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Mark Vargo

Career

Active from 1999 to 2014, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score40/100
Highest rated
Poster for Salem
Salem
GoodWatch score61/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1985 · Nominated · 57th Academy Awards

    Ghostbusters

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mark Vargo Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.5, average 3.0
  • Social Commentary
    3.8, average 4.9
  • Cringe Humor
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.5, average 3.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Fast-Paced 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    25
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    3 titles · average score 64
    We Want the Funk!
    We Want the Funk! (2025)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Camera Operator

    Hocus Pocus 2
    Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
    GoodWatch score 58

    Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director

    Invisible History: Middle Florida's Hidden Roots
    Invisible History: Middle Florida's Hidden Roots (2021)

    Cinematography

    2010s

    4 titles · average score 59
    Transcendence
    Transcendence (2014)
    GoodWatch score 42

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
    GoodWatch score 78

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    Nine Dead
    Nine Dead (2010)
    GoodWatch score 45

    Director of Photography

    The Way Back
    The Way Back (2010)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Second Unit Cinematographer

    2000s

    7 titles · average score 49
    3:10 to Yuma
    3:10 to Yuma (2007)
    GoodWatch score 75

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    Rest Stop
    Rest Stop (2006)
    GoodWatch score 22

    Director of Photography

    The Ring Two
    The Ring Two (2005)
    GoodWatch score 41

    Second Unit Cinematographer

    Out for a Kill
    Out for a Kill (2003)
    GoodWatch score 35

    Camera Operator, Director of Photography

    Runaway Jury
    Runaway Jury (2003)
    GoodWatch score 68

    Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

    Stuart Little 2
    Stuart Little 2 (2002)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Second Unit Director

    The Day the World Ended
    The Day the World Ended (2001)
    GoodWatch score 39

    Director of Photography

    1990s

    10 titles · average score 53
    Play It to the Bone
    Play It to the Bone (1999)
    GoodWatch score 37

    Director of Photography

    Deep Impact
    Deep Impact (1998)
    GoodWatch score 50

    Second Unit Director

    Paulie
    Paulie (1998)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director

    MouseHunt
    MouseHunt (1997)
    GoodWatch score 60

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    Tin Cup
    Tin Cup (1996)
    GoodWatch score 61

    Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director

    Waterworld
    Waterworld (1995)
    GoodWatch score 58

    VFX Director of Photography

    Outbreak
    Outbreak (1995)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    The Net
    The Net (1995)
    GoodWatch score 52

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    Stay Tuned
    Stay Tuned (1992)
    GoodWatch score 51

    Visual Effects Camera

    Flight of the Intruder
    Flight of the Intruder (1991)
    GoodWatch score 39

    Visual Effects Producer

    1980s

    1 title · average score 80
    Moonstruck
    Moonstruck (1987)
    GoodWatch score 80

    Visual Effects Supervisor