDrama

Eloise, having been relieved of maid of honor duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to attend the wedding anyway – only to find herself seated with five fellow-unwanted guests at the dreaded Table 19.

Steadicam Operator

She's Funny That Way

She's Funny That Way · 2015

She's Funny That Way

MovieComedyRomance

On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.

Camera Operator

Cold Comes the Night

Cold Comes the Night · 2013

Cold Comes the Night

MovieCrimeDrama

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

Steadicam Operator

The Hollow Point

The Hollow Point · 2016

The Hollow Point

MovieActionDrama

Los Reyes County, Arizona. Leland, a retired lawman, works with Wallace, the new sheriff who replaces him, when a vicious hit man, sent by a Mexican drug cartel, threatens their border small town.

Steadicam Operator

The Super

The Super · 2018

MovieThrillerHorror

A man becomes the superintendent of a large New York City apartment building where people mysteriously go missing.

Steadicam Operator

The Book of Henry

The Book of Henry · 2017

The Book of Henry

MovieDramaThriller

Susan, a single mother of two, works as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands.

Steadicam Operator

Tangy Guacamole

Tangy Guacamole · 2003

Tangy Guacamole

MovieComedyAdventure

Spring break in Mexico takes and unexpected turn, as three goofy guys, four gorgeous girls and a mysterious hitchhiker cross paths south of the border. When a simple road trip becomes a crazy chip & dip adventure -- including perilous pit stops in the Mexican underworld -- it's one hilarous dish of guacamole gone completely wild!

Director of Photography

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Ain't Them Bodies Saints · 2013

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

MovieCrimeDrama

Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.

Camera Operator