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Ben Lemons

Richmond, VA

http://staffmeup.com/profile/blemons

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Pragmatic. Resourceful. Foresightful. Professional set experience includes feature films, scripted tv, reality/doc tv, commercials, music vids, televised events, corporate. Positions include Operator, AC, DIT, G/E. Available locally in VA, DC, MD, NC, WV.

Credits

9/22 – 12/22

Camera Loader (Sony Venice) – Sugar (Season 1)

Apple TV+ — TV — Paramount Pictures

9/22 – 12/22

7/22 – 9/22

Camera Loader (Arri Alexa Mini LF) – Please Don't Destroy

Universal Pictures — Film (Feature-length) — NBC Universal

7/22 – 9/22

6/22 – 6/22

First Assistant Camera (Arri Alexa Mini) – Jefferson

CNN — TV — Glass Entertainment Group Details

6/22 – 6/22

Second Unit

6/22 – 6/22

Camera Operator (FS7, A7S) – The Shift

CNBC — TV — Efran Films

6/22 – 6/22

First Assistant Camera (Arri Alexa Mini) – American Detective

Investigation Discovery — TV — Urban Legends

6/22 – 6/22

Second Assistant Camera (Arri Alexa Mini) – Cylndr

Shoe Show/Shoe Department — Advertising — Spang TV

6/22 – 6/22

4/22 – 4/22

First Assistant Camera (Arri Alexa Mini) – The Buzz Creative Group

Rosie's Gaming Emporium — Advertising — Dreamcatcher Productions

4/22 – 4/22

2/22 – 2/22

Assistant Camera (AC) (Arri Amira, Arri Alexa Mini LF) – BEM Documentary

Online — Digital — McKinsey & Company

2/22 – 2/22

8/21 – 11/21

Camera Loader (Sony Venice, RED Monstro) – The Menu

fox searchlight — Film (Feature-length) — Thirsty Camels Productions Inc

8/21 – 11/21

8/21 – 8/21

First Assistant Camera (Sony FX9) – Kaiser Permanente

Corporate — Warning Label Films

8/21 – 8/21

7/21 – 7/21

Second Assistant Camera (Arri Alexa Mini, RED Helium, Komodo, Steadicam) – Virginia Political Campaign

Advertising — Poolhouse

7/21 – 7/21

Second Assistant Camera (Arri Alexa Mini) – Waiting Period

Film (Short) — Same Name Productions

7/21 – 7/21

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) (Arri Alexa Mini) – Who is Queen?

Documentary — Film (Short) — Putshki

7/21 – 7/21

6/21 – 6/21

Camera Utility (Additional) (Arri Alexa Mini) – The Walking Dead: World Beyond (Season 2)

AMC — TV — Stalwart Films

6/21 – 6/21

Assistant Camera (AC) (Sony FX9) – Luna

HBO Max — TV — Lightbox

6/21 – 6/21

Second Assistant Camera (Arri Alexa Mini LF, Alexa Mini, Steadicam) – Virginia Political Campaign

Advertising — Poolhouse

6/21 – 6/21

Assistant Camera (AC) (RED Helium, Weapon, Movi) – Rescue: The Behavior Change Agency

Hustle and Strive — Advertising — Orange Frame

6/21 – 6/21

First Assistant Camera (Arri Alexa Mini) – A Little Sun

Film (Short)

6/21 – 6/21

12/20 – 5/21

Camera Loader (Sony Venice, FX3, RX0, Steadicam) – Dopesick

Hulu — TV — Pacific 2.1 Entertainment

12/20 – 5/21

11/20 – 11/20

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) (Sony Venice) – Jet

Apple TV+ — TV — Fry Box Productions

11/20 – 11/20

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) (Sony Venice) – The Big Conn

Apple TV+ — TV — Fry Box Productions

11/20 – 11/20

9/20 – 11/20

Video Assist Operator (Remote) – remote-village.com

Advertising Details

9/20 – 11/20

Streaming live picture from set to clients, agencies, and off-site production anywhere in the world via remote-village.com in conjunction with Zoom. Clientele Includes: Google, Samsung, Fiat, Walmart, Target, and more.

