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James Vargo

Cleveland, OH

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Focus puller/camera assistant back on the east coast 2022 taking care of my father after 12 years in LA. Available to work regionally. Familiar with nearly all cinema cameras and shooting styles. Happy to 1st/2nd/media manage

Credits

7/23 – 8/23

First Assistant Camera (Alex mini LF and cooke s8's) – The Tower

Film (Feature-length)

7/23 – 8/23

6/23 – 7/23

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini and cooke s4 minis) – The Magician's Raincoat

Film (Feature-length) — Opus Movie LLC

6/23 – 7/23

1/23 – 1/23

Assistant Camera (AC) (2 Alexa minis with angenieux dp optimo zooms) – Stept

Nationwide — Advertising — Stept Studios

1/23 – 1/23

12/22 – 12/22

First Assistant Camera (2 G2 Ursa minis) – Bodies in the basement (Season 1)

Investigation Discovery — TV

12/22 – 12/22

Camera Operator (Red komodo with angenieux ez zoom) – Graham bensinger untitled project (Season 1)

Apple TV+ — TV — Dtp Details

12/22 – 12/22

Doc style television show with interviews and verite

11/22 – 11/22

Assistant Camera (AC) (9 fx9s & dji 4d) – Outrageous Pumpkins (Season 4)

Food Network — TV

11/22 – 11/22

9/22 – 10/22

First Assistant Camera (Mini LF, Arri signature primes, 24-290, ronin, steadicam) – Ron Foth

Ohio Tourism — Advertising — Ron Foth Advertising

9/22 – 10/22

9/22 – 9/22

Assistant Camera (AC) (Fx9 and fs7) – Evil Lives Here (Season 7)

Investigation Discovery — TV

9/22 – 9/22

7/22 – 9/22

Assistant Camera (AC) (3 fx9, 2 fs7, 1 fx3, 3 GoPro 10) – Food Fight! (Season 1)

A&E — TV — Six West Originals Sixty Two LLC

7/22 – 9/22

8/22 – 8/22

Assistant Camera (AC) (2 fs7, 2 GoPro 10) – Killer inside (Season 1)

Investigation Discovery — TV

8/22 – 8/22

First Assistant Camera (Alexa LF, sxu, arri ultra primes) – Ohio Senate campaign ad

Corporate

8/22 – 8/22

7/22 – 7/22

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini LF, tokina Vista and Helios lenses ) – Spotify x Kia

Spotify — Advertising

7/22 – 7/22

6/22 – 6/22

Camera Operator (Arri Amira ) – The Shop (Season 5)

YouTube — TV

6/22 – 6/22

First Assistant Camera (Fs7, FX6 and gopro9) – Music’s Greatest Mysteries (Season 3)

AXS TV — TV — Texas Crew Productions

6/22 – 6/22

First Assistant Camera (Sony Venice, red komodo, 24-290, Clavius primes, fd primes, lambda head, snorric) – Stept

Nike — Advertising — Stept Studios

6/22 – 6/22

First Assistant Camera (Sony fx6 and Sony fx9 with angenieux ez zooms and canon fd) – Acfc project - documentary

Film (Feature-length)

6/22 – 6/22

First Assistant Camera (5 Alexa mini, 1 red komodo, 1 Alexa Amira ) – On the leaderboard with peleton

YouTube — Digital

6/22 – 6/22

5/22 – 5/22

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini LF on steadicam with lomo anamorphics ) – Wresting place

Film (Short)

5/22 – 5/22

First Assistant Camera (Mini LF with Zeiss supreme primes) – Folx LGBTQ+ pride psa

Corporate

5/22 – 5/22

4/22 – 4/22

First Assistant Camera (4 Alexa minis on tokina Vista primes ) – Vince Staples full album theatrical

Streamed digitally to subscribers — Live/Special Event

4/22 – 4/22

3/22 – 3/22

First Assistant Camera – Verizon

Advertising — RADAR Productions

3/22 – 3/22

Camera Operator (Red komodo + sigma primes ) – Liminal collective's - glimpses redux 2022 by logitech

Corporate

3/22 – 3/22

2/22 – 2/22

First Assistant Camera (Alexa LF + angeneiux 24-290) – T Mobile

Advertising — Stept

2/22 – 2/22

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini LF, arri ultra primes ) – Behr paint

Advertising — RADAR Productions

2/22 – 2/22

1/22 – 1/22

First Assistant Camera (Red komodo, red Gemini, Sony fs7 + sigma cine primes ) – 100 thieves x formula productions

Advertising

1/22 – 1/22

12/21 – 12/21

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini LF + Atlas Orion anamorphic lenses ) – Lucky Undies

Film (Short) — Exit 14

12/21 – 12/21

First Assistant Camera (Arri Amira + Atlas Orion anamorphic lenses ) – American Meltdown

Film (Feature-length)

12/21 – 12/21

11/21 – 11/21

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini + k35s on steadicam, handheld, bolt robot arm) – Katy Perry - when I'm gone

