As a camera utility I was responsible for building ped camera and monitor setups, troubleshooting equipment, running/dressing video cable, faxing cameras, wrangling the operator's cable for the studio portion of the show, and striking the equipment once we wrapped.
Summary
Freelance camera utility with a broadcast engineering background available for work on multi-camera gameshows, live events, and sitcoms.
Credits
2/18 – 3/18
Camera Utility – The Bachelor (Season 22)
ABC — TV — NZK Productions, Inc. Details
2/18 – 3/18
11/17 – 11/17
Camera Utility – Crashletes (Season 3)
Nickelodeon — TV — Superjacket Productions / Purple Shark Details
11/17 – 11/17
Ran video cable, ran comms cable, built jib harness, set up and mounted GoPros, faxed cameras, wrangled cable for handheld camera operator filming live unscripted action that often required me to run and coil at the same time, struck show.
11/17 – 11/17
Camera Utility – Talk Show the Game Show
TruTV — TV — Push It Productions Details
11/17 – 11/17
Wrangled Ped and handheld cable, quickly swapped lens and viewfinder for handheld operation on new Ikegami cameras, mounted and patched SDI to HDMI converter on the fly for set-piece monitor during show.
11/17 – 11/17
Camera Utility – Pointless
BBC — TV — Superjacket Productions / Purple Shark Details
11/17 – 11/17
Struck video equipment
11/17 – 11/17
Camera Utility – Lakers vs Bulls
TV — NZK Productions, Inc. Details
11/17 – 11/17
Helped set up the fiber optic feed connecting The Staples Center in DTLA to Atlanta for NBA TV, patched the camera feed to Atlanta for halftime interviews swapping back to the program feed upon completion, wrangled the handheld operator's cable during court-side interviews, assisted camera during post game press interviews in the dressing room (making sure the operator and producer had a place to stand in the hectic environment where everyone was competing for space).
10/17 – 10/17
Camera Utility – Knight Squad (Season 1)
Nickelodeon — TV — Automatic Twins Productions, Inc Details
10/17 – 10/17
Wrangled cable for ped camera, moved cameras to different sets while plugged in making sure none of the cables got trapped or tangled, patched camera harnesses with 5 lines each before show, faxed cameras.
10/17 – 10/17
Camera Utility – The Steve Harvey Show
NBC — TV Details
10/17 – 10/17
Faxed Cameras, wrangled cable for moving ped camera, assisted steadicam utility in dressing cable when crossing stage.
10/17 – 10/17
Camera Utility – I Love You, America!
Hulu — TV — Automatic Twins Productions, Inc Details
10/17 – 10/17
Ran cable for 3 new monitors being added, troubleshooted and fixed feed for rear projector and on stage monitor, wrangled cable for ped camera, faxed cameras.
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Education
Class of '11
Drexel University
Bachelor of Science
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