Summary

Hardworking and well equipped, I do my very best to bring a great attitude along with top-notch equipment to every set. I can provide Video Village operations to large or small sets, along with robust tools for streaming camera feeds live over the internet. An experienced media manger with a solid workflow to ensure that everything is backed up safely and rapidly and transcoded properly. I can work as a local throughout most of the South and Southeast so give me a shout, I'd love to bring my cart to your pr

Credits

8/22 – 8/22

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) Tombras Group

Subway — Advertising Details
8/22 – 8/22

DIT for Motion Stills on an Arri LF

3/22 – 3/22

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) HGTV Smart Home

Social Media — Digital — Gracedoes Details
3/22 – 3/22

DIT + Video Assist for Multi-cam Docu-Style Shoot. Multiple Canon Cameras + GoPros, Drones, and DSLR style rigs.

4/21 – 4/21

Video Assist Operator Magnolia Workshop

Magnolia — Digital — Flynnside Out Productions Details
4/21 – 4/21

Video Assist operator managing livestream to offsite clients and video village operations for a multi-day digital shoot. Supported two cameras wirelessly in a residential setting.

2/21 – 2/21

Video Assist Operator HGTV Smart Home

HGTV — Digital — Flynnside Out Productions Details
2/21 – 2/21

Ran the livestream and playback for three cameras for a weeklong shoot. Also provided on-set monitoring and wireless ipads for crew.

2/21 – 2/21

Video Assist Operator Fried Okra - Advertising

Rural King — Advertising — DoubL Vision Productions Details
2/21 – 2/21

Role was to provide livestream, to multiple off-site clients along with video assist and playback for crew and clients on a one day shoot.

11/20 – 11/20

Media Manager John McNeil Studio

Tennessee Valley Authority — Advertising — John McNeil Studio Details
11/20 – 11/20

Basic media management for a 3 camera studio crew. I provided backup, transcoding, and shipment of drives throughout the course of a week long shoot. I also provided some light keying for the crew to spot check their lighting for quality before shipping off to post.

11/20 – 11/20

Video Assist Operator Food Network Kitchen + Milkbone Branded Promo

MilkBone — Advertising — PopFizz Productions Details
11/20 – 11/20

Livestream video assist for two-camera shoot through the Teradek Core service and through zoom simultaneously.

10/20 – 10/20

Video Assist Operator Loch and Key Productions

Visit Knoxville — Advertising — Loch and Key Productions Details
10/20 – 10/20

Provided a lightweight, wireless video assist for clients and crew on a multi-day shoot for a local tourism board.

Recos

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Derek was superb. Hands-down the best VTR we've ever worked with. If there was a way to clone him and bring him to Philly- we'd do it in a heartbeat. Just fabulous at what he does and lovely to have on set. The ONLY VTR fella we'll EVER use in Nashvi ...MORE...

My Gear

  • Macbook Pro
  • DJI Ronin-S
  • Inovativ Cart
  • Teradek Cube
  • Litepanels Astra 6x
  • atomos sumo
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
  • Teradek Servpro
  • Canon EOS R5
  • Teradek Bolt 500 Kits
  • G-Technology Raid
  • Flanders DM-240
  • Blackjet Media Dock

Skills

  • Final Cut Pro
  • Photography
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Capture One
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Media Encoder
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Hedge