Music Video

11/21 – 11/21

5/21 – 5/21

First Assistant Camera – Nike Japan

Advertising — Dirty Robber

5/21 – 5/21

9/20 – 9/20

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini LF (lomo anamorphics)) – Limited Edition (Pilot)

Abacus — TV Details

9/20 – 9/20

Focus pulling

3/20 – 3/20

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini, zeiss super speeds) – Tee grizzley

Music Video — Benmarc Productions Details

3/20 – 3/20

Focus puller

2/20 – 2/20

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini, cooke s4s) – Lido - post club ride home

Music Video Details

2/20 – 2/20

Focus puller

1/20 – 1/20

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini, angeneieux 24 - 290) – Yellowstone cast interviews (Season 3)

HBO — TV Details

1/20 – 1/20

Focus puller

1/20 – 1/20

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini, sigma 50 - 100)

Advertising Details

1/20 – 1/20

Focus and moco rig

1/20 – 1/20

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini, canon 19 - 90) – Tom Ford AW 2020

Tom Ford — Live/Special Event — LDM Worldwide Details

1/20 – 1/20

Focus puller

8/19 – 1/20

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini, hawk anamorphic 100mm) – Danny Ganz Project

Film (Feature-length) — Glanzrock Productions Details

8/19 – 1/20

Focus puller

12/19 – 12/19

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini, canon FDs)

Advertising Details

12/19 – 12/19

Focus puller

12/19 – 12/19

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini, kowa anamorphics)

Advertising Details

12/19 – 12/19

Focus puller

12/19 – 12/19

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini, canon FDs)

Advertising Details

12/19 – 12/19

Focus puller

10/19 – 11/19

First Assistant Camera (Alexa mini, cooke s4s) – Stereoscope (Season 1)

Facebook Watch — TV — Crypt TV Details

10/19 – 11/19

Focus puller

5/17 – 5/17

Second Assistant Camera (Red epic w with helium sensor )

Advertising — Merit/Andrew

5/17 – 5/17

Assistant Camera (AC) (Alexa mini with Cooke anamorphics) – Joyryde - New Breed

Music Video — Sat and Friends

5/17 – 5/17

Assistant Camera (AC) (Alexa mini with Cooke s4 minis) – Citizen Four - Want you back

Music Video

5/17 – 5/17

4/17 – 4/17

Assistant Camera (AC) (5 Alexa minis, Canon 30-300 lenses) – Caudill

Maraja — Advertising

4/17 – 4/17

Assistant Camera (AC) (2 Sony fs7s with optimo zooms) – Seagle gale

Hobie surfboards — Advertising — Nice Studios

4/17 – 4/17

2/17 – 3/17

First Assistant Camera (3 sony fs7s) – Whippin (Season 1)

TV — Calico

2/17 – 3/17

1/17 – 2/17

Assistant Camera (AC) (2 Alexa minis cooke s2 lenses) – Last champion

Film (Feature-length) — In House Media, Inc.

1/17 – 2/17

11/16 – 11/16

Second Assistant Camera (2 Alexa sxt's with Cooke s2 lenses) – The American King

Film (Feature-length)

11/16 – 11/16

Second Assistant Camera (2 Alexa minis) – Trey songz - 5 songs over 7 days

Music Video — Cinema Giants

11/16 – 11/16

10/16 – 10/16

Assistant Camera (AC) (Alexa mini)

Advertising

10/16 – 10/16

Second Assistant Camera (2 alexas, panavision anamorphics) – Latin band

Music Video — Cinemagiants

10/16 – 10/16

7/16 – 7/16

Media Manager (4 cameras, 3 cards for each, 1 blackmagic shooting in prores)

Advertising — Gunslingers

7/16 – 7/16

Media Manager – I know you

Film (Short) — Abso Lutely! Productions

7/16 – 7/16

Media Manager – Maty Noyes - In My Mind

Music Video

7/16 – 7/16

6/16 – 6/16

Assistant Camera (AC) (3 c300s (1 mark II), 2 gopro hero 4s, 3 5ds(timelapse)) – Doritos mix arcade

Internet — Live/Special Event — Beam pictures Details

6/16 – 6/16

Batteries, cards, sticks, lenses, camera moves, and GoPro rigging

5/16 – 5/16

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300 mark II) – Lincoln commercial spoof

YouTube — Digital — Beam pictures

5/16 – 5/16

Second Assistant Camera (Alexa mini, black magic pocket cinema camera) – Lo moon - Loveless

Music Video — Partizan

5/16 – 5/16

4/16 – 4/16

Media Manager (3 sony f55s)

Advertising — Twelve Tone Productions

4/16 – 4/16

Assistant Camera (AC) (Sony fs7, sony a7s, gopro hero 4) – San diego zoo internet commercial

YouTube — Digital — Nice Studios

4/16 – 4/16

2/16 – 2/16

Second Assistant Camera (Alexa mini)

Ymarketing — Advertising — Merit/Andrew

2/16 – 2/16

Second Assistant Camera (2 c300s)

