Summary

Director of Photography with 10 years of experience. You can hire me to shoot for you for the day or edit your next project or both.

Credits

10/20 – 12/20

Editor (Premiere) Takes More Than Heart

FriesenPress — Advertising — FriesenPress Details
10/20 – 12/20

Produced, directed, and edited a book promo for the self-help book "Takes More Than Heart."

5/11 – 4/20

Editor (Premiere, Final Cut) Derrek Matichak Videography

Online — Live/Special Event Details
5/11 – 4/20

Color correct and edit full length wedding package videos under tight deadlines as well as highlight videos.

5/11 – 4/20

Videographer (2nd Shooter) Derrek Matichak Videography

Online — Live/Special Event Details
5/11 – 4/20

Shoot wedding ceremonies and receptions under the significant pressures of covering a live event from start to finish.

10/18 – 10/19

Videographer Marketscale

Corporate — MarketScale Details
10/18 – 10/19

Contract videographer who's worked on dozens of shoots with MarketScale so far with clients ranging from Sprint to Caesarstone.

9/18 – 9/19

Camera Operator (Sony A7s II) Live Events

Live/Special Event — Turning Point Cinema Details
9/18 – 9/19

Camera operator for company that captures events, filming under the tight constraints of a live recording.

5/19 – 6/19

Editor (Lead) Mass Teleportation Authority

Film (Short) Details
5/19 – 6/19

Lead editor for short film about a team of scientists and their quest to teleport the first person. When their colleague is lost during their first human test, they scramble to try to save him or risk losing him forever.

2/18 – 12/18

Director of Photography (DP) (Sony A7s II) Chicago Country

TV — On the Make Productions Details
2/18 – 12/18

Travelled to Kentucky and Nashville to interview Chad Berry at Berea College and Don Cusic at Belmont University for a documentary on the history of country music in Chicago. Documentary is ongoing and still in production.

4/18 – 7/18

Director of Photography (DP) (Sony A7s II) Nursing Lesson

Corporate — Ambria College Details
4/18 – 7/18

Filmed and edited a 20 minute nursing lecture/demonstration for the Ambria College of Nursing.

Orgs

  • Midwest Independent Film Festival

Media

  • Wine Channel TV - Sip & Shop Recap

  • Harry D. Jacobs Baseball 2017 Season Highlights

Recos

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Education

Class of '14

DePaul University

Master's Degree/Digital Cinema
Class of '07

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

B.S./Broadcast Journalism

My Gear

  • Sony a7S
  • Rode NTG2 Shotgun Microphone
  • Rode Lavalier Microphone
  • Countryman B-3 Lav
  • Genustech Variable ND Filter
  • Manfrotto XPRO Aluminum Monopod
  • Metabones EF/E-Mount Smart Adapter
  • Rode Softie
  • Selens 31.5" Slider
  • Sennheiser HD-280 Headphones
  • Sigma EF 50mm f1.4
  • Sony Zeiss 24-70mm f4.0
  • Tilta ES-T17-A Cage
  • Tilta-ES-T17 Cage
  • Zoom H1 Digital Audio Recorder

Skills

  • Avid
  • Post Production
  • Television
  • Video Production
  • Editing
  • Broadcast
  • Documentaries
  • Film
  • Film Production
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Photography
  • Video
  • Video Editing
  • Screenwriting
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Adobe Audition
  • Final Cut Studio
  • Videography
  • University Teaching
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Media Encoder
  • Adobe Encore
  • Production Sound
  • AVID Pro Tools