Gaffer leading a team of up to 5 juicers, included stage work on sets and greenscreen, location work and night work with condors.
Summary
Michael is a DP, Camera Operator and Gaffer. This varied experience base helps to make him a well rounded member of the team. He brings a holistic understanding of camera and light, forged through a dozen years of reality shows, docs and movies.
Credits
10/15 – 12/15
Gaffer – Dead Ant
Film (Feature-length) — Arctic Zebra Details
10/15 – 12/15
4/15 – 7/15
Camera Operator (FS7 w Cabrio Lens) – Master Mechanics (Season 1)
National Geographic — TV — Matador Content Details
4/15 – 7/15
Follow Doc single cam coverage of reality involving cast of up to 6 people.
8/14 – 2/15
Camera Operator (Panasonic P2 HPX-3100) – Wild West Alaska (Season 3)
Animal Planet — TV — Jupiter Entertainment Details
8/14 – 2/15
Camera Operator for scene-work, interviews and reality. Director of Photography for end-of-season pickups.
9/14 – 12/14
Camera Operator (C300) – Slednecks (Season 1)
MTV — TV — all3media america Details
9/14 – 12/14
Camera Operator on produced reality. Worked with producers and other camera ops to get coverage of scene-work. Lit and shot interviews, otfs, pickups.
8/14 – 10/14
Camera Operator (Blackmagic 4K) – Building Alaska (Season 3)
DIY Network — TV — Orion Entertainment Details
8/14 – 10/14
One-Man-Band shoot. Producing, working with talent to get process and stakes. Camera work covering a cabin build on a remote island in Sitka, AK
5/14 – 7/14
Camera Operator (C300, Z5, 5DmIII, GoPro) – Alaska Off-Road Warriors (Season 1)
History — TV — Original Productions Details
5/14 – 7/14
Field Producer, Camera Operator. Responsible for developing story lines in racing off road cars, refreshing goPro batteries and media, shooting with Z5, producing beats with cast alone and without additional production support. Later in the shows production responsible for shooting C300 and Z5 material out of cars, and during challenges.
3/14 – 3/14
Camera Operator (Canon XF300) – Master Guides Alaska (Pilot)
Sizzle Reel — TV — M2 Details
3/14 – 3/14
Fly out to remote Alaska, shoot scenes where we are dropped in the middle of nowhere with Alaskan guides who have to find their free range horses, shoot a camping scene, shoot a bear hunt sequence. Also shot slice of life beats in subsistence/off the grid style living.
1/14 – 2/14
Gaffer – Unnatural
Film (Feature-length) — Arctic Zebra Pictures, LLC Details
1/14 – 2/14
Gaffer for horror/genre action film. Responsible to light action scenes at night in temperatures down to -40F. Condor work, location work, stage work, stunts and creature lighting.
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