The myst (tv show) — Advertising — Lussier

2/16 – 2/16

Media Manager

Advertising — Lussier

2/16 – 2/16

1/16 – 1/16

Assistant Camera (AC) (Sony fs7, sony a7s) – Western Digital

Live/Special Event

1/16 – 1/16

12/15 – 12/15

Second Assistant Camera (Alexa mini) – Gwendo and fiona (Season 1)

Digital

12/15 – 12/15

Media Manager (/2nd ac (red dragon)) – Rey pila - Surveillance camera

Music Video

12/15 – 12/15

10/15 – 10/15

Second Assistant Camera – Kane Brown - Love you sober

Music Video

10/15 – 10/15

9/15 – 9/15

Camera Utility – Beyond The Tank (Season 2)

NBC — TV

9/15 – 9/15

6/15 – 7/15

Key Production Assistant – Bitchin rides promo (Season 2)

TV — The arsenal

6/15 – 7/15

5/15 – 6/15

Assistant Camera (AC) (Sony a7s) – Justin Bieber - Where are ü now?

Music Video — Prettybird Production

5/15 – 6/15

4/15 – 4/15

Assistant Camera (AC) (Sony Fs7, a7s, 5d mark 2) – San Diego Zoo

Digital — Nice Studios

4/15 – 4/15

3/15 – 3/15

Assistant Camera (AC) (Sony pmw700) – Race to Escape (Season 1)

Science Channel — TV

3/15 – 3/15

12/14 – 12/14

Production Assistant – Winter Break : Hunter Mountain (Pilot)

MTV — TV — 495 Productions

12/14 – 12/14

11/14 – 11/14

Production Assistant – Go Big or Stay Home (Pilot)

TV — 495 Productions

11/14 – 11/14

10/14 – 10/14

Production Assistant – Date My Truck (Pilot)

TV — 495 Productions

10/14 – 10/14

9/14 – 10/14

Production Assistant – Party Down South Thanksgiving Special

CMT — TV — 495 Productions

9/14 – 10/14

9/14 – 9/14

Assistant Camera (AC) (Sony Fs700)

Advertising — Nice Studios

9/14 – 9/14

8/14 – 8/14

Production Assistant – Big Time in Hollywood, FL (Season 1)

Comedy Central — TV — Comedy Central Productions

8/14 – 8/14

Production Assistant – Utopia (Season 1)

Fox — TV — The Conlin Company

8/14 – 8/14

Assistant Camera (AC) (c300, sony fs700) – Popsugar

Secret Deodorant — Advertising — Nice Studios

8/14 – 8/14

7/14 – 7/14

Production Assistant

Chuck E Cheese — Advertising

7/14 – 7/14

4/14 – 5/14

Production Assistant – Welcome to Fairfax (Season 1)

Pivot — TV

4/14 – 5/14

4/14 – 4/14

Key Production Assistant – Chuck's Eat the Street (Season 3)

Food Network — TV

4/14 – 4/14

12/13 – 12/13

Assistant Camera (AC) (sony) – American Idol (Season 13)

Fox — TV Details

12/13 – 12/13

run tapes, batteries, sticks, 1x1 led lite panel, wrap gear, carry camera.

12/13 – 12/13

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300) – ICE KINGDOM/CHILL

Sizzle Reel — Live/Special Event

12/13 – 12/13

10/13 – 11/13

Production Assistant – Superfast

Film (Feature-length)

10/13 – 11/13

10/13 – 10/13

Production Assistant

Apple TV+ — Advertising

10/13 – 10/13

9/13 – 9/13

Casting Assistant – The Million Second Quiz

NBC Details

9/13 – 9/13

Checked contestants in and out of holding area, administered and graded tests for their qualification, and supervised/assisted contestants in holding (up to 90 contestants at a time)

8/13 – 8/13

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300) – You Live In What? (Season 3)

HGTV — TV

8/13 – 8/13

6/13 – 6/13

Transcriber/Logger – Dance Moms (Season 3)

Lifetime — TV

6/13 – 6/13

5/13 – 5/13

Production Assistant – The Royal Concept - On Our Way

Music Video

5/13 – 5/13

Production Assistant – 5 Knives - The Rising

Music Video

5/13 – 5/13

4/13 – 5/13

Production Assistant – Whodunnit? (Season 1)

ABC — TV

4/13 – 5/13

4/13 – 4/13

Production Assistant – Outlaw In-laws (Pilot)

A&E — TV

4/13 – 4/13

Production Assistant – The Summer Set - Boomerang

Music Video

4/13 – 4/13

12/12 – 12/12

Assistant Camera (AC) (Red One)

Wonderly Media — Advertising

12/12 – 12/12

10/12 – 12/12

Assistant Camera (AC) (5D & 7D) – Ice Kingdom Documentary

TV

10/12 – 12/12

10/12 – 10/12

Assistant Camera (AC) (Red One)

Big Frame Media — Advertising — Big Frame

10/12 – 10/12

1/12 – 1/12

Assistant Camera (AC) (Red One)

LM Farms Dog Food — Advertising — LM Farms

1/12 – 1/12

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