Summary

Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator, DP. Highly experienced in documentary/reality styles, including interview lighting and running small crew or one-man-band. Also red carpet interviews, live multicam (conventional or Steadicam), and commercials.

Credits

5/14 – 5/15

Director of Photography (DP) (Panasonic HPX500, HVX200) LifeStyle With Denise Simons

Syndication — TV — Point 3 Media/ Larry Roy Productions Details
5/14 – 5/15

DP/Camera Operator. Light and shoot studio and location host segments, as well as field packages for half-hour interior design/entertainment how-to show.

10/14 – 10/14

Steadicam Op Bring It! (Season 1)

Lifetime — TV — Pilgrim Studios Details
10/14 – 10/14

Steadicam Op for Season 1 Ep 22: The DD4L Tour. Rehearsal and performance sequences.

11/13 – 8/14

Director of Photography (DP) (Canon C300) Various

Corporate — Imagination Details
11/13 – 8/14

DP and camera operator for several corporate profile/image pieces. Shot and lit interviews and b-roll

1/13 – 1/14

Executive Producer (EP) (Director/DP) Chipping Away: The Life and Legacy of Sculptor William Edmondson

TV — Sunporch Media Details
1/13 – 1/14

Writer/Producer/Director/DP of feature length historical documentary.

4/13 – 6/13

Camera Operator (Canon C300) Preachers' Daughters (Season 2)

Lifetime — TV — ThinkFactory Media Details
4/13 – 6/13

B-camera operator

5/13 – 5/13

Camera Operator (Sony F55) Nashville Confidential/ Private Lives of Nashville Wives (Season 1)

TNT — TV — Evolution Media Details
5/13 – 5/13

(uncredited) Day-player, camera operator for party scenes

4/13 – 4/13

Director of Photography (DP) (Canon C-300) Nashville 2.0

PBS — TV — Ace Pictures Details
4/13 – 4/13

I was DP/Camera Operator for all Nashville-based interviews and non-performance b-roll. Responsible for lighting and camera operating.

3/13 – 3/13

Director of Photography (DP) (Canon 5D) The Last Pope?

TV — Abington Ridge Films Details
3/13 – 3/13

Shot interviews and B-roll in Nashville, Tennessee and Rome Italy, including press access to Pope Francis' first Easter Mass and first public Audience in St. Peter's Square.

Orgs

  • Society of Camera Operators (SOC)
  • Steadicam Operators of America (SOA)

Media

Recos

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Education

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

BS-Education, Minor in Communications

Watkins Film School

Cinematography concentration

My Gear

  • Canon 60D
  • Steadicam Zephyr
  • Panasonic AG-HVX200
  • Light kit: LED-Kino-Tungsten-HMI
  • Panasonic AG-HPX500 with Canon zoom and Fujinon wide angle zoom

Skills

  • Producing
  • Directing
  • Video Editing
  • Camera Operator
  • Lighting
  • Steadicam Operator