Joaquin Baca-Asay Filmography

Occupation:: Cinematographer

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Two Lovers

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini, Vinessa Shaw, Elias Koteas

Synopsis: A depressed young man moves back in with his parents and finds his life turned upside down as he struggles to choose between the beautiful daughter of a close family friend and the scintillating but volatile next-door neighbor whose passion helps to reignite his lust for life. The third screen Read More

1/1/08
We Own the Night

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall, Antoni Corone

Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of the bloody battle waged between New York City cops and the Russian mafia in the 1980s, director James Gray's period drama tells the tale of an emerging club manager whose family ties to law enforcement make him a target for the city's most dangerous criminals. Bobby Read More

10/5/07
Thumbsucker

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Keanu Reeves

Synopsis: A high-school senior finds that fate (and modern medicine) plays some interesting tricks with his personality in this dramatic comedy. Justin Conn (Lou Taylor Pucci) is a neurotic teenager who has a difficult time with his peers, especially Rebecca (Kelli Garner), a cute girl in his debate class Read More

9/16/05
P.S.

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, Paul Rudd, Lois Smith

Synopsis: Directed by Dylan Kidd, P.S. follows Louise Harrington (Laura Linney), a divorcee who works in Columbia University's School of Fine Arts and at first glance seems utterly satisfied with her life. The thirties-odd woman has found success in the workplace, is respected among her peers, and is fairly Read More

10/15/04
Showboy

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann, Marilyn Milgrom, Joe Daley, Erich Miller

Synopsis: Written and directed by co-stars Lindy Heymann and Christian Taylor, Showboy is a comedic mockumentary about a Hollywood writer trying to make it onto the Las Vegas stage. Real-life British filmmaker Heymann takes her documentary crew into Southern California to report on Britons working in Read More

4/9/04
Roger Dodger

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg, Isabella Rossellini, Elizabeth Berkley, Jennifer Beals

Synopsis: Writer/director Dylan Kidd got a chance to make his script for Roger Dodger into a feature film when he boldly approached Campbell Scott in a café in Greenwich Village and made his pitch. Eventually, Scott would agree to executive produce and star in the film, and was responsible for bringing Jennifer Beals Read More

10/25/02
Super Troopers

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske

Synopsis: A handful of state troopers are put in the uncomfortable position of having to actually enforce the law in this high-spirited comedy. Mac (Steve Lemme), Thorny (Jay Chandrasekhar), Foster (Paul Stoter), and Rabbit (Erik Stolhanske) are four Vermont state troopers whose dedication to duty is not Read More

2/15/02
Two Ninas

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Cara Buono, Amanda Peet, Bray Poor, Linda Larkin, Ron Livingston

Synopsis: After a long lonely period of involuntary celibacy, Marty Sachs decides that he has had enough of New York and wants to pack up and run the family business in Maine. Yet before he leaves, he meets two available, attractive women, both named Nina. Nina Cohen shares many of the same eccentric Read More

1/26/01
Paperboys

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: The lives, hopes, and fears of five suburban paperboys are put to celluloid in this short documentary from music video director Mike Mills. Commissioned by fashion magnate Jack Spade, Paperboys looks at a narrow sliver of America's dwindling paper-deliverers, specifically five teenage boys in Read More

2001
Coming Soon

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Tricia Vessey, Gaby Hoffmann, Bonnie Root, James Roday, Mia Farrow

Synopsis: Coming Soon is yet another youth comedy about the sexual misadventures of a group of high school students, but with a difference -- this time, it follows three teenage girls who are in search of sexual and romantic fulfillment. Nell (Tricia Vessey), Jenny (Gaby Hoffmann), and Stream (Bonnie Root) Read More

5/12/00
Sleepover

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: Fate takes a tragic turn as six kids look for something to do in this independent coming-of-age drama. Mark (Michael Albanese) is a teenager growing up in suburban Connecticut; he's not especially close to his parents and he tries to bond with his classmates by bossing them around. One night, with Read More

2000
The Architecture of Reassurance

Crew: Cinematographer

1999
Chocolate For Breakfast

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Isabel Gillies, Brooke Hailey, Marin Hinkle, Calliope Thorne, Michael Showalter

Synopsis: Three women try to set aside their personal and romantic difficulties in order to help out a fourth -- though it isn't easy -- in the dramatic comedy Chocolate for Breakfast. Amy (Marin Hinkle) is a stockbroker whose career is on the upswing when one night, very much out of character, she goes a Read More

1999
Dead Broke

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Paul Sorvino, John Glover, Tony Roberts, Jill Hennessy, Justin Theroux

Synopsis: The potential witnesses to a mysterious murder all become suspects when a determined detective fails to crack the case in a hard-boiled mystery directed by Edward Vilga and starring Jill Hennessy, Paul Sorvino, and John Glover. When gunshots pierce the black stillness of the night and a body Read More

1998
Deformer

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: Pro skater and painter Ed Templeton is profiled in this short experimental documentary from music video director and graphic artist Mike Mills. In its 17-minute running time, the film offers a distinctly fractured glimpse into Templeton's home life with his girlfriend and his artistic endeavors Read More

1998
Ratchet

Crew: Camera Operator

Actors: Tom Gilroy, Margaret Welsh, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Nurit Koppel, Matthew Dixon

Synopsis: In this noirish crime thriller, deeply troubled screenwriter/director Elliot Callahan, who made a brilliant debut with the innovative thriller "Criminal Intent," finds himself tormented with writers block that prevents him from starting on his eagerly awaited sophomore film. His studio is about to Read More

1996
Low

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: This low-brow drama centers on the lives of some slimy characters. The sordid mess begins when Terry "lullaby" Fairlane is released from prison. He spent nine years there after raping his wife Michelle's 12-year old sister. The only one who is really glad to see him is simpleton Speck White who Read More

1995