John Paul Poritz

Video Utility and G&E swing - 3 Camera live stream to YouTube on location at Omakase Restaurant with Michelin starred Chef Jackson Lu featuring video game personality Ludwig. https://youtu.be/zZIWfoJx-70

Camera Assist/Utility. Two camera shoot for the web. Sony FX9. Clapper/Loader

Camera Operator: Studio Panasonic. G&E prep

Utility position: camera, grip, and electrical. 2 day project: rehearsals then live.

Camera operator. Set-up, strike, little bit of everything. G&E Assist. Projection.

Camera Operator Sony FX9, 4 camera greenscreen shoot. G&E Assist: 20ft greenscreen, 3 goal posts, kinos and divas. Shot in support of VMWare Explore 2022 (previously known as VMWorld).

Camera operator. Set-up, strike, little bit of everything.

Paid work for a political candidate. My involvement does not constitute an endorsement, monetary or in-kind donation, or a statement of personal political beliefs. Moderated discussion with candidate, Niall Ferguson and Sen Ernst. 6 scrips DTC with teleprompter. Two cameras FX9 & FS7II

Wardrobe & Art Assistant. Stylist: Micah Bishop. Photographer: Dan Escobar

Covid testing and compliance, photo assist, and art assist. Glenn Jenkins: Prop Stylist/Art Dept

G&E Swing on a fast paced shoot at OAK during the peak of summer travel. Shoot was conducted entirely with Arri Trinity stabilized support in a functioning international airport.

Consultant to camera crews on Sony FX9 camera systems for live broadcast. Troubleshot power, codec, and broadcast standards. Assisted producers with facilitating live shots from control room for director receiving award while directing broadcast.

Exterior interviews near Santa Rosa Airport. DP: Todd Tankersley. Director: Lisbon Okafor. Sound recordist, camera assist, and grip. Canon 5D mk4s

2nd Camera, B-Roll

Shot, edited promo piece for San Francisco Transit Riders to promote efforts to canvas the Bay View neighborhood.

Corporate Headshots

Assisted wardrobe and props stylist Micah Bishop to produce a stills shoot with 14 models and 21 different looks over 3 days.

Camera Assistant: FX9 & FS7, camera matching, programming, clapper.

Photo Assistant - Training Material, Product Photography & Advertising - Internal & External Use

Photo Assistant

Pre-light & ND

Assisted DP Scott Stender - Sony FX9. Camera, electrical, and grip assist on a super lightweight documentary interview.

Camera & Electrical. Lit scenes and operated camera for an indie web series featuring San Francisco drag queens.

Photo assistant. C-suite portraits

Photo assistant. Product shoot.

Lighting assistant for cinematographer Leonard Levy. BTS on-set stills.

Two day photo shoot. Managed logistics, talent, paperwork, and took care of everything else. Coordinator and PA rolled into one.

Lighting assistant for cinematographer Leonard Levy.

Production Coordinator, Camera & Electrical Utility for DP/Producer Bryan Perido, Swiss Army Knife, One Man Band.

Assisted out-of-town crew with local technical and production needs in Berkeley, CA. Driver, scouted locations.

Driver, assisted out of town production manager with local arrangements, on-set utility, assisted LD/gaffer and grip with load-in/focus/strike.

On-set PA. Assisted Art Dept with on camera technology (phones, tablets, etc)

One day commercial shoot. Assisted Art Department with the build and strike of living room & office sets on the 23rd floor of Salesforce Tower. Assisted production with paperwork and prep the day before. Hand model :-)

Driver for complicated advert spot shot entirely on the streets of San Francisco over 5 days. Camera car driver for shots involving a cyclist in-motion. Utilized a deep understanding of the city of San Francisco's streets and traffic to coordinate the safe transportation of crew and equipment.

Produced a promotional video for the San Mateo Labor Council. San Mateo and San Francisco Labor partnered with Second Harvest of Silicon Valley to help distribute food to out of work union members and the greater community. Video showcase of early efforts during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

On-location liaison to KPMG global corporate comms team during week long global business case competition and talent search. Coordinated with client, camera, and on-site editor to produce new videos daily. Greased wheels, & smoothed feathers.

On-location liaison to KPMG global corporate comms team during week long global business case competition and talent search. Coordinated with client, camera, and on-site editor to produce new videos daily. Greased wheels, & smoothed feathers.

https://www.johnpaulporitz.art Photography in a documentary style, anywhere in the world.

On-location liaison to KPMG global corporate comms team during week long global business case competition and talent search. Coordinated with client, camera, and on-site editor to produce new videos daily. Greased wheels, & smoothed feathers.

North American office of Rupert Chesman's Sydney, AU based Film Me. We specialize in extremely lightweight, discreet video and stills production in hard-to-reach overseas locations with little to no footprint. Do you have an event, facility, or product in a hard-to-reach location you need video of? Email us, we've probably shot there before. https://www.film-me.com/

Took over stage management of the city's centennial celebration 3 weeks before opening. Ran rehearsals, called show, and helped the city avoid a "Waiting for Guffman" incident on its 100th birthday. We'll just leave it at that. :-)

Facility maintenance, counterweight fly (operation & maintenance), set construction, lighting (hang, focus, repair), marley flooring. Began as a gopher, left seven years later as stage manager & key carrier. 3-5 fully staged professional ballets each season, a myriad of weekly cultural events.

Set construction for five fully staged operas. Facility operation for a myriad of weekly concerts.

Coordinated the load-in and setup at the University of Houston Clear Lake's Bayou Theatre for the first national press conference following the Shuttle Columbia disaster in February of 2003. Assisted the NASA JSC press team with installation of camera equipment, lighting, and sound. Assisted with specialized high voltage power needs for satellite feed and satellite truck hook up. Remains my proudest moment working in production.