 CAMERAMAN: on the exotic paradise island of Bali in southeast Asia, a travel adventure video for Cadence Corp. Includes whitewater rafting through the rainforest!
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: for A&E's The History Channel approximately 20 programs. "The Al Capone Story", "Lincoln: The Untold Stories", "Leopold & Loeb", "Elders of Zion," , "Quantrill's Raiders," "Haunted Maine", "Haunted Hawaii", "Haunted Chicago", "History of Sports Technology," "Frontier Doctors," "Tecumseh", "Wolf Pack: German Submarine Warfare of WWII" and "Chief Pontiac." For many of these shows we created re-enactments and abstracts, logistically and creatively similar to shooting low budget features.
CAMERAMAN: two training films for the U.S. Marines Helicopter Attack Group on the Cobra Attack Helicopters. Subjects: Low level flying and escort tactics. Utilized live ammunition, night maneuvers, and flying below tree top level. Very exciting!!
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: NBC's prime time show Unsolved Mysteries, about a dozen episodes: Nurse Tammy Missing, Missing Anchorwoman, Lady In Black, Who Murdered Brooke Baker?, Black Churches Burning, Michele's Reunion, Evonne is Gone, Struck by Lightning, Baseball Amnesia, Twisted Sisters, Missing Rancher, Missing ATM Attendant among others.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Pay-per-view fashion bikini (and nude) videos shot throughout the British Virgin Islands aboard the world's largest clipper sailing ship with 24 gorgeous models. Sold through Playboy.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: A&E's Biography: Ted Nugent (the guitarist) and Mary Wilson (The Supremes).
CAMERAMAN: shot Fergie, Duchess of York, for CBS's 3-hour special: American Film Institute presents "100 Years, 100 Movies."
CAMERAMAN: documentary shot around the U.S. for Allstate on the need to volunteer to help others. Many other programs over the years for this client including covering he Hurricane Andrew disaster response.
CAMERAMAN: Television documentary for the Iron Butt Rally, America's toughest motorcycle challenge: 11,000 miles in 11 days.
CAMERAMAN: Documentary about a group of hikers trekking the entire Appalachian Trail (1250 miles over six months), celebrating the Sierra Club's 100th Anniversary. Sponsored by Video Expeditions, producers of travel adventure programs.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Fox Television's critically acclaimed prime time series "Yearbook", a documentary show about life in high school. Shooting pure documentary (handheld) style six days a week for six and one half months, with a shooting ratio of 150:1, all real life situations.
CAMERAMAN: two training programs for the U.S. Army on heavy military transportation techniques. Shot in Korea near the Demilitarized Zone. Lots of helicopter shooting. Plus a training video for the U.S Special Forces, on psychological operations enemy forces are expected to employ.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: for the Episcopal Diocese two documentaries exploring the themes of unity and diversity, including the U.S. visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
CAMERAMAN: for True Value Hardware a film noir Sam Spade take off in black & white plus many other sales training programs. About twenty videos for Ace Hardware.
CAMERAMAN: for Crate & Barrel perhaps two dozen sales, marketing, training and architectural videos shot all over the U.S.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, documentary shot in Europe for PBS about the Nazi's destruction of a small town in Czechoslovakia (Lidice) in retaliation for the assassination of Hitler's right hand man. The story of how the atrocities are still affecting the lives of the survivors today, shot on location.
CAMERAMAN: video news releases for American Veterinarian Assoc., Serengetti Sunglasses, American Bar Association, American Express, Greenpeace and Jim Beam Brands. I have done many dozens of VNRs & PSAs too numerous to mention.
CAMERAMAN: ABC prime time television special with Barbara Walter's on AIDS. Shot in the "hood."
CAMERAMAN: thirty video projects across the U.S. for AT&T. Directed several. Subjects: Political Action Committees, operator services, new switching systems, sponsorship of theater groups, fire disaster, and supervised the filming of a time lapse project of their new HQ building under construction. Used three cameras taking one frame every twelve minutes for one year.
CAMERAMAN, corporate image video, shot across the U.S., for International Minerals & Chemicals, on animal nutrition needs and feeds. Also for I.M.C., an interesting documentary on the problems of Florida's vanishing wetlands. Including lots of wildlife shooting.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: for United Airlines a video training tape on the problems customers experience prior to departure, titled "The Pre-Flight Experience." Also for United, cameraman for the in-flight "infomercials" called Take 5, that inform the public about United's destinations and a commercial for Skymall. See my work at 30,000 feet.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN, half hour documentary shot at the Chicago Botanical Garden over a two year period, about new river restoration techniques, funded by the EPA.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN, Six Flags Over Great America amusement park, shot eight promotional videos enticing park patrons to buy, buy, buy!
