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Ed Ayer

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Special Effects
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Ed Ayer is known for Die Hard (1988), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) and Flatliners (1990).
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    Known for

    Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)
    Die Hard
    8.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1988
    Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    7.7
    • Special Effects(as Edward A. Ayer)
    • 1982
    Kevin Bacon, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Kiefer Sutherland, and Oliver Platt in Flatliners (1990)
    Flatliners
    6.6
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Edward A. Ayer)
    • 1990
    Michael Douglas in Black Rain (1989)
    Black Rain
    6.6
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Edward A. Ayer)
    • 1989

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    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Hotel
      • electrician: "Inside my Head" end title sequence (as Edward Ayer)



    • Robin Tunney and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje in The Fix (2019)
      The Fix
      6.5
      TV Series
      • chief lighting technician
      • 2019
    • Dennis Haysbert, Kathryn Morris, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Sarah Shahi, and Jessica Lu in Reverie (2018)
      Reverie
      6.5
      TV Series
      • chief lighting technician
      • 2018
    • Patrick Stewart, Adrian Scarborough, Timm Sharp, Jacki Weaver, Dolly Wells, Karan Soni, and Mary Holland in Blunt Talk (2015)
      Blunt Talk
      7.4
      TV Series
      • chief lighting technician
      • 2015–2016
    • Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia, and Sean Giambrone in The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2021)
      The Goldbergs
      8.0
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • chief lighting technician
      • 2013–2015
    • Gabriel Luna in Matador (2014)
      Matador
      5.7
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 2014
    • Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis in Vegas (2012)
      Vegas
      7.3
      TV Series
      • chief lighting technician
      • 2012–2013
    • Skeet Ulrich, Alfred Molina, Terrence Howard, Regina Hall, Corey Stoll, and Megan Boone in Law & Order: LA (2010)
      Law & Order: LA
      6.7
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 2010–2011
    • Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin in Big Love (2006)
      Big Love
      7.7
      TV Series
      • chief lighting technician
      • 2007–2010
    • Tim Roth in Lie to Me (2009)
      Lie to Me
      8.0
      TV Series
      • chief lighting technician
      • 2009
    • Powers Boothe, Keith Carradine, Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, and Molly Parker in Deadwood (2004)
      Deadwood
      8.6
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • electrician
      • 2005–2006
    • Craig Anton, Lise Simms, Raviv Ullman, Aly Michalka, and Amy Bruckner in Phil of the Future (2004)
      Phil of the Future
      6.9
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 2005
    • Ocean's Twelve (2004)
      Ocean's Twelve
      6.5
      • rigging electrician (as Edward A. Ayer)
      • 2004
    • Tony Shalhoub in Monk (2002)
      Monk
      8.1
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 2003–2004
    • Julia Roberts, Catherine Keener, and Blair Underwood in Full Frontal (2002)
      Full Frontal
      4.7
      • best boy electric
      • 2002
    • Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
      Tuesdays with Morrie
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • gaffer
      • 1999

    Special Effects



    • Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
      Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
      7.7
      • special effects (as Edward A. Ayer)
      • 1982

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      • Edward A. Ayer

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