Dana Gonzales came up through the ranks with his 2nd unit work on Paul Haggis' Academy Award winning film Crash, Julie Taymor's The Tempest and David O. Russell's The Fighter. He swiftly moved into main unit cinematography on Michael Shroeder's Man In The Chair, starring Christopher Plummer. Soon thereafter he began his longstanding collaboration with director Ric Roman Waugh, beginning with Felon, starring Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff followed by Snitch, starring Dwayne Johnson.
In addition to features, Dana has a thriving television career. His style ranges from the hyperreal, slick aesthetic of the ABC series Pretty Little Liars to the grittier, handheld look of Southland for TNT and the modern-day western Longmire for A&E. Over the years, his work has garnered a lot of attention and earned him an Emmy Award Nomination in Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie on the highly acclaimed FX series, Fargo and Dana was also chosen for Variety's Below The Line Impact Report for 2014
Recently, Dana completed Brad Payton's feature film, Incarnate, starring Aaron Eckhart and Ariel Vromen's Criminal for Millennium Films, starring Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, and Gary Oldman. He is currently shooting Ric Waugh's Shot Caller for Bold Films, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lake Bell, and Jon Bernthal.