10/20 – 10/20

First Assistant Camera (Arri Amira, C300) – CTIA 5G Summit

Digital — Live/Special Event — Ellipsis TV

10/20 – 10/20

First Assistant Camera (C300, Movi) – Asphalt Arts

Bloomberg — Digital — Prom Creative

10/20 – 10/20

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) (BMPCC 6K, C300) – Do No Harm

Documentary — Film (Feature-length) — 4&20 Films

10/20 – 10/20

Camera Operator (C300) – Powhatan State Park

Virginia State Parks — Digital — Orange Frame

10/20 – 10/20

8/20 – 8/20

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) (GH5, Google Nest Doorbell Cam) – Arts & Letters Creative Co

Google Nest — Advertising — Spang TV

8/20 – 8/20

3/20 – 3/20

Camera Loader (Second Unit) (Panavision DXL2, RED Monstro) – Swagger (Season 1)

Apple TV+ — TV — CBS Eye Productions

3/20 – 3/20

2/20 – 2/20

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) (Sony Venice, RED Scarlett) – Anthem Care Sponsor

Corporate — Untold Productions

2/20 – 2/20

1/20 – 1/20

Camera Operator (FS5) – Ford Motor Employee Celebration

Corporate — Rare Medium Well Done Inc

1/20 – 1/20

12/19 – 12/19

Camera Operator (FS7) – These Things Can Be Done

Prime Video — TV — Orange Frame

12/19 – 12/19

7/19 – 11/19

Remote Head Technician (Mini Scorpio) – The Good Lord Bird

Showtime — TV — STU SEGALL PRODUCTIONS, INC

7/19 – 11/19

Camera Utility (Panavision DXL2) – The Good Lord Bird

Showtime — TV — STU SEGALL PRODUCTIONS, INC Details

7/19 – 11/19

Duties included synching picture and audio, maintaining video feed across the set, assisting the DIT, and covering for the 2nd ACs as needed.

4/19 – 6/19

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300 II, 5D III, A7III) – Capital Crimes (Pilot)

MSNBC — TV — Peacock Productions

4/19 – 6/19

10/18 – 6/19

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300 II) – The Swamp (Season 1)

MSNBC — TV — Peacock Productions Details

10/18 – 6/19

Shot on 3x C300 mk II, one on Movi. Movi C-Cam operation during interviews.

5/19 – 5/19

Assistant Camera (AC) (FS7, A7S, GoPro) – Straight Up Steve Austin (Season 1)

USA Network — TV — Turbo Productions LLC

5/19 – 5/19

Camera Operator (FS7) – MDA Engage LGMD Symposium

Muscular Dystrophy Association — Corporate — Hayden 5 Media

5/19 – 5/19

Second Assistant Camera (RED Helium) – Elevation Advertising

Virginia Green — Advertising — The Branching

5/19 – 5/19

4/19 – 4/19

Camera Operator (FS7) – Richmond Legacy Op

Travis Manion Foundation — Live/Special Event — Warning Label Films

4/19 – 4/19

Assistant Camera (AC) (RED Helium, C200) – Communities In Schools

Internet — Digital — The Branching

4/19 – 4/19

10/18 – 4/19

Assistant Camera (AC) (RED Helium, RED Dragon, C200, GH5) – Transformation in Action

Altria — Corporate — The Branching

10/18 – 4/19

12/18 – 3/19

Assistant Camera (AC) (RED Helium, RED Dragon, C200, GH5) – Passion Project (Pilot)

PBS — TV — The Branching

12/18 – 3/19

1/19 – 1/19

Assistant Camera (AC) (F55) – Broken (Season 1)

Netflix — TV — Zero Point Zero Production, Inc

1/19 – 1/19

12/18 – 12/18

First Assistant Camera (FS7)

Boys Town National Hotline — Advertising — Warning Label Films

12/18 – 12/18

Grip

Feedmore — Advertising — Metro Productions

12/18 – 12/18

10/18 – 10/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (RED Helium) – Va 2019 Commemoration - Jamestown

Internet — TV — Orange Frame

10/18 – 10/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300 II, 5D IV) – Jamestown-Yorktown : Agents of Change

Internet — TV — Orange Frame

10/18 – 10/18

Camera Operator (FS7) – Leo Burnett

ALLSTATE — Advertising — StopTime.Live

10/18 – 10/18

Second Assistant Camera (Arri Alexa Mini, Steadicam) – McGarryBowen

United Airlines — Advertising — MVVW, Inc Details

10/18 – 10/18

Shot on 2x Alexa Minis, one of which on steadi. Digital loading for both cameras.

4/18 – 10/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (T7i, Mevo) – The Boxing Beat

ESPN — TV — Matador Content Details

4/18 – 10/18

Technical consulting for video podcast recording. Live Skype/Facetime recording.