CAMERAMAN: for Yasakawa a trade show video demonstrating the highest precision machining tool in the world - no, the universe!
CAMERAMAN: for Encyclopedia Britannica a very interesting series of educational programs: Regions of America: Everglades, Grand Canyon, Suguaro National Monument, Mt. Rushmore, Cherokee Nation, etc. Has garnered many awards, included dozens of hours of helicopter photography, with and without mounts. Lots of nature photography.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: ninety minute documentary for Japanese Television, The Fuji Network, behind the scenes of a very special circus, Cirque Du Soleil of Montreal.
CAMERAMAN: half-hour made-for-TV documentary sponsored by Sears on the subject of volunteerism. Shot all across America. Also for Sears, many fashion videos and dozens of sales training videos.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:: feature length horror/action film: A Critical Madness. Lots of car chases & crashes, explosions, stunts, and other fun FX. Supervising large crew under adverse conditions.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: for Ultra Gold & Diamonds two sales videos for investors and employees illustrating America's fastest growing jewelry store chain.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: for Pizza Hut, video segments for projection at their annual sales meeting two years in a row, shot across the U.S.
CAMERAMAN: promotional documentary for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals concerning the raising of Brahma bulls, shot in Chile, Argentina & Brazil.
CAMERAMAN: America's Most Wanted plus NBC's true crime series Save Our Streets, (I love crime shows!) several episodes, HGTV, It's A Miracle, Modern Marvels, also some exteriors for Married With Children and Perfect Strangers.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: two half hour infomercials for Compton's Encyclopedia to be broadcast on the Learning Channel and the Discovery Channel.
CAMERAMAN: complex new product intros for I.B.M.'s healthcare products. Supervised two video crews and one film crew for this major video. Also for I.B.M. a , video news release about their new super computer Deep Blue's challenge of Garry Kasparov the world's chess champion
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: industrial film for the Monsanto Corporation on the subject of their creation of genetic engineering of plants, shot in Brazil & Mexico.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: corporate image film for Texpak, a plastic wrapping manufacturer for the food industry. Included complicated computer generated graphics and shooting in Belgium, Holland and all across the U.S. Produced versions in German, Spanish and Polish. |
CAMERAMAN: two BBC half hour documentaries for broadcast, The History of Skyscrapers and Infrastructure of Cities. Lots of helicopter belly mount shooting. Also, for the BBC for the BBC a documentary about violence in America as seen from the point of view of America's busiest trauma unit in Chicago's toughest neighborhood. Plus a documentary on Women of the Mafia.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: children's video sponsored by Disney and McDonald's about the world's largest only totally intact skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, "Sue." Also for McDonald's a documentary for encouraging Hispanic teenagers to stay in school.
CAMERAMAN: for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation,approximately 20 survivor testimonials for Holocaust research.
PRODUCER/CAMERAMAN: for Citicorp thirteen training videos sponsored by state governments and Canada on the new food stamp debit card system. Produced in English, Spanish, Navajo, Vietnamese, Arabic, Laotian, Cantonese, Cambodian, Russian, Hmong, Armenian and Farsi. All with character generation and captioning in their own languages!
CAMERAMAN: Behind the Scenes" EPKs (Electronic Press Kit) for many television shows such as Turks and Chicago Hope, plus the Tom Hank's movie "The Road to Perdition".
CAMERAMAN: recruitment program for A.T. Kearney shot in Germany, England and across the U.S.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: candids videos (conventions) for Safety-Kleen shooting days, cutting nights for lots of laughs at the end of their conventions in Maui and Palm Springs, plus a corporate image piece shot documentary style about the building of a NASCAR stock car from the ground up, culminating in the exciting Mello Yellow 500. Also, about a dozen corporate communications programs for this company.
CAMERAMAN: for 1-2-3 MAGIC, educational videos for retail sale on the problem of parenting "strong willed" children. Family dynamics scenes using dramatic technique as explained by famed child psychologist Dr. Thomas Phelan. In Blockbusters nationwide.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: public service announcement for the AFL-CIO on the subject of welfare reform and how it effects employees.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: one hour documentary, "A Private War", destined for PBS about the WWII story of a Polish doctor working for the Undergground and how he saved thousands of people from the Nazis. Shot across Poland including in the ruins of the Auschwitz gas chambers.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: two training videos for the Center For Conflict Resolution, live cutting three cameras.
