Live Stream Technical and Creative Director for Concert and Speaking events. Festivals, Greek Theater (Berkeley), Fox Theater (Oakland), and conference centers around Silicon Valley.
Summary
Hello! I am a Director with a specialty in live-event stream broadcasts and live-event video coverage. With thousands of hours behind the video mixer, I always make a great show.
Credits
5/20 – Current
Director – Event Live/Special Event
Internet Broadcast — Live/Special Event — Chip Yamada Details
5/20 – Current
12/23 – 1/24
Technical Director (String Cheese Incident NYE @Fox Theater) – String Cheese Incident NYE @Fox Theater
Nugs.net — Live/Special Event — Chip Yamada and GadgetBox Details
12/23 – 1/24
Director, Technical Director, and Producer roles on 3 nights of concerts, for live-stream and 4K Capture. Responsibilities include: Proposal and talks with clients Budgeting Securing equipment Hiring Crew (Camera Operators, Stream Tech) Logistics planning Pre-Production with venue staff Directing Camera placements and technical setup requirements Quality control, stream and capture integrity tests Directing live show - calling shots, live editing Post-Production for 4K Masters Media archiving and uploading Invoicing client and paying crew
9/23 – 9/23
Technical Director – Stripe All Hands QE3 2023
Stripe — Live/Special Event — Gradient Details
9/23 – 9/23
TD in charge of VMIX to stream operations. This role included: media preparation, cueing graphic overlays, and live-switching cameras, and recording on multiple devices. Additionally, throughout the pre-production and rehearsal time I worked with engineers and techs to ensure audio sync, VMIX call integrity, and excellent quality of stream video.
5/18 – 3/20
Director – Live From Tipitina's
Nugs.net, Youtube.com — Live/Special Event — Chip Yamada Details
5/18 – 3/20
I directed live-streams of concerts from Tipitina's (a famous concert venue in New Orleans, LA) from May of 2018 until March 2020 (onset of Covid19 Pandemic). I placed cameras, live-switched on an ATEM STUDIO system, recorded the program on Hyperdecks, and pushed PGM out to the broadcast servers.
1/15 – 9/17
First Assistant Camera
Staff Position — Elite Daily Show Details
1/15 – 9/17
I worked closely with the show's DP to style and shoot set-pieces, studio interview setups, comedy sketches, and on location interviews. Shooting mostly on Sony FX7's we directed the gaffers on lighting choices, and co-ordinated with the director and producers on the look of the show. We shot 400+ daily episodes in Burbank, CA
5/13 – 8/13
Director (Producer, Editor, Color Gradist) – Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman - We Made It Home
Music Video — PDP Details
5/13 – 8/13
I pitched, produced, and directed. My DP used Black Magic (2k RAW), and we had a few c-stands, slider, and a live sound engineer capture studio quality audio. Edited and graded in Davinci Resolve/FCP7, designed graphics/credits, ran compression for the web. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCszBhqKODc
6/12 – 10/12
Assistant Camera (AC) (Sony FS100, Canon 5d)
Citrix — Advertising — Photon Creative Studios Details
6/12 – 10/12
AC on various interview setups. I managed gear pre-shoot and day of, assisted with lighting (3 kino banks and some specials, bounces), ran second camera, media management, stand-in. This job included travel to Vancouver, BC, and Orlando, FL as well as around the SF Bay Area.
9/12 – 9/12
Camera Operator (CU stage right) – TEDx Santa Cruz 2012
Live/Special Event — TEDx Santa Cruz Details
9/12 – 9/12
live event coverage, multi-cam team with 4 ops and 1 director on headsets.
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Education
Class of '00
UCSC
Film and Digital Media -production
Skills
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