9/18 – 9/18

Key Grip – Southland Energy Process and Financial

Corporate — Glossy Productions

9/18 – 9/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300 II, A7S II) – Va 2019 Commemoration - British Embassy

Internet — TV — Orange Frame Details

9/18 – 9/18

Operated A7S B-Cam

9/18 – 9/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300, 5D) – 18 Days

MSNBC — TV — Peacock Productions

9/18 – 9/18

Grip – Where is Angel?

History — TV — Left/Right Inc.

9/18 – 9/18

First Assistant Camera (C200 (Day Player)) – First Lady

Film (Feature-length) — First Lady Films LLC Details

9/18 – 9/18

Filled in as 1st AC for several production days. Duties primarily included focus pulling with RT Motion wireless.

8/18 – 8/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (RED Weapon) – Va 2019 Commemoration - General Assembly

Internet — TV — Orange Frame

8/18 – 8/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (Arri Amira) – Priorities USA

Get Out The Vote — Advertising — Man With A Cam

8/18 – 8/18

Second Assistant Camera (Arri Alexa Mini, Amira) – Los Future

WeWork — Advertising — Vayner Media, LLC

8/18 – 8/18

First Assistant Camera (FS7) – Movement Strategy

Under Armour — Advertising — Man With A Cam

8/18 – 8/18

7/18 – 7/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (F-5, A7Sii) – In Pursuit With John Walsh (Season 1)

Investigation Discovery — TV — Zero Point Zero Production, Inc Details

7/18 – 7/18

Duties included b-roll operating w/A7S.

7/18 – 7/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (Varicam LT, EVA-1) – Centuri Solid Ground

Corporate — Deep Sky Productions

7/18 – 7/18

Key Grip – Elevation Advertising

Bon Secours Labor and Delivery — Advertising — Glossy Productions

7/18 – 7/18

Swing (G/E) – West

Chegg — Advertising — Mondial

7/18 – 7/18

6/18 – 6/18

Camera Production Assistant (F55) – UNHCR World Refugee Day

Digital — Eastward Films

6/18 – 6/18

Camera Production Assistant (RED Dragon, C300) – By The People Festival

Live/Special Event — Watts Media Productions Details

6/18 – 6/18

Operated on Ronin while the DP went handheld.

6/18 – 6/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (RED Helium) – Va 2019 Commemoration - Montpelier

Internet — TV — Orange Frame

6/18 – 6/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (Blackmagic Ursa Mini Pro, FS7) – Priorities USA

Senate Campaign Advertisment — Advertising — Man With A Cam

6/18 – 6/18

5/18 – 5/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (RED Helium, RED Weapon) – Sleeping Bear Dunes Documentary

Film (Short) — Orange Frame Details

5/18 – 5/18

Shot on RED Helium 8K on Movi and RED Weapon 6K on sticks. Additional photography with DJI Mavic, Osmo, Canon 5D mk IV, and GoPro. Duties included camera building/maintenance, Movi balancing, media management.

5/18 – 5/18

Best Boy Electric – CAMC

Charleston Area Medical Centers — Advertising — Tilt Creative

5/18 – 5/18

4/18 – 4/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (F-5, FS5) – Dancing With The Stars (Season 26)

ABC — TV — BBC Worldwide Details

4/18 – 4/18

F-5 handheld and sticks, FS5 on Ronin. Duties included building cameras, balancing and maintenance of the Ronin, interview lighting, and media.

4/18 – 4/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300) – Untitled Documentary Series (Season 1)

Netflix — TV — Arbor Films LLC Details

4/18 – 4/18

B-camera operating, camera building, media management, and equipment maintenance. 2x C300 mark II.

4/18 – 4/18

Grip – J Street: 10 Year Anniversary

Corporate — Prom Creative

4/18 – 4/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (FS7, A7S) – Unchain

TV — Man With A Cam

4/18 – 4/18

Camera Production Assistant (FS7) – Tom Tom Founders Festival

Internet — TV — Orange Frame Details

4/18 – 4/18

Shot on FS7.

4/18 – 4/18

Key Grip – LinkedIn Economic Graph Forum

Live/Special Event — LinkedIn

4/18 – 4/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (FS7) – Patient Protocol

Corporate — Planned Parenthood Federation of America Details

4/18 – 4/18

Media, Video Assist, Camera Build, Audio. All shot POV.

4/18 – 4/18

Gaffer – Camp Howard - Juice

Music Video Details

4/18 – 4/18

Lit primarily with Arri M-Series and KinoFlo.

3/18 – 3/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300, 5D) – Braxton Family Values (Season 6)

WE tv — TV — Magical Elves Details

3/18 – 3/18

Shot on 3x C300s and 5D on DJI Ronin.