CAMERAMAN: documentary style marketing video for Glaxo shot across the country on new migraine headache treatments.
CAMERAMAN: several sales videos shot around the country for the Spacesaver Corp. the industry leader of portable shelving.
CAMERAMAN: 48 HOURS, the CBS News magazine show, several episodes, fast, hand held work. I can keep up with reality, good at predicting what the subjects will do.
CAMERAMAN: documentary for Illinois Institute of Technology on the architectural contest to choose the design for the new Mies Van Der Rohe student center from the world's five leading architects.
CAMERAMAN, documentary for the Discovery Channel about life underground: "Invisible Subtropolis", shot in very dangerous conditions 300' below the surface.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN, corporate image video for the Illinois Trade Association, America's largest barter organization.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: medical marketing video for Novacare shot documentary style about a forty year old woman, born without arms and legs, being fitted with state-of-the-art upper body prosthetics.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN, for the Regal Alaskan Resort in Alaska a promotional videotape encouraging meeting planners to come up north for their next business affair.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN,: for ITW a training video on heavy machinery and twoC.E.O. addresses regarding the touchy issue of sexual harassment in the workplace
CAMERAMAN: half hour broadcast documentary for the Jewish Historical Society on the first hundred years.
CAMERAMAN, award winning documentary fund raiser for the Boy Scouts of America about an economically disadvantaged troop from Chicago's toughest housing project.
CAMERAMAN: for Irish Public Television a one-hour documentary about the 20th reunion of the most famous of all Irish music groups, the Green Fields of America. Shot concerts on-stage and behind the scenes.
CAMERAMAN, documentary for Project Choices, a pilot program to integrate learning disabled and retarded children back into the regular classroom. I have a lot of experience shooting children with disabilities (I'm the father of two kids).
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN, three travel promotional videos for Sheraton in Mexico, Hawaii and Portugal.
CAMERAMAN, documentary shot in Israel for the Jewish United Fund about the problems of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Russians and Ethiopians into Israeli society. Interesting cases of culture shock. I have shot about five other documentaries for the JUF.
CAMERAMAN: several shoots for the international consulting firm A.T. Kearney plus a video news magazine on their success stories shot across the U.S. and England.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: for Reader's Digest's Video Visits, travel promotional videos for Finland, Canada and Chicago. In Blockbusters nationwide. I have done many travel destinations and resorts videos, including a sales video for The Canals of Ireland.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: industrial promotional video shot in Italy for ITT, touts their pioneering of state of the art manufacturing robots. Many other training and sales videos for ITT including the visit of the King of Sweden. I have done many aerial shoots for this client.
CAMERAMAN: ESPN prime time television special on Dramatic Moments in Black Sports History. Also, a triathlon shot in rural Chile
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: for Motorola a meeting opener video announcing new interactive personal communication devices and software. Dozens of other shoots for Motorola including C.E.O. talks and a behind the scenes look of their participation in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
CAMERAMAN: video promoting the Ganassi Racing Team to encourage new sponsors to come aboard. Dramatic pit shooting in this behind-the-scenes documentary, with driver Eddie Cheevers.
CAMERAMAN: corporate image film for Ashland Chemicals. Shot cigarette boat races from a helicopter going 100 mph at 20 feet above the water. Don't ever, ever do anything so stupid and dangerous!
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: dramatic video for Pioneer Hybrid, on a day in the life of a successful farmer/salesman. Large cast.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: two dramatic training programs for the National Futures Association on the subject of arbitration, using large casts.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: for Brunswick, three commercials promoting bowling as great fun.
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN: two videos for the U.S. Navy at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, now the nation's largest. One for new recruit orientation, the other for finding sponsors for events.
CAMERAMAN: tear-jerking, reach-for-your-wallet fund raisers shot documentary style for Lutheran General Hospital, Mt. Sinai Hospital and Hebrew Theological Seminary. This is one of my strong specialties. I am very good at covering material before we have a script so it will edit well. |
Chances are extremely high I have done a program very similar to your next project. From impatient C.E.O.s, screaming babies, balking animals, temperamental celebrities, problem clients, natural disasters, product photography, stubborn customs officials, pyrotechnic stunts, dangerous situations, hard broadcast news, Third World slums, or your average corporate communications crisis, I will help you overcome them all. Challenging projects are my specialty. My early years included photography, editing, lighting and sound which makes me a stronger cinematographer. 
