Production & Postproduction over 30 years of experience in both film and video:
Photography and lighting design and direction; camera operations and assisting
Sound recording
Live multicamera direction and technical direction
Nonlinear editing, effects, and color grading
In the past 20 years (chronological order):
Location sound recording, 1st AC, and 2nd unit photography, Ambassador's Day, short film, dir. Dave Kellum, DP Josh Steck, Copperopolis CA, Spring 2004
Technical Coordinator, 10-camera (DVX100 & SDX900) concert photography for Dave Alvin and Los Straitjackets, director Joe Murray, DP Jordan Valenti, San Francisco CA, January 2005
Cam op, Steadicam, technical direction on 3-camera documentaries for Kranky Kids, Los Altos CA, Spring 2005 - 2007
Field crew, interviews & B roll, Purpose Prize documentaries for Friedkin Digital, various locations in CA, Spring 2007
Additional photography, visual effects, Imbued, feature film, dir. Ron Nilsson, San Francisco CA, Summer 2008 (released 2009)
DP & camera operator, Maelstrom, feature film, dir. Rob Nilsson, Mill Valley CA, June 2008 (premiered October 2012)
RED Operator, greenscreen elements shoot for the Tiger Lillies’ “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” European tour, dir. Mark Holthusen, San Carlos CA, November 2011
Gaffer / grip / RED operator, Don't Give Up the Ghost, feature film, dir. Jean-Louis Milesi, DP Hervé Cohen, San Carlos CA, September 2012
NAB and Cine Gear Expo demo videos for Sony FS700 and F55 cameras, Sony Corporation, San Francisco Bay Area, 2012–2014
Equipment vendors (codec quality; user interface design; display technology simulation)
Filmmakers (technology evaluation, system and process troubleshooting, workflow design, camera tests, generalized production and postproduction consulting)
Investment banks and venture capitalists (video technology and marketplace perspectives)
Training in digital video technology, camera operation, production techniques, and nonlinear editing. Venues range from short seminars like the ones at DV Expo to focused classes for clients like California POST and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