3/18 – 3/18

Best Boy Electric – Slave Cry

Film (Short) — Red Zeppelin Productions

3/18 – 3/18

Camera Production Assistant (FS7) – March For Our Lives Documentary

Twitter — Digital — Oh Must You? Productions Details

3/18 – 3/18

Shot on 5x FS7s

3/18 – 3/18

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) – Scout

Xyrem — Advertising — The Eightfold Collective Details

3/18 – 3/18

Data management and paper cut editing. Shot on Arri Alexa Classic and Mini.

2/18 – 3/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (FS7) – Untitled Beauty Documentary

Film (Feature-length) — White Pine Pictures Details

2/18 – 3/18

Assistant Camera/Media for DC photography of feature length documentary.

2/18 – 2/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (Varicam LT) – Abuse of Power (Season 1)

Oxygen — TV — Lucky 8 Details

2/18 – 2/18

Shot on 2x Varicam LT. Media managed with ShotPut Pro and used Adobe Media Encoder to separate in-camera audio from A/V clips into individual audio files.

2/18 – 2/18

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) – Ketchum

U by Kotex — Advertising — VIMBY Details

2/18 – 2/18

Shot on 2x FS7s and 5D. Performed general AC duties as well.

2/18 – 2/18

Best Boy Electric – Barber Martin Agency

Cato — Advertising — Spang TV

2/18 – 2/18

1/18 – 1/18

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300 ii) – Terry McAuliffe Commemorative

TV — Treehouse Pictures Details

1/18 – 1/18

Extremely fast paced run n gun, duties included media management.

1/18 – 1/18

Camera Production Assistant (RED Weapon, RED Dragon) – Sleeping Bear Dunes Documentary

Film (Short) — Orange Frame Details

1/18 – 1/18

Shot on RED Weapon (sticks) and Dragon (Movi), with 5D mk IV and DJI Mavic and Inspire for additional photography.

1/18 – 1/18

Media Manager – XQ Superschool Project

Film (Feature-length) — Moxie Media Details

1/18 – 1/18

Handled DC area footage, assisted DP, and performed PA duties for the Production Manager as needed. Shot on C300 mk ii.

1/18 – 1/18

Electrician – SKDKnickerbocker

Dominion Power — Advertising — Engine Pictures

1/18 – 1/18

12/17 – 12/17

Grip – Homeland (Season 7)

Showtime — TV — Cherry Wind Productions

12/17 – 12/17

Electrician – SKDKnickerbocker

Dominion Power — Advertising — Engine Pictures

12/17 – 12/17

11/17 – 11/17

Camera Production Assistant (Arri Amira, FS7) – Tesla (Season 1)

Discovery — TV — Sirens Media Details

11/17 – 11/17

Shot on ARRI Amira, Sony FS7, A7S on Ronin, and GoPro.

11/17 – 11/17

Media Manager – Rocket League World Championship (Season 4)

TBS — TV — Star Crossed Pictures Details

11/17 – 11/17

Media management for 2x Canon C300s, 1DX mk ii, and C200. Also acted as assistant camera to the DP and operator.

11/17 – 11/17

Electrician

AstraZeneca — Advertising — Snow Companies

11/17 – 11/17

Electrician (Swing) – SKDKnickerbocker

Dominion Power — Advertising — Engine Pictures

11/17 – 11/17

10/17 – 10/17

Production Assistant – Food Paradise (Season 9)

Travel — TV — O'Malley Productions

10/17 – 10/17

Assistant Camera (AC) (C300 i and ii, 5D iii) – This is Life with Lisa Ling (Season 5)

CNN — TV — Part 2 Pictures

10/17 – 10/17

Assistant Camera (AC) (FS7, A7S ii) – I Have a Secret (Season 1)

Internet — TV — Vertical Networks Details

10/17 – 10/17

General single AC duties including camera building, DIT, card swaps, lens swaps, equipment management, etc. Shot vertically.

10/17 – 10/17

Camera Production Assistant (RED Weapon, RED Dragon) – Virginia Mountain Biking

Internet — TV — Orange Frame Details

10/17 – 10/17

Effectively an additional AC. Duties included assisting the DP and AC, lens changes, card swaps, equipment management. Shot on RED Epic Dragon and Weapon, Canon 5D Mark IV, and Osmo.

10/17 – 10/17

Camera Production Assistant (F55) – American Heart Association ECC Video

Corporate — Eastward Films Details

10/17 – 10/17

Slating, equipment organization, battery management, and other general junior AC duties as well as Grip support. Shot on Sony F55.

