CJ Ferroni

Director of Photography on video promotions of the Broadway production, Take Me Out, directed by Scott Ellis.

Development project about adults with Autism.

Development project about a cult.

International shoots in multiple countries.

As Field Producer/Shooter, I travel the country producing and filming reveal packages for the contestants on the show.

- - Story Pitching - Directing recreation shoots - Casting - Writing and producing recreations of events - Field Producing interviews - Pulling Archival - Assisting in Post - Deliverables

Secured various prisons across the country for interviews with five men and women who are currently incarcerated for murder or rape, but going through the process of exoneration. Studied thousands of pages of court transcripts and documents, and planned detailed crime scene reconstructions.

Heavy archival and fact checking into the history of Navy Seal Team 6. Recreations of Navy Seal operations. Expert interviews with authors and military personnel.

Secured all locations, archival materials, and interviews. Planned 9 days in the field of shooting re-cre. Flew to San Diego as the Field Producer and interviewed family members and law enforcement. Assisted in Post.

HAMILTON : A two hour special for History Channel about the life of Alexander Hamilton and how his policies still affect our modern world. - I secured interviews with notable politicians, authors, journalists, and members of the press. - Created detailed shot lists for 28 scenes of re-cre. - Managed a 40+ person crew which involved quick and effective problem solving, coordinating travel, renting gear, vehicles, wardrobe, and props for 18th Century re-cre shoot days, and left little to no footprint while filming in delicate locations. (museums, national historical landmarks). - Did solo casting - reaching out to over 250 non union actors, auditioning them, securing them for 17 different roles, and wrangling talent on set. - Performed heavy duty research and fact checking including digging through law libraries, the Library of Congress, and reading through 18th century primary documents. - I shot stills of primary documents for our final cut at Columbia University and at various museums throughout NYC on the Canon 5D Mark III. - Pulled and cleared endless archival and established lasting relationships with the U.S. Mint, U.S. Coast Guard, Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, multiple Washington D.C. museums and memorials, A&E, NBC, Lionheart, and NYC historical societies. Yes, I've tried to convince production to buy me tickets to the Broadway play. No, it has not worked... yet.

I worked as Field Associate Producer, and shot 2nd camera with sound on the Sony PMW-300 for the pilot Machine Gun Preacher for A&E. You try to eat healthy while on location in central Florida. House salad anyone?

Performed and managed extensive research, built decks, wrote outlines, treatments, scripts, and instruction manuals, and designed blueprints for 45 “do it yourself” projects. Pitched ideas to network executives and Lucas Films’ licensing department. Rights clearing, including archival footage and real world products. Location scouting. Budgeted and scheduled shoots. Built the hero for each project in a fast paced environment and under intense deadline pressure. Auditioned talent and hired crew. Directed ten episodes. Supervised post after studio wrap.

Extensive research and development. Script writing and fact checking. Rights clearance. Location scouting. Created a simple, structured and effective workflow for a pilot season. Managed PA teams.

Created a workflow for the director including managing and organizing all paperwork, releases, contracts, and crew deal memos. Produced and directed scenes. Scouted locations. Managed crew and talent in a sensitive environment discussing dramatic loss of loved ones.

Casting middle school aged children for a season 1 Nickelodeon series. Coordinated shoots in several states including booking travel, hiring local crew, creating budgets and schedules, gathering releases, and scouting locations. Wrote episode pitches, decks, and treatments. Shot 2ndcamera. (5D)

Researched and followed through with show ideas from inception through development, to air. Created a series concept that aired 6 episodes in 2015. Pitched ideas to network executives, created decks, scouted and interviewed talent, and wrote daily treatments. Conducted casting interviews via Skype. I also got to play with robots, spend a weekend in a landfill, build a lightsaber, and be in an episode of Inside Man with Mr. Morgan Spurlock.