10/17 – 10/17

Production Assistant – Gingerbread Giants

Food Network — TV — Beyond Productions

10/17 – 10/17

Camera Production Assistant (RED Weapon, RED Dragon) – Montpelier Enslaved Community History

Internet — TV — Orange Frame Details

10/17 – 10/17

Assistance with RED Dragon and Weapon, Movi handheld rig, Phantom Drone as well as general production assistance.

10/17 – 10/17

Key Grip – The Martin Agency

Sabra Hummus — Advertising — Glossy Productions

10/17 – 10/17

9/17 – 9/17

Camera Production Assistant (FS7, A7S) – Returning the Favor (Season 1)

Internet — TV — Hud:Sun Media Details

9/17 – 9/17

Assisting the camera department, shot on Sony FS7.

9/17 – 9/17

Assistant Camera (AC) (FS7) – Volunteer with ARDMS (Inteleos)

Corporate — Fulcrum Pittsburgh, LLC Details

9/17 – 9/17

Standard AC duties as well as grip and lighting support.

9/17 – 9/17

Key Grip – Empowered Workforce (The Atlantic)

Corporate — Prom Creative

9/17 – 9/17

Assistant Camera (AC) (F55) – Big River

Altria — Advertising — Metro Productions Details

9/17 – 9/17

Assisted with buildup/breakdown, card swaps, focus pulling, other single AC duties.

8/17 – 8/17

Production Assistant – Tamar & Vince (Season 5)

WE tv — TV — Magical Elves Details

8/17 – 8/17

Camera assistance/support (Canon C300), release forms, transpo, craft.

8/17 – 8/17

Camera Production Assistant (RED Weapon, RED Dragon) – History of Virginia Wineries

Internet — TV — Orange Frame Details

8/17 – 8/17

Traditional PA duties as well as assistance with Phantom Flex, RED (w/brief operating), Osmo handheld w/operating, Canon 5D mk IV, and DJI Drones.

8/17 – 8/17

Production Assistant – Fullscreen National Live Tour Pop Up

Live/Special Event — The Visionary Group Details

8/17 – 8/17

Served general production roles as well as acting as a brand ambassador.

7/17 – 7/17

Camera Production Assistant (RED Weapon, RED Dragon) – Farmville, VA Civil Rights History

Internet — TV — Orange Frame Details

7/17 – 7/17

Traditional PA duties as well as camera assistance w/RED, Canon 5D mk IV, DJI Drones.

1/17 – 1/17

Production Assistant

Advertising — Metro Productions

1/17 – 1/17

8/16 – 8/16

Grip – The Kill Jar

Film (Short) — Church Girls Collective

8/16 – 8/16

7/16 – 7/16

Gaffer

Advertising — GFactor Films

7/16 – 7/16

6/16 – 6/16

Grip – Mercy Street (Season 2)

PBS — TV — Alone Wolf Pictures

6/16 – 6/16

Director of Photography (DP) (Arri BL4 35mm) – Playing The Duke

Film (Short) — VCUarts Cinema

6/16 – 6/16

4/16 – 4/16

Director of Photography (DP) (AJA Cion) – The Court

Film (Short) — Brewer-Harbour Productions

4/16 – 4/16

Gaffer – Tony Jackson - Drink by Drink

Music Video — Jim Shea Media Details

4/16 – 4/16

Provided lighting for interiors and performed grip duties for exteriors. Run and gun style called for general production responsibilities as well.

12/15 – 12/15

Best Boy Grip – Revolution Advertising

American Family Fitness — Advertising — Tijo Media

12/15 – 12/15

9/15 – 11/15

Grip – Loving

Film (Feature-length) — Big Beach

9/15 – 11/15

10/15 – 10/15

Gaffer – Pete Curry - Don't Ask Me

Music Video — Church Girls Collective

10/15 – 10/15

4/15 – 5/15

Grip – Mercy Street (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Alone Wolf Pictures

4/15 – 5/15

4/15 – 4/15

Dolly Grip – Locked Out

Film (Short) — Redwell productions Details

4/15 – 4/15

Chapman PeeWee ii

11/14 – 1/15

Grip – Turn: Washington's Spies (Season 2)

AMC — TV — Stalwart Films

11/14 – 1/15

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Unions

IATSE Local 600 International Cinematographers Guild (ICG)

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Education

Class of '17

Virginia Commonwealth University

BA in Cinema, BA in History

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite
SONY FS7
RED dragon
Sony F55
RED Weapon
Sony A7s
Canon 5D MK III
Canon C300 Mk II
AJA CION
Canon 5D MK IV
Arri BL IV (35mm)
Canon C300 mk I

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